Mali si dating Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque nang sinabi niyang walang pakinabang ang bansa sa Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) sa United States, at ang mga sundalong Pilipino, "batay" sa Guinness World Records, ang nakikipaglaban sa "pinakamatagal na paghihimagsik” sa buong mundo.
Roque wrongly claimed that the country does not benefit at all from its VFA with the US, and that Filipino soldiers are fighting the world's "longest-running insurgency."
Sinabi ni Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. sa mga senador noong Peb. 6 na hindi pa naipapadala ng gobyerno ang notice of termination ng Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) sa United States.
The VFA is a bilateral agreement between the Philippines and the US that outlines the terms and conditions on the entry and visit of US armed forces in the country.
Ang sinabi ni Sen. Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III na maaaring kanselahin ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) "mayroon man o walang" dahilan ay kailangang isaalang-alang ang kaso na nakabinbin sa Supreme Court (SC).
The Supreme Court has not decided on the question of whether the president can unilaterally terminate a treaty or an agreement with other countries.
May President Duterte unilaterally abrogate the Visiting Forces Agreement without the consent of the Senate?The question arose yesterday after Mr. Duterte angrily warned he will do precisely that if the Americans do not “correct” the cancellation of the US visa earlier issued to a close ally, Senator Ronald “Bato” de la Rosa.
By LAURO BAJA, JR. THE proposal for “increased” access to facilities in Subic and other places to US forces and those of other “allies” is a byproduct of US desire to upgrade their pivot in Asia and of the Philippines necessity to arrest the rampaging actions of China in the West Philippine Sea. The
By JONATHAN DE SANTOS A non-government organization (NGO) has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to reconsider its decision to keep its hands off the issue of the controversial Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), and help make U.S. military personnel in the Philippines answerable for their misdeeds under Philippine laws. The NGO Center for International Law (Centerlaw)