It's amazing (and sometimes baffling) that within the last month all of the sudden almost all the major irregularities in the Arroyo administration (PCSO Fund Scam, Lintang Bedol and Garci's poll faud testimonies) has come to headline our news - just a month before President Noynoy's second SONA.
I'm happy that P-Noy is true to his promise - that he will put to justice all those who have made the lives of the Filipino people miserable for the last 9 years prior to his presidency - and that's a good thing.
What I'm worried about is this might be the only major accomplishment that he will be reporting on Monday's SONA.
I list down what the people should be looking for in the president's SONA on Monday:
Education - What is the current statistics of the educational sector of the country? How many new classrooms were built? Especially in the remote areas of the Philippines. How many new qualified teachers do we employ now?
Peace and Order - What has his administration done to curb terrorism? What peace processes has he done to reach out to communist rebels/MILF/MNLF?
Employment - What is the current status of unemployment in the country and what has he done? How much/many investments were there in the last year?
Standard of Living - Are there fewer poor Filipinos now than in the first year of his service? What can he do to at least limit the oil price hike? Any chance the oil deregulation law be scrapped? (Because I seriously think that oil prices MUST be regulated)
Foreign Policy - What ground-breaking results has his administration done in being a good ASEAN/Asian neighbor?
National Debt - What has his administration done to limit/stop or at least pay for the national debt?
I hope that he would focus more on these issues rather than on the activities that his administration is doing in pinning down GMA ...
because we obviously are already gaging with too much information about it on our daily news.
3 comments:
Lets hope these things will be discussed in SONA. But if you would put your faith in numbers, the last survey says that less people feel they're getting hungry. That, I hope is a good start.
what about transportation and infrastructure? what is the broad plan for improvements in transportation and infrastructure nationally to support economic growth both quantitatively and qualitatively?
@LOF - i missed that one. thank you for pointing that out. :)
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