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President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino, III's fifth, second to the last State of the Nation Address (SONA) earned several applause at the Batasang Pambansa. It was a well delivered SONA and the message was supported by statistics. It was said that this year's SONA is PNOY's best. I, for one, applauded. There are detractors as well.
Pnoy was a Senator when he was tapped for presidency, a reluctant candidate. For me, he turned out well, although faced with challenges, like, the DAP controversy.
Compared to past administration, his promise to his "bosses"
(the people) to go the "matuwid na daan" (straight road) was being fulfilled especially the uncovering of corruption in the government.
He and his cabinet are doing their best to deliver the service to their bosses the transparent way.
Some of the comments of Pnoy's detractors are:
- Not much was mentioned about DAP (Development Acceleration Fund)
- No mention about Freedom of of Information (FOI)
- the people living below poverty level see no improvement in their lives
- why put P30 B to BSP (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas), it should have been given directly to the poor
The president gave priority to infrastructure, and giving additional capital to central bank to attract investors, This will redound to more employment opportunities to the Filipinos. Also a chunk of DAP fund was given to Tesda to better prepare the people for jobs.
In the latter part of Pnoy's SONA, he became emotional at his mention of his parents, the martyred Ninoy and the late Pres. Cory.
He said that Fipinos are worth dying for (a quote from his father), worth living for and worth dying for.
I like his pre-SONA message: Ngayon pa ba tayo manghihina ngayong malapit ng makamit ang minimithi natin?
What I love best is that PNOY acknowledge our Almighty GOD.
And he recognizes the people of God like Cardinal ChitoTagle, JIL's Eddie Villanueva, INC Manalo, and others.
Mabuhay ka, Pnoy!
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