MANILA, Philippines – The administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has failed to meet three conditions set by the United States Congress for the partial release of military aid to the Philippines in 2008, 237 US-based labor, human rights, and church groups told American lawmakers Tuesday (Manila time).
The groups asked the American lawmakers to stop funding the Philippine military until the Arroyo government met the conditions, which have to do with the protection of human rights.
They also asked the US Congress to require the State Department to be more transparent and make public its human rights certification to the Philippines.
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