MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States and the Philippines have agreed to four additional new sites under the country’s Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), a move that has sparked protests from progressive groups.
However, Gálvez revealed the location of the 4 new sites, as coordination with local government ensembles (LGU) in such spaces is still ongoing.
But army officials already know Zambales, Cagayan, Isabela and Palawan as imaginable places. The sites are notable as it faces China and Taiwan.
In addition, the U. S. The U. S. Department of Agriculture has allocated more than $82 million for infrastructure investments at the EDCA’s five existing sites, according to the DND.
Currently, there are five predetermined Edca sites at Antonio Bautista Air Base in Palawan, which is the closest to the Kalayaan Islands organization; Basa Air Base in Pampanga, home of Philippine Air Force fighter jets; Fort Magsaysay in New Ecija, the country’s largest military camp and a common site for Philippine-American Army exercises, Mactan-Benito Ebuen Air Force Base in Cebu and Lumbia Air Base in Cagayan de Oro City.
Members of progressive organizations held a protest in front of Campamento Aguinaldo along Avenida EDSA in light of recent events.
“The Filipinos will not have to allow our country to be used as a stage for any U. S. military intervention in the region,” Bayan Secretary General Renato Reyes said in a statement.
The United States is engaged in provocations with China on the Taiwan issue. Allowing America to use our comforts will drag us into this clash that is not aligned with our national interests,” Reyes added.
The Kilusang Mayo Uno union also for the abolition of Edca since it condemned the “subordinate” foreign policy of the management of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.
“We vehemently condemn the Marcos Jr. regime for its continued and foreign submission to regimes beyond the United States,” KMU General Secretary Jerome Adonis said in a statement.
The EDCA was signed in 2014 to confront Chinese aggression in the West Philippine Sea and respond to natural disasters.
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