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Senate to look into ‘extended’ stay of US troops in RP

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Daily Tribune

Gabriela party-list Representatives Liza Maza and Luzviminda Ilagan, for their part, said President Arroyo could be liable for treason by allowing the US troops to participate in counter-terrorism operations in the country.  read more »

Presidential Aspirants Urged to Oppose US Troops' Stay

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GMANews.tv

Gabriela Representatives Liza Maza and Luzviminda Ilagan said the House committees on Foreign Affairs and Defense should investigate the planned stay of US troops.  read more »

Solons want US military presence probed

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Inquirer.net

MANILA, Philippines--The continued presence of American soldiers in some parts of Mindanao will be the subject of a congressional inquiry being pushed by the party list Gabriela in the House of Representatives.  read more »

Maza says “US troops must go;” Pimentel asks what’s legal basis for continued US military in RP?

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Mindanews

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/23 August) -- “The presence of U.S. troops in the country is a blatant intervention to the internal affairs of our country. In fact, their decision to continuously deploy U.S. soldiers in the Philippines not only violates our sovereignty but it also puts our national security under threat. We do not need G.I. Joes to fight our own battles,” Gabriela Women’s party representative Liza Maza said in a statement.  read more »

Maza Files Resolution Seeking Inquiry on the Deployment of 600 U.S. Soldiers for Counterinsurgency Operations

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Rep. Liza Maza of Gabriela Women's Party today filed House Resolution No. 1335 directing the House of Representatives Committees on Foreign Affairs and Defense to conduct an inquiry into the move of the U.S and Philippine Governments to keep an elite force of 600-U.S. soldier counterinsurgency operation deployed in the Philippines.  read more »Click the images below for bigger versions:
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‘Presence of US troops may harm civilians’

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Sunstar

MILITANT lawmakers filed Resolution 1335 seeking for the House committees on foreign affairs and defense to probe the 600-US soldier counterinsurgency operation deployed in the country.  read more »

US soldiers welcome

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Journal Online

Gabriela Rep. Liza Maza however said the soldiers must leave since their presence is a blatant intervention in the internal affairs of the country.  read more »

Malacañang Invokes VFA to Justify Continued Presence of US Troops

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Daily Tribune

In her statement, Maza demanded the immediate pullout of US troops in Mindanao, saying their mere presence was already a clear violation of the country’s sovereignty.  read more »

G.I. Joes Must Go! - Maza

“The presence of U.S. troops in the country is a blatant intervention to the internal affairs of our country. In fact, their decision to continuously deploy U.S. soldiers in the Philippines not only violates our sovereignty but it also puts our national security under threat. We do not need G.I. Joes to fight our own battles.”  read more »

Leftist solon questions visit of U.S. soldiers in RP

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Journal Online

A LEFT leaning lady party-list lawmaker perceived to be running for a Senate seat in next year’s elections has questioned the visit of 6,000 American soldiers aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS George Washington that docked at the Manila Harbor recently.  read more »

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Why the VFA Must be Terminated Now!

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Long before Nicole’s ordeal, the government stubbornly refused to listen to the voices that opposed the crafting and the signing of the VFA between our government and that of the United States of America. This was followed suit by the Senate that ratified it and the Supreme Court that declared its constitutionality.  read more »