MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday shrugged off the possibility of losing the upper chamber’s leadership for his decision to question President Rodrigo Duterte’s unilateral termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) before the Supreme Court. “If [it would cost me the Senate] leadership, that’s OK with me. “This is one of the transcendental issues of foreign affairs and national sovereignty, and the Senate President is leading us in saying that ‘that’s the [territory] of the Senate,’” Hontiveros said. Sen. Grace Poe likewise expressed her support to the petition to clarify the issue once and for all. I think it would be good to have the opinion of the Supreme Court [on this],”Poe said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 17, 2020 20:03 UTC