Six senators allied with President Duterte have distanced themselves from the Senate's appeal against the hasty abrogation of the Philippines' Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States.
Six senators allied with President Duterte have distanced themselves from the Senate’s appeal against the hasty abrogation of the Philippines’ Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States.During the Upper Chamber’s session on Tuesday, Senators Pia Cayetano, Christopher Go, Imee Marcos, Ramon Revilla Jr., Francis Tolentino, and Cynthia Villar registered their abstention on Resolution No.
“Does the President have the power to abrogate a treaty under the 1987 Constitution? I say yes, considering the President’s role as the chief architect of our nation’s foreign policy. This includes the decision to terminate the existing Visiting Forces Agreement, a political process with regional and international consequences,” Tolentino said in his lengthy explanation that cited several jurisprudences and the 1987 Constitution.
Marcos’ manifestation, meanwhile, caused a brief stir in the Senate plenary when she moved to reconsider the adoption of the resolution “because the passage of this resolution was without our knowledge that the vote was in fact taken.” “That is not true, because once the roll call has been called and there is no roll call thereafter, that is a continuing implication that there is a quorum,” Sotto said, adding that someone should have questioned the quorum then. Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri backed him.The Senate had to suspend its session for a few minutes to explain to Marcos the chamber’s procedures.
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