Noy goes crazy over ‘small RP paper’ in Vietnam By Aytch S. de la Cruz 10/28/2010

Noy goes crazy over ‘small RP paper’ in Vietnam

By Aytch S. de la Cruz 10/28/2010

Nothing has changed with the Palace since the days of former President Arroyo.
A small newspaper with a few readers got into the nerves of President Aquino yesterday as he blasted away at obviously The Daily Tribune for a story quoting Marbel Bishop Dinualdo Gutierrez as saying that Aquino may fail to complete his six-year term as a result of his poor management skills and his reliance on unsound legal advice from Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. and Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Eduardo de Mesa, instead of heeding “the voice of the people.”

Before a gathering of Filipino workers in Vietnam, where he is on a state visit, Aquino branded the newspaper as a product of those who benefitted from the past corrupt system of government.

“Just take a look at what is happening to the Supreme Court today. There’s a Manila-based newspaper of minor circulation, minor only because it only has few readers, they are hitting us again. They say I am being given wrong advice and that I was not listening to the voice of our people and my executive orders are being criticized anew,” Aquino said.

Aquino has claimed previously he never reads The Tribune due to its mostly critical stories against him. In branding The Tribune as having benefited from the Arroyo administration, Aquino was speaking in contradiction since it was the only newspaper that the Arroyo administration attempted but failed to take over as a result of stories which the former administration believed to be highly critical against it..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20101028hed2.html