Makabayan bloc lawmakers urged the House of Representatives to investigate the presence of foreign-funded laboratories in the country to ensure that there are no covert military objectives involved in these projects. | JMAurelioINQ /PDI
It pointed out that the task of civilian cooperation on bilateral agricultural concerns lies with the US Department of Agriculture, not with agencies within the American defense department.“The funding agency for the Philippine agricultural labs have clear overt and covert military objectives in the Philippines which may not necessarily align with the civilian, even military objectives of Manila,” the House resolution read.
The Makabayan lawmakers said the DTRA should “disclose whether there are unspecified military objectives in funding the laboratory” and other facilities in the future, particularly relating to the development of bioweapons. “The DTRA has built, equipped and trained Philippine government personnel to run laboratories to detect, monitor and prevent the spread of animal diseases, but the laboratories are run by the Department of Agriculture,” the embassy’s acting spokesperson, John Groch, said in a statement sent to the Inquirer on Tuesday.
They urged the government to “look into the extent of these projects in the Philippines, particularly EIDR, as it is funded both by the DTRA and USAID, both agencies which have various program objectives other than purely scientific research.”
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