Senator Nancy Binay said on Tuesday that the Philippines is already in great danger if Jollibee, McDonald's and the “mutants” are already part of a destabilization plot against the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.
Binay said she also pity the intelligence agency that gave the intel report to resigned Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte.
“I believe we should help them to improve the level of intel capabilities,” said Binay in a statement.
If Jollibee, McDonald’s and the mutants are already part of a destabilization plot she warned that this should be a cause for alarm because it means that the country is already in “grave danger.”
According to Binay, she will ask fellow senators to increase the budget given to state spy agencies to reduce their handicap on intelligence gathering.
Binay raised the issue of giving additional budget to intelligence agencies after the former Davao City vice mayor released on Facebook a supposed destabilization plot linking bishops, mutants and fast-food chains.
Binay added that intelligence and security failures are unacceptable when government agencies and executive offices are given multi-billion peso budget for intelligence.
"Clearly, there was misinformation and disinformation. In other countries, accountability is a serious matter. So we would like to know what agency released the intel so we will know if there is a need for additional budget to improve their infrastructure and logistics,” she said.
But Binay said that if the budget of this agency is already big and their ineptness is obvious, “perhaps we need to cut down their budget at ilagay na lang ang pondo sa mas may pakinabang ang taumbayan.”
According to Binay, the supposed destabilization list which was personally released by Paolo Duterte reflects the sorry state of state intelligence.
"The information was not accurate nor validated. It’s painfully evident that basic intel is lacking at present. The supposed list in connection with the alleged destabilization plot against the President reflects the sorry state of state intelligence, and the handicap of our intelligence and counterintelligence structures," the senator said.
"The awkward question: Ano ba talaga, kuya? Diliman ba o dilawan? Kasama ba nga ba si Jollibee, Ronald, Hetti at Padawan?" asked Binay.
