Sen. Francis Escudero supported Sen. Ronald dela Rosa’s proposal for the government to require the United States to pay for its presence in the country to help augment the pension funds of military and other uniformed personnel. | MRamosINQ /PDI
Escudero, a lawyer, said Washington would also normally give military and financial assistance “particularly to countries that are strategic partners in the region.”
Military analysts believe that the simmering tension in the Taiwan Strait between the United States and China further underscored Manila’s importance in sustaining Washington’s interests and in countering Beijing’s aggressive military actions.
“When they come here to the Philippines, we don’t even require them to get visas. But when we travel to the US, it’s difficult for us to get visas,” he lamented.The diplomatic ties between the two countries had always been “one-sided” in favor of the United States, the senator insisted, claiming that “there’s no reciprocity at all” in the Philippine-US relations.
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