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SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF TH E )
REPUBLIC OF TH E PH IL IPPIN ES ) ’ 17 FEB13 »A8:30
First R egular Session )

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In tro d u ced by S enators F ranklin M. D rilon, Sonny M. A ngara, Paolo Benigno “B am ”

A quino IV, Leila M. De Lima, Jo se p h V ictor G. Ejercito, G regorio B. H o n asan II, Risa
H ontiveros, Panfilo M. Lacson, Loren B. Legarda, Francis “Kiko” P angilinan, Ralph
G. Recto, V icente C. vSotto III, .loci V illanueva, and J u a n M iguel “Migz" P'. Zubiri

RESOLirnoN f:xprivssing t h e s i :nse o f thf : s i :nate

THAT t i :rjminahon o f , or w u h d r a w a l fr o m , rRi, viii:s and
IN T E IL N A nO N A L A G R i:i:M i:N T S CON CU RRIT) IN RY T H i: SENATE
SHALL Ri: VALID AND 1:FFI:CTIVE ONLY UPON CONCURRENCE BY
t h e s i :n a t e

1 W HEREAS, A rticle VII, Section 2 i of th e C onstitu tio n provides: “No tre a rt- o r
2 in tern atio n al ag reem en t shall be valid an d effective unless co n cu rred in by at least
3 tw o -th ird s o f all th e M em bers o f th e S en ate.”;

4 W HEREAS, A rticle II, Section 2 o f th e C onstitu tio n provides, in p a rt, th a t th e

5 Philippines ad o p ts th e generally accepted p rinciples o f in tern atio n al law as p a rt o f
6 th e law o f the land;

7 W HEREAS, Article 14 o f R epublic Act No. 3 8 6 , o therw ise know n as th e Civil

8 Code o f th e Philippines, provides: “Penal laws an d th o se o f public security an d safety
9 shall be obligatoiy upon all w ho live o r so jo u rn in th e P hilippine tc rrito r\', subject to
10 th e principles o f public in te rn a tio n a l law an d to tre a ty stip u la tio n s.”;

11 W HEREAS, th e pow er to b in d th e P hilippines by tre a ty o r in te rn a tio n a l

12 ag reem en t is vested jo intly by th e C onstitu tio n in tlic P resid en t an d th e Senate;

13 W HEREAS, a treaty o r in te rn a tio n a l ag reem en t ratified by th e P resid en t an d

14 concurred in by th e S enate becom es p a rt o f th e law of th e land an d m ay n o t be
15 un d o n e w ithout th e sh ared pow er th a t p u t it into effect;

16 W HEREAS, th e principle of checks an d balances, historical p reced en t an d

17 practice accepted as law in m ost ju risd ictio n s, an d th e C o n stitu tio n ’s d ictate for a
18 sh ared treaty -m ak in g pow er requ ire th a t a te rm in a tio n , w ithdraw al, ab ro g atio n or
19 ren u n ciatio n o f a tre a ty o r in te rn a tio n a l ag reem en t can only be d o n e w ith th e sam e
20 a u th o rity th a t gave it effect - executive ratification w ith S enate concurrence: Now,
21 therefore, he it
1 RESOLVED BY T H E SENATE, to express its sen se th a t te rm in a tio n of, o r
2 w ithdraw al from , tre a tie s an d in te rn a tio n a l ag reem en ts co n cu rred in by the S enate
3 shall be valid a n d effective only u p o n co n cu rren ce by th e Senate.

Adopted,

. DRILON
S en ato r

PAOLO BENIGNO “BAM'’AQUINO IV

S enator S en ato r

RISA 11ONTIVEROS U P A N F U ^ Q ^ '^ S O N

S enator S e iiito r

LOREN B. LEGARDA FRANCI NGI LI NAN

S enator 'Cnatbr

IGUEL "MIGZ" F. ZUBIRI GREGORY0 B. ONASA'N

Senator Senator

JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO VICENTE C\ SOTTO III

Senator ^_vSe n a t o r

SOiN’ N Y M. ANGARA
Senator :>c n a to r

L lanueva
nator