The Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement is an agreement between the United States and the Philippines intended to bolster the U.S.–Philippine alliance.
EDCA allows the United States to rotate troops into the Philippines for extended stays and allows the U.S. to build and operate facilities on Philippine bases, for both American and Philippine forces.
* The U.S. is not allowed to establish any permanent military bases.
The EDCA is a supplemental agreement to the previous Visiting Forces Agreement. The agreement was signed by Philippine Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Philip Goldberg in Manila on April 28, 2014, preceding a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama that same day. On January 12, 2016, the Philippine Supreme Court upheld the agreement’s constitutionality in a 10–4 vote. On July 26, 2016, the Philippine Supreme Court ruled with finality that the agreement is constitutional.
KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG
Kasunduan sa pagitan ng Pilipinas at Estados Unidos na nauukol sa paggamit ng mga Amerikano sa mga militar na pasilidad sa Pilipinas.
