BAYAN cited the fact that US promises for the last five years to modernize the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in exchange for maintaining its military bases and entering into an agreement with the US have come to nothing.
Iginiit ng BAYAN na walang kinahinatnan ang limang taong pangangako ng US ng modernisasyon ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) kapalit ng pananatili noon ng mga base militar at pakikipagkasundo sa US.