YEARENDER: Measuring the presidency
By BENJIE OLIVEROS
Bulatlat.com
If the first six months of the presidency should give the people an idea of its policy directions, the following year should define the shape of the administration.
In his recent New Year’s message, President Benigno Aquino III claimed that his administration has successfully created change in the government and the country.
“Sa mahigit isa’t kalahating taon nang pagbagtas natin sa tuwid na landas, nakikita na natin ang pagbangon ng bansa, mula sa malubhang katiwalian at kahirapan. Unti-unti na po tayong nagtatagumpay laban sa mga problemang ating dinatnan. Ikumpara po natin ang kasalukuyan sa mga panahong lumipas.”
“Gaano man po katindi ang pagpipilit na magtanim ng agam-agam sa ating isipan, wala naman po sigurong makakapag-dudang nagbago na talaga ang Pilipinas.”
“Ngayon po, ibinabalik na natin ang piring ng katarungan. Ang kaunlaran ay natatamasa hindi lamang ng mayaman at makapangyarihan, ramdam na rin ng mas nakakarami nating kababayan.
“Nakikita naman po natin ang bunga ng ating ipinunlang mga reporma: may maalab na sigla at pag-asa, mataas na kumpiyansa, at malawak at mas maraming mga oportunidad sa bansa.”
President Aquino outlined his administration’s major accomplishments as: rising up from conditions of rampant corruption and poverty, restoration of justice, hope and confidence, and creation of more opportunities.
So is this true?
As far as addressing the problem of corruption is concerned, the administration was able to finally file a case against and arrest former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and former Commission on Elections chairman Benjamin Abalos for electoral sabotage; it was able to force Arroyo ally and former Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez to resign; and it was able to impeach Chief Justice Renato Corona..... MORE
Source: Bulatlat.com
URL: http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/01/02/measuring-the-presidency/
1 comment
unang.una na po ay sa daang napakasama iniluklok itong si "pangulong" a_noy y hocus pcos kaya paano aayos ang bayan, didiretso ang tatahaking landas ng ating bayan? bakit ayaw ninyong balikan, itama, kastiguhin ang dayaang mayo 2010, mga kapatid naming kaliwa?
"How could we say that justice has been restored when the thousands of victims of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances have not yet attained justice? Likewise, there has been no justice yet for the hundreds of journalists killed....
"To make matters worse, the Aquino administration, instead of pursuing a just and lasting peace through a negotiated political settlement that would address the roots of the armed conflicts in the country....
"Second, poverty is worsening. The Social Weather Stations (SWS), in its recent survey, revealed that 52 percent of Filipinos, or about 10.4 million households, consider themselves as poor. It increased from only 49 percent or 9.8 million households in June this year."
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