BAYAN: Bayan says presence of US warships in PH waters undermines regional stability, PH security

From the pro-CPP Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN-New Patriotic Alliance) Website (Oct 25): Bayan says presence of US warships in PH waters undermines regional stability, PH security

Multisectoral group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) today criticized the docking of yet another nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier and its escort ships in Manila Bay for a supposed goodwill visit. The group said that such continuing and increasingly more frequent presence of US warships in Philippine waters undermines stability in the region as it fuels the still raging tension with China over territorial disputes. Bayan said that diplomatic efforts to resolve the tension in the disputed areas in the West Philippine Sea and Panatag Shoal are being weakened by the continued and intensified force projection of the US military in the region as part of its so-called pivot to Asia Pacific.... Bayan said that aside from fueling regional tension, the presence of US warships also endangers the national security as these ships are likely carrying nuclear weapons that make the country vulnerable to nuclear disaster....The group also pointed out that the presence of a large number of US military personnel in foreign countries, especially during R&R of American troops, has resulted in various abuses against the locals.... Bayan renewed its call for the junking of the VFA and the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) with the US, and for all American troops and warships to withdraw from the Philippines, emphasizing that such presence seriously violates the country’s national sovereignty....

http://www.bayan.ph/site/2012/10/bayan-says-presence-of-us-warships-in-ph-waters-undermines-regional-stability-ph-security/