IN 1997, non-lawyer Fidel V. Ramos entered into water deals with responsible businessmen, following CSW — complete staff work, his signature — guided, if my memory is true, by then-presidential legal counsel Rene Cayetano, Deputy Executive Secretary Rene Corona, Solicitor General Silvestre “Bebot” Bello 3rd and Justice Secretary Teofisto “Tito” Guingona, who had drafted the contract. Good legal minds.