Castro cited Article 4 of the EDCA, which provides that the US' "prepositioned materiel" will be for the exclusive use of the US forces and that the US forces shall have "control over the access to and disposition of such prepositioned materiel and shall have the unencumbered right to remove such prepositioned materiel at any time from the territory of the Philippines.”
President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. is either misinformed or misleading the public when he said that the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement sites won’t be used for offensive actions, House Deputy Minority leader France Castro of ACT Teachers party-list said on Tuesday.
“It seems that the President was misinformed on the true text of EDCA or he is misleading the Filipino people. 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,” Castro said in a statement.Marcos on Monday said that the four additional sites under the EDCA would not be used for offensive actions.
"Kaya hindi ko malaman kung saan nanggaling ang sinasabi ng Malacañang, samantalang malinaw sa teksto ng EDCA na ang US ang may control sa mga EDCA sites kung anuman ang mga ipapasok doon o mga aktibidad man,” Castro said.
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