Practice question
An instrument is stipulated to be the first agreement allowing foreign bases under Article XVIII, Section 25. The other contracting State refuses to recognize it as a treaty. Explain why Philippine Senate concurrence alone does not dispose of that defect.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353 Article VII, Section 21; Article XVIII, Section 25.
- Saguisag v. Ochoa, G.R. Nos. 212426 and 212444, January 12, 2016, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2016/jan2016/gr_212426_2016.html
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