MANILA - Two Philippine senators on Thursday reasserted the lawmaking body's right to rule on the executive's decision to abrogate treaties and warned that failing to exercise this "would weaken the S
MANILA - Two Philippine senators on Thursday reasserted the lawmaking body's right to rule on the executive's decision to abrogate treaties and warned that failing to exercise this "would weaken the Senate."
"Failure to assert such role is an abdication of our ability and authority in foreign policy formulation... Failure to do so would weaken the Senate," he said. "It is our Constitutional duty to uphold the principle of separation of powers, especially checks and balances, which gave rise to the need for Senate action on treaties," Poe said.
"US Supreme Court deemed the president's actions as political questions... The US Supreme Court did not review and pass judgments on those acts of US presidents," Malaya said.'STRONGER' ACTION
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