Noynoy not competing with GMA over gov’t achievements — Palace 09/26/2010

Noynoy not competing with GMA over gov’t achievements — Palace

09/26/2010
Malacañang yesterday shunned reports claiming that former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Arroyo outshone her successor, President Aquino, in their working visits to the United States this week when they separately attended a gathering of international leaders.

Secretary Herminio Coloma of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) asserted that there is quite no reason to compare the two political figures because they do not share a common purpose when they went to the US.

He added Aquino is not trying to compete with his predecessor and he is simply doing his job as the current Philippine President by way of pushing the country’s interests before the global community in an effort to strengthen its economy.

“I guess the (point of comparison) is lopsided because as far as we know, former President Arroyo’s mission (to the US) is for a different purpose and that is to participate in the (5th) Clinton Global Initiative,” Coloma said..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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