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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City
FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
RESOLUTION
DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO CONDUCT
AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE
STATIONING OF THE US NUCLEAR-POWERED USS GEORGE
WASHINGTON NAVAL FLEET CARRIER IN MANILA BAY LAST
SEPTEMBER 4 TO 7, 2010 WHICH EXPLICITLY VIOLATED THE
CONSTITUTIONAL BAN ON THE ENTRY OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
IN THE COUNTRY, EXPOSED THE PEOPLE TO THE DANGER OF A
NUCLEAR-RELATED DISASTER AND UNDERMINED PHILIPPINE
SOVEREIGNTY
WHEREAS, the port visits are part of the US’ permanent military
presence in the country made possible through the onerous Visiting
Forces Agreement which some Philippine legislators want abrogated
owing to the 11-year old treaty’s provisions that have undermined the
country’s sovereignty by allowing the basing of foreign troops and
facilities; the flying in of warplanes; visits of combat troops and special
operations forces; operation of intelligence, surveillance and satellite
facilities including unmanned aerial vehicles, and access to airfields
and camps of the Armed Forces of the Philippines;
WHEREAS, the “crew liberty” or rest and recreation aspect of the visit
likewise may serve as a euphemism for the troops’ engagement in
local prostitution. The social cost of the so-called visits has been
starkly illustrated in the infamous “Nicole” rape case involving Lance
Corporal Daniel Smith;
Adopted,