Senator Imee Marcos on Tuesday called for certain limits in the implementation of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement including those on the number of US troops in the country and the length of their stay.
Marcos, the chairperson of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, said having thousands of Americans conducting exercises daily is like the US forces already living in the country.
Signed in 2014, the EDCA grants US troops access to designated Philippine military facilities and allows them to build facilities, and preposition equipment, aircraft, and vessels. Permanent basing is prohibited. On Monday, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said the EDCA sites would not be used for offensive actions and China should not see it as a threat against them.
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