SENATE PANEL REVIEWS PH-US EDCA

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Dateline Kamuning:


Committee on Foreign Relations chairperson Sen. Imee R. Marcos quizzes Philippine defense officials on the objectives of the country's Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) with the United States. 

Leading the Senate panel's inquiry on the 2014 defense agreement Wednesday, April 19, 2023, Marcos questioned the intent of the alliance vis-a-vis the government's plan to build more EDCA bases, saying the sites chosen were "random and no longer purposeful" with regard to the efforts to modernize the Philippines' armed forces.




Modernization, she maintained, should be the primary goal in the EDCA's implementation, besides disaster preparedness, maritime security and counterterrorism. 

"Are we going to just rely on foreigners to defend us while our armed forces remain neglected, outdated...and completely abject in the face of any external threats?" Marcos said in mixed Filipino and English.


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