The Historic Senate Vote of 16 September 1991
Looking Back and Looking Forward Twenty-Five Years After
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11729059 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roland G Simbulan (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-18 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philippine Studies Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2244-1093 • E-ISSN: 2244-1638 |
| Publisher | Ateneo de Manila University Press (PUBLISHER • PH) |
| DOI | 10.1353/phs.2018.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W2789337173 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
On 16 September 1991 the Philippine Senate voted against a proposed treaty to extend the presence of United States military bases in the Philippines for another ten years. As an insider in the Senate from 1987 to 1995, I reflect on the significance of this historic vote, which signified victory for the nationalist movement. How was it possible for a traditionally conservative and pro-US institution like the Philippine Senate to brave American displeasure by rejecting treaty extension? I address this question from the perspective of the broad antinuclear and anti-bases movement in the Philippines, from which a step-by-step strategy was implemented
Insider · Institution · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Treaty · Victory · Law · Philippine History and Culture
| Highly cited | No |
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