{"id":245117,"date":"2020-02-16T07:44:25","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T12:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=245117"},"modified":"2025-01-13T01:42:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T06:42:59","slug":"trump-comment-on-vfa-termination-makes-him-good-leader-prrd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/02\/16\/trump-comment-on-vfa-termination-makes-him-good-leader-prrd\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump comment on VFA termination makes him \u2018good\u2019 leader: PRRD"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and US President Donald Trump share a light moment prior to the bilateral meeting at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City on November 13, 2017. ROBINSON NI\u00d1AL JR.\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— President Rodrigo Duterte considers United States (US) President Donald Trump as \u201cgood\u201d leader with the decision of the latter to respect his directive to scrap the 22-year-old Visiting Forces Agreement, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Duterte was elated over Trump\u2019s \u201ccircumspect and judicious\u201d reaction to the termination of the military deal between the Philippines and the US, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a press statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cPRRD (President Rodrigo Roa Duterte) welcomes President Trump\u2019s remarks and he is glad that the American President understands and respects his decision to end the Visiting Forces Agreement,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Duterte, as quoted by Panelo, said: \u201cPresident Trump is a good President and he deserves to be reelected.\u201d<\/p>\n

The VFA, signed between Manila and Washington in February 1998, allows visiting US troops to visit the Philippines without passport and visa, as well as to use their permits and licenses in the host country.<\/p>\n

Duterte was forced to end VFA, following the cancellation of US visa of his ally, erstwhile police chief and incumbent Senator Ronald dela Rosa.<\/p>\n

The formal termination notice was sent to the US government on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The termination of VFA will take effect 180 days after the notification of the Philippines to the US.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Trump viewed Duterte\u2019s revocation of VFA as a welcome development since Washington will \u201csave a lot of money.\u201d<\/p>\n

Duterte was convinced that Trump understands his latest move, Panelo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe President said that if President Trump were a Filipino and the Philippine President, given his character and principled stand on a matter of national interest, he would have done exactly the same thing he had done, and if he (PRRD) were the US President, he would have given the same reaction,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Apart from dela Rosa\u2019s canceled US visa, the travel ban imposed on Philippine officials linked to Senator Leila de Lima\u2019s arrest, the American senators\u2019 call to release de Lima, and the passage of the Senate resolution condemning Duterte\u2019s drug war were also the among reasons for the revocation of VFA.<\/p>\n

Panelo maintained that Duterte deemed as \u201coffensive and blatant disrespect\u201d to the Philippine judicial system the recent actions made by the US government against his administration.<\/p>\n

He also considered it as \u201coutright assault\u201d to the Philippines\u2019 sovereignty.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs a matter of principle and national pride, being the head of an aggrieved and insulted state, he had been compelled to take a bold, decisive and studied action,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

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Panelo said the Duterte government, nevertheless, appreciates the US\u2019 help in crushing the Islamic State terrorists during the Marawi siege in May 2017.<\/p>\n

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He added that the Philippines also thanked Washington for siding with it in fighting the Japanese Imperial forces during the Second World.<\/p>\n

But Panelo reiterated that now is the time for the Philippines to stand on its own.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe time to strengthen our defense capabilities has come. Reliance on another country to defend our motherland from whoever desires to threaten our territorial integrity as well as to assault our sovereignty will only further weaken and stagnate our already limited resources,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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