House leader renews call to terminate VFA
04/17/2011A leader of the House of Representatives has filed a proposed joint congressional resolution seeking the termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) entered into by the Philippines with the United States.
“This will send a stronger message that we have had enough of this downright unconstitutional treaty,” said House Deputy Speaker and Quezon Rep. Lorenzo “Erin” Tañada III in filing Joint Resolution 17 which calls for the termination of the VFA and directing the secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to give notice of termination to the US government.
“Recalling all the various incidents of human rights violations and criminal acts allegedly or proven to be committed by US troops in Philippine soil, I strongly believe that it is an imperative that we reclaim the sovereignty we are slowly losing to foreign forces,” he noted..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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