Two decisions

A mixed public reaction greeted the Supreme Court ruling, affirming President Aquino’s total exclusion of the Senate from any role in the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement with the United States, the provision of the Constitution to the contrary notwithstanding. At the same time, universal indignation met Aquino’s veto of the law providing for a P2,000 monthly increase for two million Social Security System pensioners.

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