The foreign affairs secretary said only a senator and a former congressman wanted him to quit. If a majority in the Department of Foreign Affairs says, ‘We cannot follow you,’ I have no business being there,” Cayetano added. It added that the Union of Foreign Service Officers (Unifors), which is the organization representing the career corps, has been inactive. As for the three uncoordinated actions, the DFA secretary said officials saw the need to act on the situation immediately, which he claimed was the duty of the Philippine government under international law. But the Kuwaiti government, Cayetano said, did not share the same views, which was why he decided to apologize for the actions.

Source: Manila Times May 03, 2018 16:41 UTC