Exclusive - Lacson Calls Out U.S. For 'Bullying' PH. 'It was not a scare tactic but a bully attitude towards a longtime ally'

Lacson sided with Duterte's sentiment that the United States' decision to stop its planned sale of 26,000 firearms to the Philippines was a scare tactic.

"Yan lang pantakot nya sa akin. Hindi sya magpapabili ng armas? E karaming de bomba dito." Dutere said.

Lacson perceives this act as 'bullying' on the part of the US.

"No, it was not a scare tactic but a bully attitude towards a long-time ally which is not fair, to say the least, being an equally sovereign state." said Lacson.

"Prudence dictates that the state department should first show a conclusive investigation that says what Sen. Cardin has alleged before issuing a statement banning the sale of assault rifles to our uniformed services,” Lacson said, referring to the American Democrat who opposed the arms deal due to reports of human rights violations in the Philippines.

With this, Lacson urges the police to purchase firearms from others countries so as not to disrupt the implementation of the PNP's Capability Enhancement Program.

“Taiwan for example has stopped buying their police firearms from the US and is now procuring their standard 9mm pistols from Germany which they say are better and more suitable to their law enforcement needs. There are other sources like Israel, Belgium, even Russia and China,” Lacson added.