Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, the Senate chairman of the foreign relations committee, is right.  The “Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement” (EDCA) that President Benigno Aquino 3rd entered into with the United States last year is a treaty, which under our Constitution, categorically requires to be ratified by two-thirds of the Senate.

 EDCA: Copied from Bulgarian and Romanian agreements.
EDCA: Copied from Bulgarian and Romanian agreements.

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