MANILA - The Supreme Court on Tuesday required the Office of the Executive Secretary and the Department of Foreign Affairs to comment on a petition filed by the Senate seeking to clarify its role in t
he cancellation of treaties, particularly, on the Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States.
At the center of the issue is how to interpret Section 21 of Article VII of the 1987 Constitution, which reads: “No treaty or international agreement shall be valid and effective unless concurred in by at least two-thirds of all the Members of the Senate.” In the formal notice dated June 1, 2020, Locsin cited "political and other developments in the region" as the reason for the suspension, and then, later on Wednesday, specified "heightened super power tensions" and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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