Our future under Noy HE SAYS Aldrin Cardon 06/30/2010

Our future under Noy

HE SAYS Aldrin Cardon 06/30/2010 The short ride from the Manila Hotel to the Quirino Grandstand would not be long enough to exchange smiles and handshakes. But the few minutes that they would share on the presidential limousine would best exemplify the parting of ways between President-elect Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino and outgoing President Gloria Arroyo. There won’t be any serious talk between them, or so we were apprised by their respective camps, a rather unusual occurrence between the former allies who have benefited much from each other during the happier times of Edsa Dos, until Arroyo and her family figured in so many shady deals; and Cory — Noynoy’s mother — had publicly apologized to former President Estrada for her role in the Arroyo coup before her untimely death, which not a few claimed shot Noynoy up his new seat in Malacañang. Arroyo may not even stay long enough to hear Noynoy’s speech, which we were told would center on his campaign issues against graft and corruption, and in cleansing government of scum, which came aplenty during Gloria’s nine-year reign. Gloria will expectedly just go through the motions, following protocol that would not make her look bad, at least in the final day of her reign, by making herself available to provide adornment to Noynoy’s first official duty as president of the republic.... MORE  Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100630com6.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Deliberate fraud FRONTLINE No hitting the ground running FEATURE Future looks sunny for Bangkok’s tuk-tuks MR. EXPOSE Refreshingly informal C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S Plug gaps or scram HE SAYS Our future under Noy SHE SAYS Transition