Supreme Court (SC) justices have refused to play the government’s card in the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between the Philippines and the United States, which the court was supposed to declare constitutional and then present as a gift to US President Barack Obama during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Manila that starts this week.

According to an unimpeachable source of The Manila Times in the tribunal, the magistrates have decided to defer voting on the agreement until after the November 17-20 APEC summit.

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