The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday ordered the government to answer a petition seeking to revoke two recently signed defense agreements between the Philippines and Japan.

Saying the agreements were unconstitutional because they had not been ratified by the Philippine Senate, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) party-list group last week asked the High Court to strike the pacts down.

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