Published April 27, 2021, 2:39 PM
Fifteen senators on Tuesday, April 27, have filed the resolution which seeks to censure National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesperson Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade, Jr. for his “disrespectful and derogatory” remarks against members of the Senate following their call for a review and possible defunding of the agency’s P19-billion budget.
(Senate of the Philippines PRIB)
Senate Resolution No 709, introduced by Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon and Senate President Vicente Sotto III, was also signed by Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto, Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri, Nancy Binay, Pia Cayetano, Leila de Lima, Sherwin Gatchalian, Richard Gordon, Risa Hontiveros, Panfilo Lacson, Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, Grace Poe, and Joel Villanueva.
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11 senators file resolution ‘strongly condemning’ illegal Chinese activities in West Philippine Sea By CONSUELO MARQUEZ, GMA News
Published April 26, 2021 5:49pm Eleven senators on Monday filed a resolution strongly condemning the illegal activities of China in the country’s exclusive economic zone (EZZ) in the West Philippine Sea. Under Senate Resolution 708, which was principally authored by Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, senators said the continued presence of Chinese ship at Philippines sovereign territory violates the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and 2016 Permanent Court of Arbitration award which favored Philippines claims to West Philippine Sea. “China should not be allowed to rewrite or nullify the UNCLOS, which was painstakingly negotiated and ratified by various States, as such blatant disregard of established international law not only has serious ramifications on a rules-based international order, senators sa