Lorenzo Tanada; Foe of U.S. Role in Philippines

Philippine Sen. Lorenzo Tanada, 93, a longtime opponent of the U.S. role in the Philippines. Tanada, who was born four months before Spain ceded the Philippines to the United States at the end of the Spanish-American War, spent his life trying to purge the country of American and other foreign domination. Tanada was also a member of the group of intellectuals, Roman Catholic clerics and rich businessmen who promoted the candidacy of President Corazon Aquino in the 1986 presidential election against Ferdinand Marcos. Tanada earned law degrees from the University of the Philippines and Harvard University and began a career as a government prosecutor when the Philippines was an American colony. Tanada fought the Japanese as a guerrilla in World War II. He was elected to the first Philippine Senate in 1947 and served for 24 years, longer than any other senator. In Manila on May 28.