World War III in the Philippines

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Target: 20M signatures; CBCP starts 50-day protest against VFA

Philippine Daily Inquirer, [c. 26 July 1998]. The Catholic bishops' signature campaign is spearheaded by the CBCP's National Secretariat of Social Action, Justice and Peace. Although Estrada pushes for it, the people reject the VFA. It is one-sided, made between a master and a lackey. The VFA allows the resumption of Philippine-US military exercises has impossible justifications and is lopsided in favor of the United States. Violates the constitution and national sovereignty.

At the very least, it was bad manners

Editorial, Philippine Daily Inquirer 8 August 1998. The United States is trying to foist a new treaty on the Philippines. Senators bamboozled and humiliated. US officials are already acting like the lords and masters of this country. The treaty is dedicated to the proposition that you can fool all of the people all of the time—provided those people are Filipinos.

VFA and the Anti-Terrorism Bill: Boon or Bane?

KARAPATAN press statement, 30 August 1998. The Defense Secretary Orlando Mercado is pushing for VFA and for the certification of the Anti-Terrorism Bill. VFA will one-sidedly benefit US military forces and the bill is precipitated by the bombings of the US Embassies in Africa, which shows the Philippine government's subservience to US interest.

BAYAN warns of IMF-WB role in pushing for VFA

Bagong Alyansang Makabayan/New Patriotic Alliance News Release, 25 September 1998. BAYAN acceses Pres. Joseph Estrada of rumor-mongering and using scare tactics in its campaign to have the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) ratified by the Senate, sounding false alarms by linking the approval of the VFA to the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) and World Bank's (WB) release of loans to the Philippines.

US troops reenter the Philippines

Communist Party of Aotearoa, 23 January 2002. After being expelled at the crest of a massive wave of popular struggle in 1992, US troops have returned to the Philippines on active service. The United States is using the Abu Sayyaf group as a pretext for the intervention of US military advisors, trainers and combat troops in violation of the constitution (the Abu Sayyaf group was created in the early 1990s by the CIA to undermine the legitimate armed struggle of the Moro people of Mindinao.