MANILA (AFP) - Philippine President Benigno Aquino on Monday said the United States needs to get better sources of information after a leaked US secret cable described him as 'diffident and unassertive'.
Mr Aquino said the unflattering description, published by anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks, would not affect the country's relations with the US, a close ally, but remarked that the US should improve its intelligence.
In the cable, dated Jan 22, 2010, then US ambassador Kristie Kenney described Mr Aquino - a senator at the time - as 'a diffident, unassertive man' carrying on his family's political tradition in his quest to become president.
'Maybe they should assess their capabilities to assess and gather the necessary information so they will get the right information on which to base their decisions,' Mr Aquino told reporters.
