FRANCISCO S. TATAD
No one at home or abroad could presume to do this authoritatively. What PDU30 says today he might revoke or withdraw tomorrow, only to pick it up again the next day and reverse his position again, the following day. This is shown by his series of somersaults on his government’s intended relationship with the United States, which is the nation’s oldest and strongest ally, and the United Nations, of which the Philippines is a founding member.