A Noynoy presidency HE SAYS Aldrin Cardon 05/19/2010

A Noynoy presidency

HE SAYS Aldrin Cardon 05/19/2010 I would like to be counted among the optimists, the best a Filipino can contribute to a new leadership to replace a rotten one, but I doubt if president-in-waiting Noynoy Aquino could really eradicate corruption in government under his leadership, the same bane that has pestered the one he is about to succeed. To the idealists, Noynoy is a gift from heaven, a panacea to the ills that have plagued this once great country of ours, for nine years and even beyond, as even as a young child, this rubbernecker could not remember not hearing the words corruption, lagay, kotong, and their variants at least a day of his existence. Corruption, not a few claimed, has become endemic in our system. But even foreign visitors would come to our defense in saying corruption exist in all governments, and that there is no sure formula in stopping it. Noynoy would need a stronger hand if he is serious about his campaign promise. He would also need a lot of allies, all with clean hands, in stamping out the bad eggs from government, many of them appointed and elected, which make Noynoy’s campaign statements nothing but bunkum, all made to earn additional pogi points, like he still needs them to prop up his passed-on popularity gained by his deceased parents.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100519com6.html

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