US ‘temporary’ facilities in the Philippines may evade its constitutional ban on foreign bases.

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Soon, U.S. troops had regained access to Subic Bay and Clark. A 2014 agreement allows a still larger U.S. presence. Negotiators have released few details, but talks appear to have revolved around the question of Filipino access to “temporary” facilities built by U.S. troops on Philippines soil. Both governments insist the agreement will respect Philippines sovereignty and create no U.S. “bases.” Still, some Filipinos are challenging that assessment and asking whether the plan violates the country’s constitutional ban on foreign military bases. Military facilities in the Philippines that Filipino troops might not be able to visit certainly sounds like foreign bases, raising doubts about Pentagon official Ray DuBois’s earlier promises of “no flag, no forward presence, no families.” — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 986