Carpio: VFA termination renders other military pacts with US 'useless'

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MANILA - The Philippines' termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement with its longtime ally the United States will render its other military pacts with the Americans useless and makes it vulnerable

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MANILA - The Philippines' termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement with its longtime ally the United States will render its other military pacts with the Americans useless and makes it vulnerable to possible armed aggression, retired Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said Friday.

The MDT, signed in 1951, mandates the Philippines and the US to come to each other's aid if either country is under attack. The treaties are part of US domestic law after President Donald Trump approved the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act in 2018. During his speech, the former justice also criticized Duterte's recent remark that the Philippine military is pursuing self-reliance or it either becomes a US territory or a Chinese province."Under the UN charter, collective self-defense is allowed. We are allowed to defend our country against armed aggression but we can enter into alliances to defend our country," he said.

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