Gordon calls out Duterte on threat to scrap VFA if the US will not give COVID-19 vaccine


Senator Richard J. Gordon on Monday disagreed with President Duterte threatening the US that he would abrogate the RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) if the US cannot deliver coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines.       

Senator Richard Gordon (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
Senator Richard Gordon (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)

‘’National interest must be the only consideration for a Visiting Forces Agreement,’’ Gordon said.       

He said Duterte’s “No vaccine  No VFA threat" upon the US is ‘’totally inappropriate, mercenary, and  lessens the dignity of the Philippines.’’