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                    [Summary] => Sen. Aquilino Pimentel Jr. filed yesterday a resolution urging the indefinite suspension in the implementation of the Mutual Logistics Support Agreement (MLSA) between the Philippines and the United States until the Senate has finished reviewing it.


"The important thing is for Congress, particularly the Senate, to assert its right over agreements entered into by any agency of the government," Pimentel stressed.
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Ople made the statement after the first Senate hearing on the MLSA left senators still unconvinced that the MLSA is indeed a mere technical agreement as alleged by Ople and Defense Secretary Angelo Reyes, and does not need Senate ratification.
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In a press briefing, Reyes also said he and Foreign Affairs Secretary Blas Ople are scheduled to brief leaders of both chambers of Congress on the MLSA which he described as a "very routinary agreement" between Manila and Washington.

"The Supreme Court is the proper venue to ventilate all of these (issues against the MLSA)," Reyes said.
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Villar, chairman of the Senate committee on foreign relations, said he would insist on the ratification of the MLSA should the Senate later reclassify the military agreement as a treaty.

He said it was the constitutional duty of the Senate to look into international agreements entered into by the government.
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"Frankly we don’t see any provision whatsoever in this MLSA that will compromise the sovereignty and security of the Philippines," Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye said.
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                    [Summary] => Sen. Aquilino Pimentel Jr. filed yesterday a resolution urging the indefinite suspension in the implementation of the Mutual Logistics Support Agreement (MLSA) between the Philippines and the United States until the Senate has finished reviewing it.


"The important thing is for Congress, particularly the Senate, to assert its right over agreements entered into by any agency of the government," Pimentel stressed.
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Ople made the statement after the first Senate hearing on the MLSA left senators still unconvinced that the MLSA is indeed a mere technical agreement as alleged by Ople and Defense Secretary Angelo Reyes, and does not need Senate ratification.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1297981 [AuthorName] => Efren Danao [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 185619 [Title] => Reyes dares MLSA critics: Go to Supreme Court [Summary] => Defense Secretary Angelo Reyes dared yesterday critics of the RP-US Mutual Logistics Support Agreement (MLSA) to question the legality of the pact before the Supreme Court (SC).

In a press briefing, Reyes also said he and Foreign Affairs Secretary Blas Ople are scheduled to brief leaders of both chambers of Congress on the MLSA which he described as a "very routinary agreement" between Manila and Washington.

"The Supreme Court is the proper venue to ventilate all of these (issues against the MLSA)," Reyes said.
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Villar, chairman of the Senate committee on foreign relations, said he would insist on the ratification of the MLSA should the Senate later reclassify the military agreement as a treaty.

He said it was the constitutional duty of the Senate to look into international agreements entered into by the government.
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"Frankly we don’t see any provision whatsoever in this MLSA that will compromise the sovereignty and security of the Philippines," Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye said.
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By Paolo Romero | January 19, 2008 - 12:00am
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