Although the Supreme Court has lent full constitutional support to President B. S. Aquino 3rd’s unorthodox position that the 2014 Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement between the Philippines and the United States is nothing but an “executive agreement,” rather than a treaty that requires Senate concurrence, a careful reading of the text and the initial announcements relative to its implementation shows that both Parties goofed on the agreement.

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