President Marcos may have been “misinformed” on the text of the Edca when he said the new sites covered by the defense pact with the United States would not be used for offensive operations. | JMAurelioINQ /PDI
These sites were in addition to the five locations earlier identified under the pact: Basa Air Base in Pampanga province, Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija province, Lumbia Air Base in Cagayan de Oro City, Antonio Bautista Air Base in Palawan, and Mactan-Benito Ebuen Air Base in Cebu province.
The 2014 Edca grants US forces access to specific military bases in the country for joint training, prepositioning of equipment and building of facilities such as runways, fuel storage and military housing. The setup of permanent bases is prohibited under the agreement.Castro disputed the President’s statement, citing Edca’s Article 4 which deals with “Equipment, Supplies and Materiel.”
But the lawmaker stressed: “It must also be noted that the Edca does not prohibit the use of these prepositioned armaments in covert or overt military operations in the Philippines or abroad.”This is why, Castro said, she “cannot understand where Malacañang is coming from” with Mr. Marcos’ statement.
In his keynote speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Manalo said the dialogue “highlights the positive trajectory of our bilateral relations, which is happening now at all levels, and the shared intention of Manila and Washington to sustain this momentum.”For Sen. Risa Hontiveros, the Philippines should not let itself be caught in the middle of the simmering tension between the United States and China amid the latter’s aggressive military activities near Taiwan.
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