Former Senator Leila de Lima believes that putting up more sites where US troops will have access under the EDCA is a “necessity.” | DYGalvezINQ
This as China continues its aggressions against the Philippines at the West Philippine Sea and the challenges of climate change, she said.“I believe that, given China’s growing aggression & the worsening challenges of climate change, EDCA & its expansion via putting up of additional EDCA sites are a necessity,” De Lima said in a Twitter post on Wednesday.
“Strengthening our alliance with the US and partnering with other democratic republics in the region is an unmistakable demonstration of our sovereignty and resistance to China’s creeping invasion of our possessions in the West Philippine Sea,” De Lima, who is a former Justice Secretary, said. EDCA, which was signed in 2014, allows US military personnel to train with local troops as well as build and operate facilities inside Philippine military bases.
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