Marcos liable if new EDCA sites cause war – expert

by CATHERINE S. VALENTE AND JAVIER JOE ISMAEL ManilaTimes.net

POLITICAL analyst Romulo

“Bobby” Tuazon said on Saturday, April 15 that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. could be held accountable in the event the Philippines was dragged into the Taiwan Strait conflict resulting from the country’s hosting of more American military installations under its Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) with the United States.

“I don’t believe in the statement of Bongbong Marcos that the EDCA sites will not be used against China because, in fact, he also said that if the Philippines needed help then the EDCA sites can be used, which means that any time those sites can be used not only over the tensions in the Taiwan Strait against China but also the maritime disputes in the South China Sea also against China,” Tuazon said in The Alphan Forum.

“So, it is possible that Marcos will not only be in violation of the One China policy, but he can be made accountable for violating the constitutional provision providing for an independent foreign policy because this whole fact right now is a pivot to the U.S., in contrast to the previous friendly pivot to China adopted by the Duterte administration,” he added.

Tuazon, director for policy studies of Center for People