LET GO!: Meanwhile, it looks like it is time for President Aquino to start cutting losses to save whatever is left of his political capital and leave the table with enough chips to stay popular and relevant. With only one year left of his six-year term (not counting the sixth year which will be eaten up by the 2016 elections), he has to make quick decisions on several issues complicating the end-game of his administration. We are not privy to Aquino’s political entanglements, but from our vantage we see that: • He does not owe DILG Secretary Mar Roxas any political favor for stepping aside in 2010 to let him have the Liberal Party presidential nomination. It is Roxas who should thank Aquino for snatching him from sure defeat as LP standard bearer then. • As ruling party, the LP has not contributed significantly to making life better for Filipinos. On the contrary, LP carpetbaggers have abused their being with the administration, and gotten away with flouting Aquino’s tuwid na daan reform program. While his intentions may be honorable, many of his plans and programs have been corrupted by some operators around him. * * * DROP THEM!: Banking on Aquino’s obstinacy, this citizen would like to see him take these actions: • Stop this pointless parading of Roxas as his chosen successor. The pretender has been given more than enough time and space to prove himself, but he simply does not have it. • Suspend, dismiss and/or jail a number of his Cabinet members and second liners who are notoriously undesirable, obviously corrupt or bereft of any concern for those who have less in life. An example is Budget Secretary Florencio Abad. Four years of the LP pretending to help him, a neophyte executive, run the government has not resulted in any impressive gain, especially in poverty alleviation, job generation, peace and security, and the other basic concerns. His loyalty should not be to the Liberal party or his gratitude to Roxas, but to his real bosses, the people. ~ Noy better drop Mar, Abad, other LP jinxes POSTSCRIPT By Federico D. Pascual JR. (The Philippine Star) | Updated August 12, 2014 - 12:00am
Posted on: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 01:25:35 +0000
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