13 senators insist EDCA not valid

IN an effort to further assert the power of the Senate to enter into treaties or international agreements, Senator Miriam Santiago and 12 other senators has come up with a resolution expressing the strong sense of the Senate that a treaty ratified by the President is not valid and effective unless concurred in by the chamber.

Santiago, the author of the resolution, insisted that international agreements such as the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between the Philippines and the United States (US) should pass through the Senate.