Senators are considering questioning the termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement before the Supreme Court.
Senators are considering questioning the termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement before the Supreme Court.
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said in a statement earlier in the day that Sotto and other senators will be crossing party lines to question the VFA’s termination without the Senate’s nod before the Supreme Court. “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.
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.
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