Former Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario is currently drumming up public animosity against President Rodrigo Roa Duterte over the way the latter is handling the ongoing maritime dispute between the Philippines and Red China regarding the South China Sea. Red China has built artificial islands and sent warships to islets and shoals inside the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines in the disputed area. President Duterte believes that it is impossible to get those islets and shoals back, outside of winning a shooting war against the communist giant.

Biraogo, L. (2021, May 7). Albert del Rosario has no moral authority to scold President Duterte. Manila Standard, p. B1.