Screwed up government
| FRONTLINE |
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| Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
Instead of having spun the resignation of Transport and Communcations Secretary Ping de Jesus, along with three other undersecretaries, to make him look good, Noynoy and his boys — especially those who belong to the Balay communications group, really screwed things up.
The result is again damaging to Noynoy, who obviously wanted to portray himself as a president beholden to no one, and that loyalty and friendship don’t count.
Instead, the perception of Noynoy as a coddler of his buddies, along with an even worse perception of him kowtowing to the Balay group appears to have been cemented.
No matter the denials and the reasons being given today by Noynoy and his boys, what is clear is that he, who always claims that the top man must be held responsible, and accountable, goes to the extent of overruling his Cabinet men and refusing to even have another of his target-shooting buddy, Land Transportation Office (LTO) Chief Virginia Torres, sacked, among other decisions and recommendations made by De Jesus..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110605com2.html
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