Cory Aquino’s Five Legacies to the Philippines The yellow mythology presents Cory Aquino as saving the Filipinos from the tyranny of the Marcos dictatorship. That’s only half the story. The other half of the story is that the EDSA faux revolution is a case of Filipinos jumping from the frying pan and into the fire. For short, Cory Aquino “freed” the Filipinos from the tyranny of Marcos and delivered the Filipinos to the tyranny of the oligarchy. That is not liberation – that’s simply a transfer of the reins of power from one-man dictatorship to collective dictatorship. Yes, Cory herself was not the dictator. However, she was the spokesperson, the figurehead, who executed the decisions of the vested interests who benefited from government regulations issued during Cory’s time. Yes, Cory is gone, but the regime – the set of rules, cultural or social norms, etc. that regulate the operation of government and its interactions with society – persist. The outcomes of the Cory regime are its legacy. Legacy is further defined as “something that is passed on to you”. So what has Cory passed on to Filipinos? Here are the things that she passed on to Filipinos – these are Cory Aquino’s legacies: Cory Aquino’s Legacy #1 – Serfdom The economy is propped up by the remittances of aliping saguigilids (serfs) deployed overseas. In pre-colonial times, the people in the bottom barrel were scornfully known as, alipin sa gigilid. Thegilid was the spot behind and below the house where the toilet is situated. These alipins were single men and women who worked in and tended the gilid of their master’s homes. They were completely dependent on their master for food and shelter, but if they could make some money on the side, they were allowed to keep some of it. Isn’t this quite a familiar site among OFWs – whether in the Middle East, in Japan or Hong Kong, in Europe, and even in the US Of A? How many Filipinos with 4 year college degrees end up being serfs in foreign households? Joblessness pervades the Philippines. The unemployment rate remains high – and the 7% joblessness rate has not budged since Cory’s anointed son, Kim Jon Un, este Noynoy Aquino took over. The Aquino regime can claim that there are jobs around – but the wages are so low that Filipinos in war-torn countries like Syria and Libya would rather take their chances there than return to the predictable low wages of the Philippines. Too add insult to injury, the Aquino regime boast of the remittances provided by the aliping sagigilids. Cory Aquino’s Legacy #2 – Poverty Cory’s second legacy is Poverty. The recent SWS surveys have shown that poverty has even increased during the watch of Cory’s anointed son – Kim Jong Un.. argggh.. Noynoy Aquino. The country’s standard of living remains low while those of its ASEAN peers have grown substantially. A ranking of the GDP per capita among different agencies consistently show the Philippines among the countries in the bottom barrel: 1. In the World Bank 2012 list, the Philippines is ranked 121 out of 180 countries. 2. In the IMF 2012 list, the Philippines is ranked 128 out of 185 countries. 3. In the CIA 2012 list, the Philippines is ranked 134 out of 195 countries. All that jobless GDP Growth being bandied about by Kim Jong Un este Noynoy Aquino is worthless. And that’s not even counting the statistical discrepancy called out by the World Bank. When the WB Economic Update stated that Growth in the third quarter must be tempered by the fact that statistical discrepancy explains 1.4 ppt of the 7.1 percent growth. This suggests that either third quarter growth will be revised downwards or fourth quarter growth will be lower by around two percentage points as statistical discrepancy is zeroed out in the full year growth statistic.” The WB meant that the 7.1% GDP growth should be taken with a grain of salt. Cory Aquino’s Legacy #3 – Tyranny Tyranny is defined as: 1. arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority. 2. oppressive or unjustly severe government on the part of any ruler. 3. undue severity or harshness. The 1972 Marcos Constitution was full of restrictive economic policies. In fact the Philippine constitution is unique in having equity restrictions on foreign businesses. Normally, such restrictions are passed via legislation – the Philippines instead embedded it in the constitution. With Marcos removal, you would think that Cory Aquino’s regime would remove these impediments to economic development. Oh boy, you are so wrong! Cory did not remove the restrictions, the restrictions were retained – and even expanded. And she even out-Marcos-ed Apo Ferdie with welfare programs embedded in the Constitution – yup Pinoy Big Brother isn’t just a noontime show. In terms of the 2012 Index of Economic Freedom, the Philippines is ranked 97 out of 161 countries – categorized as “Mostly Unfree” . Cory Aquino’s Legacy #4 – Corruption Plunder goes unabated. Plunder was centralized under Marcos. The plunder did not go away in Cory’s time – it was “decentralized” – for short more plunderers came into existence. The Corruption Perceptions Index of 2012 ranked the Philippines 105 out of 174 countries. In terms of Ease of Doing Business, the Philippines ranked 138 out of 185 countries. Just look at how pathetic the Philippine Senators are as they squabble about the taxes they plundered from Filipino taxpayers. Or how Aquino dangled the pork barrel among Philippine congressmen in order to sign the articles of impeachment of a chief justice even if the congressmen have not read the articles. And more recently, look at how Aquino dangled the pork barrel again – in order to railroad the passing of an unnecessary RH bill. Then, there’s the CCT subsidy which is so full of fraud – and yet the three pigs Dinky, Franky, and Butchi keep on supporting it on the basis that it alleviates poverty. The results however show that poverty in the Philippine has increased even as the CCT subsidy funding increased. In 2013, as the 2013 Mid-term elections come to fruition, the P317B billion COA audit-exempt pork barrel allocated for Kim Jong Un.. este Noynoy Aquino will again be put to good use. Cory Aquino’s Legacy #5 – Noynoy Aquino Lastly, it will be a disservice not to mention Cory’s other legacy – Kim Jong Un.. este Noynoy Aquino who has continued the moronic policies of his equally inept and vacuous mother. It’s also interesting how the election of Cory and Noynoy have parallels in that the conduct of both electoral exercises were surrounded by dubious circumstances. Where Cory had manual dagdag bawas, Noynoy had an electronic dagdag bawas. And just like Cory, Noynoy continues to be a willing mouthpiece of the collective dictatorship of the Filipino oligarchy – and keeps Filipinos chained to serfdom, poverty, tyranny, and corruption. SOURCE: thecontroversialfiles.net/2013/09/untold-story-scandals-during-corazon.html?m=1
Posted on: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:07:03 +0000
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