“That said, there is a pending petition in the [Supreme Court] in this regard and the issue has not been settled. All the more that as a senator, I have something to do with the President’s threat to terminate the VFA if the US does not pay up,” Lacson said in a separate message to reporters.
“Senators have no function at all in the matter of agreements here. It is vested in the President, and it does not need any concurrence from Congress,” Duterte said in his speech late Monday.Signed in 1998, the VFA allows US forces to come to the Philippines for joint exercises with Filipino troops. Duterte ordered the agreement abrogated last year, but suspended action because of the coronavirus pandemic and “heightened superpower tensions.
Noting that Lacson had deleted his tweet, Duterte directed much of his ire at Vice President Leni Robredo, who said on Sunday that the President’s remarks could be misconstrued as extortion. The Philippines should be provided with arms that would place it on equal footing with other countries, he said.
what can you expect from DUTERTE but STUPIDITY
Umepal na naman ang protektor sa dating kuratong baliling group.
Duterte breaks under pressure. Anger him and he will keep on mumbling, exposing more mistakes, non-sense and ignorance.
Lacson: 4 Duterte: 0
Kung hindi lang ako na Block 🚫 ni Pinky Lacson malamang pinalakpakan ko siya dito!😂🤣
E may legal basis pala si Lacson e. E ikaw DU30, ano ang legal basis mo sa pagsabi na walang paki ang mga senador?
kala niya puede na sya lang. kahit tanod. 🤣🤣🤣
Say: Hey I'm here comes 2022!
kadiri mas panig p ang senator sa kabila
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