Senators to question VFA termination before SC

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Senators will be crossing party lines to question the Duterte administration’s move to terminate the Visiting Forces Agreement without the Senate’s nod

“It is our firm belief that if treaties and international agreements the President entered into cannot be valid without the approval of the Senate, the termination of, or withdrawal from, the same should only be effective with the concurrence of the Senate,” Drilon said in a statement.

Drilon said Sotto is already preparing a petition and has asked him to co-author it. The minority leader said he accepted the Senate President’s invitation.The Constitution requires that the Senate concur in treaties for these to be ratified. However, it does not say if the Senate’s nod is also needed when the administration decides to exit from a treaty.

The opposition senators’ petition assailing the Duterte administration’s withdrawal from the Rome Statute isDrilon said that if the Supreme Court sides with their argument that the Senate’s concurrence is also required when the administration decides to leave a treaty, then the Duterte administration’s termination of the VFA would also be considered invalid.

President Rodrigo Duterte ordered Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro “Teddyboy” Locsin Jr. in early February to

 

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Will be? Another hypothetical. And if they do. We will send them to our political INIDORO. Its a place where your hopes of being a politician dies. Exposing themselves as slaves of the oligarchs. WeStandWithDuterte

What are you waiting for? Senate should act urgently don’t waste time. We cant expect from the house of crocodile, Tongressmen are playing safe for their self interest, no one speak their concerns about VFA

Uphold the rule of law

When US Pres Trump accepted the VFA termination with an open arms, local politicians are still clamoring to have the GI's is well within their sights. Sino ba naman ang hindi mangangarap na masilayan ang isang kahawig ni Tom Cruise or ni Phoebe Cates😆😆😆

More political spin. The question is already before the SC. No need to repeat the question.

The Senate, Judiciary and Congress have no independence so why waste time? The majority is always on the side of the sitting President. Just let the current and next Presidents undo laws, treaties & executive orders of the previous Presidents 😂🤡😂

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