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                    [Summary] => Voting 11-3 with one abstention, the Supreme Court (SC) declared yesterday that the RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) is constitutional.


The High Court said in its decision that there was no abuse of discretion on the part of President Estrada in the ratification of the pact, which the Senate concurred with on May 27, 1999.


The SC maintained that the President cannot be faulted for tossing the VFA to the Senate, which ratified the pact last year with an 18-5 vote. The VFA gave US troops free access to the country for joint military exercises.


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The High Court said in its decision that there was no abuse of discretion on the part of President Estrada in the ratification of the pact, which the Senate concurred with on May 27, 1999.


The SC maintained that the President cannot be faulted for tossing the VFA to the Senate, which ratified the pact last year with an 18-5 vote. The VFA gave US troops free access to the country for joint military exercises.


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SC, voting 11-3, rules VFA is legal

By Delon Porcalla | October 11, 2000 - 12:00am

Voting 11-3 with one abstention, the Supreme Court (SC) declared yesterday that the RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) is constitutional. The High Court said in its decision that there was no abuse of discretion...

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