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Senatorial candidate Harry Roque (File photo) MANILA - UniTeam senatorial candidate Harry Roque has vowed to amend the 2009 Philippine Baselines Law which caused the country to lose much of its territorial waters and weaken its legal claim to the Kalayaan or Spratly Group of Islands. If elected to the Senate, Roque would rectify the legal infirmities in Republic Act (RA) 9522. The law amended provisions of RA 3046 to define the country's new archipelagic baseline. In 2009, Roque filed a petition on behalf of law dean Merlin Magallona before the Supreme Court for a judicial review of the constitutionality of the Philippine Baselines Law. The high court dismissed the Magallona et al. vs. Executive Secretary case. Roque questioned the new archipelagic baseline because it took out a large portion of the Philippine territory. He also argued that it contradicted the Treaty of Paris of 1898, which demarcated the country's territory before any existing international treaty. "The P ....

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