JBIC, hangad ang partnership sa energy sector ng Pinas, nagpahayag ng interest sa Maharlika fund

HANGAD ng Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) na makatuwang  ang mga kompanya ng Pilipinas pagdating sa energy development .

Nagpahayag din ang JBIC ng interest sa  newly-passed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF).

Nagpahayag ng interest ang JBIC para sa  energy tie-ups sa kompanya ng Pilipinas sa isinagawang courtesy call ni JBIC Chairman of the Board Tadashi Maeda kay Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr., sa Palasyo ng Malakanyang.

Tinuran ni Maeda, interesado silang tugunan ang papel ng liquified natural gas (LNG) bilang  traditional source of power sa Pilipinas at ang pangangailangan na Philippines at bitbitin ang iba pang  energy sources gaya ng “hydropower, solar, at wind.”

“We have the potential…between Japan and the Philippines to work together,” anito sabay sabing “For example, I already had a meeting with Aboitiz Chairman Sabin and I proposed to him to have an MOU… and to Metro Pacific, and also to San Miguel.”

Aniya pa, may pangangailangan na i-identify ang specific project at idetermina kung paano lilipat sa mas episyenteng enerhya, at maging ang  development ng bagong teknolohiya gaya ng  hydrogen.

Binati rin ng mga opisyal ng JBIC ang gobyerno ng Pilipinas sa pag-apruba sa panukalang sovereign wealth fund law ng  dalawang Kapulungan ng Kongreso.

Tinuran naman ng  Pangulo na ito ang mga uri ng  investments na kailangan ng bansa dahilan kung bakit ginawa o nilikha ang pondo.

“It’s so that we, the Philippines, can participate in what would be, what is regarded, of course, as an investment for us. It is a necessary infrastructure that we are investing in,” ayon sa Pangulo.

“So, that is the plan for the sovereign fund. We now have to go and look at the design or the structuring of the fund. But it is basically seen as our government participation in projects that, mostly, it will really be in the Philippines,”ayon pa rin sa Punong Ehekutibo.

Sinabi naman ni Maeda na nais ng JBIC ang iba pang detalye ukol sa potensiyal ng bansa, targeted projects, at iyong nananatili sa pipeline,  “so it could make more tangible, specific proposals to upgrade the value of the strategic cooperation.”

Ang JBIC  ay  isang policy-based financial institution wholly-owned na pag-aari ng  Japanese government, “with a role of contributing to the sound development of Japan, the international economy, and society, covering various fields.”

Ang pangunahing operational principle ng bangko ay “to supplement the financial transactions implemented by private financial institutions.”

Matatandaang, nakipagpulong si Pangulong Marcos kay Maeda sa Tokyo  noong  magsagawa ng kanyang official ang una sa Japan nito lamang buwan ng Pebrero. (Daris Jose)