Philippines banning US senators, mulls visas for Americans
Senators Richard Durbin and Patrick Leahy were banned from entering the Philippines after introducing a provision in the 2020 US budget that would prevent officials involved in the incarceration of Senator Leila de Lima from entering the US. – EPA pic, December 27, 2019.
THE Philippines banned two US senators and threatened to introduce visa restrictions for Americans entering the country, the president’s spokesman said today, if Washington pushes ahead with sanctions against Filipino officials involved in jailing a leading opposition leader. Senators Richard Durbin and Patrick Leahy were banned from entering the country after introducing a provision in the 2020 US budget that would prevent officials involved in the incarceration of Senator Leila de Lima from entering the US, presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said.
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