Many Filipinos will be surprised to know that the 16-year-old Phl-US Visiting Forces Agreement has no provision for revision or amendment. It can only be honored as is or terminated. The contract is a take-it-or-leave-it proposition that then President Fidel V. Ramos took. The agreement has no provision for amendment, but only a Section IX (Duration and Termination) that says: “This agreement shall enter into force on the date on which the parties have notified each other in writing through the diplomatic channel that they have completed their constitutional requirements for entry into force. This agreement shall remain in force until the expiration of 180 days from the date on which either party gives the other party notice in writing that it desires to terminate the agreement.” philstar/opinion/2014/10/26/1384545/vfa-cant-be-revised-only-terminated October 26, 2014
Posted on: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 09:20:06 +0000
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