THE initiative in Congress to reallocate confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) lodged in civilian offices to agencies tasked to protect the country's interests in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) from Chinese aggression is praiseworthy.

For one, it's a demonstration of the majority legislators' sense of patriotism, which, hopefully, will rub off on other senators and congressmen, as well as on heads of the civilian agencies from which the CIF will be taken.

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