The Philippines 15th President, Noynoy
Published by: Eron of Talk Loud | Dated: 1st of July, 2010Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Cojuangco Aquino III, the Philippines 15th president took his oath at exactly 12noon, 30th of June 2010 at Quirino Granstand. This historical event is the most awaiting for all the Filipinos worldwide. We all need changes from the mistakes that had made by the former administration. For there are lot of questions unanswered during those times.
Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Cojuangco Aquino,
the 15th President of the Republic of the Philippines [photo source]
The best part of President Noynoy’s inaugural speech that most Filipinos took a note for it is this,
“Kayo ang boss ko, kaya’t hindi maaaring hindi ako makinig sa mga utos ninyo.”
[translation] All of you are my boss; it is not right for me not to obey your orders.
With this speech, I guess He will become a good leader, for he just not commands orders but he also listens to his fellow countrymen.
A true King serves his people well, loves and gives hopes to many. But when a King thinks that he has power over his people, rule with dictatorship and outside the constitution or law. He is not consider as a King but can be called as a Tyrant.
We hope and pray that our new leader, President Noynoy aka P-Noy is a true King. God bless our land, Philippines!
You are my Boss!!!!
I hope what President Noy2 said is true. I am hoping for some good changes on our country.
Let’s just continue to pray for our country and our leader, PNoy
I’m hoping that he would be the leader that the Filipinos are waiting for. The change that could make progress to the Philippine economy. And I hope that he will be truthful to his words. We in the U.S. have President Obama as a catalyst for change and I’m hoping that President Aquino will truly serve his countrymen with passion and loyalty.
Muscle flexing move against the Judiciary is the heart of the much hyped about proposal to cut the judiciary’s budget for 2011 and in effect slash the allowances of justices, judges and its rank-and-file employees. There is no other way of seeing why Malacañang is so resolute on reducing this co-equal branch of government’s budget allocation and using nuances on various laws to justify their attempt and thereby indirectly send a signal to the judiciary department.
Why the need to project control? For one, the Aquino administration during its infancy has already had a collision of sorts with the Supreme Court when it publicly announced its non-preference for Chief Justice Renato Corona’s appointment but was nonetheless forced to accept his selection after much media baiting. Therefore as a seeming act of vengeance, Malacañang slashed the Judiciary’s budget and even projected opulent lifestyles for the 2,300 justices and judges by comparing their received salaries and benefits to that of the president. Representative Rolando Andaya of Liberal Party even pointed out that the president receives only P95,000 a month but intentionally failed to mention the other perks that comes with such a position. By failing to mention such perks, the issued statements can only be seen as a futile attempt to fool the people who may not be capable of discerning one way or the other and using their ignorance to antagonize the Judiciary.
One could only wonder why President Noynoy Aquino and his minions of advisers are being adversarial since day one of their administration. Instead of fostering peace within the government’s various departments and agencies, P-Noy has been clearly setting up factions and has even indirectly encouraged conflicts under his leadership. It is general knowledge that the salary and allowance increases allotted to magistrates by virtue of Republic Act No. 9227 in 2007 and 2008, Joint Resolution No. 104 in 2009 and Executive Order No. 900 in June, 2010 was purposely mandated to lure private lawyers to government service. Compared to lawyers working in private practice and in firms, the salaries of judges and justices are very low.
By raising doubts as to the salaries of magistrates and even that of the rank and file employees, the Aquino administration is only creating a wide crack between his Executive Department and that of the Judiciary. By focusing on the issue on mere salaries increase to justify the slash in budget allocation is also deemed immature on P-Noy’s part given that the proposed budget submitted by the Judiciary branch would not only cover the wages of magistrates but will also address other needs like the upkeep of courts and hiring of additional personnel which are also necessary in the swift dispensation of justice.
Really looking forward for the “daang matuwid”… Good luck PNOY