MANILA, Philippines — After being told on national television that a sitting senator had nothing to do with the issue of the country’s visiting forces agreement with the United States, Senator Panfilo Lacson is throwing the book — the 1987 Constitution, that is — back at President Duterte.
Duterte — whose administration had sought to increase the Philippines’ share of the US’ military aid to $16 billion, comparable to the aid it was supposedly infusing in war-torn Pakistan —criticized Lacson and said that he has “nothing to do with” the VFA issue.
But the three-time senator is not about to take that sitting down.
“Mr. President, read the 1987 Constitution. A se…
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