Unpresidential Noynoy FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 07/25/2010

Unpresidential Noynoy

FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 07/25/2010 Too bad, Noynoy Aquino is still in that campaign mode, not realizing that he is now president, and needs to talk and act like a president, and not a presidential candidate campaigning for votes. The other day, Noynoy gave the media teasers on how his State of the Nation Address (Sona) speech will go, and saying that the nation will be shocked at the discoveries made by him and his Palace team, complete with at least “five exposes,” he said, adding that even those in the know will still get shocked at the revelations he will be making in his speech, with remarks such as, huh? They actually did that? How could they have done that? It was said in the context too, of calamity funds having gone to a congressional district that was not even affected by the typhoons that visited the country in the past. There were other “teasers” Noynoy gave, focused mostly on the pittance left by Gloria Arroyo and her administration in the coffers, some P100 billion, so he said. Noynoy, or at least his spokesman, claimed that these have to be brought to the attention of the public so that they would know where Noynoy is coming from and from there, will provide a road map of what can be expected in the next six years of his presidency. Fine. But does Noynoy have to still publicly demonize his predecessor?.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100725com2.html

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