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President Aquino currently is being bombarded with criticisms from all over for splurging some P4.5 million (at least this what he claims) earlier this month on a second-hand Porsche sports roadster, since this could be viewed as overly extravagant and callous on his part as the leader, who ran and won in the last elections on a platform of reform, of an impoverished Third World country.
The Freedom from Debt Coalition described Mr. Aquino’s purchase of the high-end German-made car as an “unnecessary flaunting of wealth amid massive poverty” and added he should have had the good sense to comport himself as befits the highest elected official of a country such as the Philippines where millions of people can barely get by each day.
In a press release, Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Neri Colmenares, who is one of the poorest members of Congress with P1.1 million in assets reported as of June 2010, said P-Noy’s actions were totally in bad taste inasmuch as he should serve as a model for other public officials. “As the President calling for austerity and asking people to tighten their belts, cutting the budget on various expenses, he should lead by example by not buying a luxury car which many couldn’t even pronounce correctly.”.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110120com4.html
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