Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago

• Miriam: PH-US deal unfair surprise on Senate

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  China, EDCA, Enhanced Defense Coorperation Agreement, Mutual Defence Treaty, Philippines, President Barack Obama, President Benigno Aquino III, Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago, USA

  April 29, 2014

  News × West Philippine Sea

  MANILA, Philippines – “I feel as if I have been slapped, or ordered to melt into the wallpaper.” Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago took strong exception to the signing of a military deal between the Philippines and the United States without Senate approval. Just hours after the ceremony, the chairperson of the Senate foreign affairs committee […]

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