Asia today is at peace. ASEAN is at peace. Global prosperity and ascendancy in the 21^st Century is shifting to the East, hence it has been dubbed the Asian Century.

               The 1987 Philippine Constitution in Article XVIII, Section 25 in its wisdom states, “foreign military bases, troops, or facilities shall not be allowed in the Philippines except under a treaty duly concurred in by the Senate and, when the Congress so requires, ratified by a majority of the votes cast by the people in a national referendum held for that purpose, and recognized as a treaty by the other contracting State.”

               The last legal US Military Bases Agreement in the Philippines was rejected by the Philippine Senate in a 12-11 vote saying the Military Bases Agreement was “one-sided,” there has since been no Senate ratified new treaty or one ratified by a majority of the voters in a national referendum. What exists is a politicized, manipulated sham Supreme Court decision under an ousted Chief Justice disqualified to serve ab initio.

               The Philippines had been stable and peaceful since 2016, prospering with all countries including China, the US, Russia and ASEAN in mutually beneficial, open cooperation. Only in 2023 did the country start facing internal divisiveness, acrimonious antagonism with China, isolation from ASEAN, economic retrogression, when the PBBM administration embraced and added 5 US EDCA Bases.

               For a year-and-a-half tension with China rose with the U.S. inspired “assertive transparency” strategy to antagonize China, turning the Philippines into the pariah of peace-loving ASEAN, causing multi-billion Dollars infra program cancellations with nothing-in-return from the US except the installation of Typhon missiles launchers inviting Russia’s Putin’s warning to “satellite” Philippines.

               The “No to US-BBM Proxy War” has helped compel the BBM administration to stand-down and de-escalate from the US-led “assertive transparency” and restart “deescalation” and “easing of tensions,” but that is only the first step in a process where the ultimate goal is ejection of all US EDCA Bases in the Philippines and today focusing on Cebu’s Mactan -Benito Ebuen Air Base in particular.

               The US EDCA Base in Cebu is right beside civilian Mactan International Airport making it a human shield for the American military bases. This is and should be unacceptable to all Filipinos. This is unacceptable to hence we are launching this forum, motorcade and rally and saying “No to US-BBM Proxy War, No to US EDCA Bases.”

               Today, with fervent will to restore peace, tranquility and prosperity to our nation, our Asia and our World, we launch this signature campaign calling for the Removal of the US EDCA Base in the Mactan-Benito Ebuen Air Base and all illegal, unconstitutional presence of foreign troops and military bases in the entirety of the Philippines’ territory.

SIGN HERE:

www.bit.ly/koalisyonkontragera

Anti War Congress
August 9, 2024 – 9AM-12NN
Sacred Heart Ctr., Cebu City
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82602923010
Zoom ID: 826 0292 3010

 

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