I cannot speculate on what we might do because we don't have the warrant yet. I understand that there is a judicial procedure and we will take it one step at a time. |
Our views have not changed that the VFA is a mutually beneficial and useful framework that clarifies the legal status of visiting US military personnel and enables both the US and the Philippines to advance their national security interests. |
We hope and expect the Filipino people will seek peaceful solutions to the current situation through constitutional procedures. And the U.S. strongly believes in the principal and practice of a civilian control of a professional and non-political military. |