Marlen V. Ronquillo
President Duterte knows his Ecclesiastes. The shifting of the seasons, the impermanence of governance and policy, the evolution of a leader’s domestic and global views. On foreign policy, he now feels that it is time for a pivot. He has telegraphed his personal desire for a pivot in many a public pronouncement. Because the President takes the lead in everything related to foreign policy, his word will be the lay of the country on this critical issue.