Despite the stand of Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, an expert on constitutional and international law, MalacaƱang on Saturday, March 15, said the
The senator, who heads the chamber's foreign relations committee, added: "The Senate is going to screen [the deal] because we always fight in the Senate for our power to concur with any ratification made by the President. That will become a constitutional issue. That case will be automatically elevated to the Supreme Court."
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Benjamin Caguioa disagreed. He said in a statement released through Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr: "It is the Philippine panel's position that the agreement on enhanced defense cooperation merely implements the general provisions of the Mutual Defense Treaty and the Visiting Forces Agreement."
Caguioa added, "These two treaties have been concurred in by the Philippine Senate in separate instances. Thus there is no need for Senate ratification for this implementing Agreement on Enhanced Defense Cooperation."
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The Philippine panel asserted the agreement abides by the Constitution. The two sides will hold another round of talks in
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