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Ang problema sa mga “shooting buddies” ni PNoy

Published by Ellen on June 5, 2011

LTO chief Virginia Torres — PNoy's shooting buddy

Ang isang rason kung bakit mahirap tanggapin ang tinutulak ng Malacañang na pagkansela ng eleksyun sa Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao ay ang kanilang kagustuhan mag-appoint si Pangulong Aquino ng mga officers-in-charge (OIC).

Maliban sa mag problema ang legalidad ng ganyang plano, marami na ang hindi tiwala sa kakayahan ni Pnoy na kumilatis ng mga taong ilalagay sa pamahalaan. Sa mga na-appoint ni Aquino ng pagpasok niya sa Malacañang, marami naman ang maayos kasama na doon ang sa kanyang economic team.

Ngunit ang mga na-appoint na ang pinaka-qualification ay kaibigan sila ni PNoy, super ang palpak.

Ang nasa mata ngayon ng kontrobersiya at ang nasuspindi na hepe ng Land Transportation Office na si Virginia Torres, na siyang dahilan kung bakit nag-resign si Secretary Jose “Ping” de Jesus ng Department of Transportation and Communication at apat niyang undersecretaries.

Si Torres ay barkada ni PNoy sa kanyang hilig na pagbabaril (shooting buddy). Nasangkot si Torres sa kontrobersiya ng Stradcom, ang kumpanyang nagku-computerize sa LTO.

Hindi baril ang solusyon sa lumalaganap na krimen

Published by Ellen on April 16, 2011

Sa halip na magbigay siya ng panahon sa pagtuturo sa mga prosecutor o piskal kung paano maging asintado sa pagbabaril, dapat siguro ang asikasuhin ni Pangulo Aquino ay ang solusyon sa nakakabahalang sitwasyun ng peace and order sa bansa.

Sa kanyang talumpati sa National Convention ng Prosecutors League of the Philippines sa General Santos City, nagboluntaryo si Aquino na maging instructor ng prosecutors sa pagbabaril. Ang isang hilig kasi ng Pangulo maiban sa mamahalin at mabibilis na kotse at maglaro ng computer games at mag-baril.

Maganda naman sana ang kanyang speech. Sinabi niya na alam niya ang panganib na sinusu-ong ng mga prosecutor na siyang tagapagtanggol ng pamahalaan at mamamayan sa mga kasong criminal. Merong public prosecutors na empleyado ng pamahalaan at merong private prosecutors, mga abogado na kinukuha ng mga biktima.

How Aquino can regain lost ground

Published by Ellen on April 5, 2011

Reacting to the latest Social Weather Station survey results that showed his satisfaction rating dipping 13 points, the biggest so far in his 10-month presidency, President Aquino blamed media for not reporting about the good things his administration has accomplished and that from now, his media office would be more aggressive in its propaganda blitz.

Aquino’s deputy spokesperson Abigail Valte said, “P-Noy said that sometimes we are too shy because baka sabihin nagbubuhat kami ng sariling bangko. So bear with us kung kakapal ang mukha namin.”

Malacanang’s misreading of the message of the survey results reminds me of the story of the “Moron and the Beetle”. The moron was conducting an experiment what would happen to the bettle if his legs were cut. With all the six legs of the beetle intact, he ordered “Move” while tapping the table. The beetle moved quickly.

Ang Porsche ni PNoy

Published by Ellen on January 15, 2011

Aquino's porsche — Inspecting his latest toy

Hindi ako nadismaya na bumili si Pangulong Aquino sa kanyang pagbili ng P4.5 milyon na Porsche.

Unang-una, hindi naman niya ninakaw ang perang binili. Benenta daw niya ang kanyang BMW, isang mamahaling kotse rin, at binili nitong Porsche. Hindi lang segunda mano intong Porsche. Tersiera mano pa raw.

May pera naman ang pamilya ni Aquino. Nakalimutan nyo ba na siya ay Cojuangco at may-ari ng Hacienda Luisita?

Wala naman sa batas na nagbabawal sa isang pangulo bumili ng mamahaling kotse na siyang hilig ni Aquino kahit noon pa maliban sa baril. Ang isa pang hilig ay pumunta sa bar. Saka na natin pag-usapan yan.

Expect more of the same incompetence in foreign relations

Published by Ellen on January 2, 2011

sepsep — This is what earned Romulo the retention to the foreign secretary post.

By now, after six months in Malacañang, we have to say that there is so much more that President Aquino will have to do to earn our admiration as the country’s chief executive.

We don’t expect him to master all issues but it is important that he knows how to choose people to help him run the country. He should have an eye for , to borrow a phrase from what American journalist David Halberstam , the best and the brightest.

The late President Marcos was gifted with such talent even as he himself was brilliant. There were executives who were not intellectually heavyweights but were honest enough to admit their inadequacies and did the smart thing of hiring the “best and the brightest.” The one that comes to mind is former Ambassador to the US Benjamin Romualdez who tapped the brains and skill of the bright boys in the Department of Foreign Affairs namely Pacifico Castro,Rodolfo Severino and others.

President Aquino and his Malacanang team are weak in the area of foreign affairs. And the worrisome thing about this is, they don’t seem to realize it. They do not know that they do not know about foreign affairs.

PNoy gusto talagang isabit si Robredo

Published by Ellen on October 9, 2010

Why it would be difficult for President Aquino to let go of Rico E. Puno – Inquirer

Lalong lumalala ang relasyon ni Pagulong Aquino at Secretary Jesse Robredo,secretary ng Department of Interior and Local Government.

Nakahanap ng dahilan si Aquino na tanggalin si Robredo at ito ay ang Aug. 23 na trahedya. Inutusan niya ang kanyang legal panel na nagreview ng report ng Incident Investigation and Review Committee IIRC) na kung hindi malibre si DILG Undersecretary Rico E. Puno, kailangang isabit rin si Robredo.

Pinapa-alis na rin daw niya sa listahan ng may pananagutan ang kare-retire lang na Philippine National Police chief na si Jesus Versoza.

Inalis na rin daw sa pinakahuling draft ang rekomendasyun na kakasuhan si Michael Rogas, ang reporter ng RMN na nag-interbyu sa hostage taker na si Rolando Mendoza. Sa rekomendasyun kasi ng IIRC, hindi pinakakasuhan ang mga miyembro ng media. Sinabi lang na dapat tingnan ng Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas at ng organisasyun na nagbabantay sa media ang kanilang pglabag sa Code of Ethics.

Ostrich syndrome

Published by Ellen on October 8, 2010

by Amando Doronila
Philippine Daily Inquirer

President Aquino reported to the nation yesterday the “significant” accomplishments of his first 100 days in office, diminished by a 23-point slump in the satisfaction rating for his administration.

The Social Weather Stations had published on Wednesday the results of a survey conducted from September 24 to 27, a month after the August 23 hostage-taking debacle. The results showed that the President’s net approval rating dipped to +60 percent from +83 percent net trust rating just before his inauguration on June 30. The net satisfaction rating is the difference between the percentage of the satisfied and dissatisfied. The survey showed 71 percent of the respondents were satisfied with the President’s performance, while 11 percent were dissatisfied.

The survey came as a rude wake-up call and confirmed observations that the hostage fiasco has eroded the administration’s popularity more deeply than it would admit. The survey was the first taken within 90 days of the Aquino presidency. Although SWS described the net satisfaction rating as “very good,” it also discounted it, saying that President Aquino’s score is not the highest initial rating for a Philippine president.

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