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Former senators Jovito Salonga and Wigberto Tañada yesterday led a group of lawyers in asking the Supreme Court (SC) to declare the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) unconstitutional, since it does not recognize the court’s rules of procedure. 


The 44-page petition was filed by Salonga, Tañada, retired Court of Appeals (CA) justice Jose de la Rama, lawyer Emilio Capulong, international law professor Harry Roque Jr., University of the Philippines law professor Florin Hilbay and Makati Judge Benjamin Pozon.


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FLORIN HILBAY AND MAKATI JUDGE BENJAMIN POZON

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The 44-page petition was filed by Salonga, Tañada, retired Court of Appeals (CA) justice Jose de la Rama, lawyer Emilio Capulong, international law professor Harry Roque Jr., University of the Philippines law professor Florin Hilbay and Makati Judge Benjamin Pozon.


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Lawyers’ group asks SC to declare VFA unconstitutional

By Evelyn Macairan | January 20, 2007 - 12:00am

Former senators Jovito Salonga and Wigberto Tañada yesterday led a group of lawyers in asking the Supreme Court (SC) to declare the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) unconstitutional, since it does not...

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