Senate panel sees Asean charter ratified before yearend

SEN. Miriam Defensor Santiago, chair of the Senate committee on foreign affairs, yesterday said the committee report recommending Senate ratification of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations charter is being circulated for signature and will be ready next month. She said she expects the Senate to ratify the charter before the end of the year and if all 10 Asean member-states do likewise by December, the charter will be in force in 2009. “Thus, Asean will ratify its constitution even ahead of the European Union, whose charter was rejected by two…

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Senate panel sees Asean charter ratified before yearend

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