July 25, 2011
Second State of the Nation Address
Unfortunately, we, students didn’t have a chance to watch the SONA of our dear president. In our opinion, classes should be suspended because it’s important for us to know what PNoy’s says in his SONA but PNoy didn’t declare any announcement for the cancellation of classes and no work at that date. For us it’s like… “parang sinabi niya na rin nawalang kwenta pakinggan ang kanyang SONA at ang lahat ng kanyang pinagsabisabi” because he doesn’t want anyone to know what will he gonna say.
The State of the Nation Address of President Benigno Aquino III was delivered at the joint session of the Congress of the Philippines on July 26, 2011. The speech can be summarized into two parts. The first part enumerates the problems and alleged anomalies of the past administration. This contributes why PNoy feels that he is facing dilemma to deliver his promises. The second part includes the solutions to the problems that the nation is facing right now. He stated strategies he wants to adopt to solve some issues in order to promote peace for the nation. PNoy explained the kind of government he wants to have.
We all have different reactions or feedback on PNoy’s SONA. Some are satisfied. Some are not. Others give importance, while the others just don’t care.
Let me share some of what we have noticed and some of our evaluation on his 2nd SONA:
[x] First thing that we noticed was the language he used. Unlike the past presidents, Pnoy delivered his speech in FILIPINO LANGUAGE so that Filipinos will understand his statement clearly and precisely. We are impressed to our president for using our own language in delivering his speech.
[x] He also stated all of his achievements and future plans for the Philippines.
[x] First topic he discussed was the wang-wang thing. It is very obvious to us that this is a mission accomplish for our president. PNoy used the word wang-wang consistently. He used it to mean “abuse of power”.
“Narito po ang halimbawa ng resulta ng ating kampanya kontra wang-wang sa sistema. Nitong taong ito, taumbayan na mismo ang nagsabi, nabawasan ang nagugutom sa kanila. Mula 20.5% na self-rated hunger noong Marso, bumaba na ito sa 15.1% nitong Hunyo, katumbas ng isang milyong pamilyang Pilipinong nagugutom dati, pero ngayon ay nakakakain na nang tama kada araw.”
[x] It is also discussed about the taxes paid by Filipinos. We now can see where the taxes were going. We now have funds for our needs.
Pinoy’s also campaigning for paying the right amount of tax; he also said “hindi lang po gobyerno, kundi kapwa natin Pilipino ang pinagkakaitan sa hindi pagbabayad ng tamang buwis”.
[x] Next is the Spratly Island. Yes, it is ours and he, his excellence, promised he will defend our country’s territory and sovereignty.
[x] We are also impressed that he didn’t mention anything about Hacienda Luisita. It is a great decision not to include it since it is owned by the Cojuangcos and not by Philippines. Any decisions and problems that deals with Hacienda Luisita must be solved privately by the respective owners.
[x] PNoy also mentioned about the Filipino characteristic of“culture of negativism” and “crab mentality”. We don’t think that us Filipinos can change these characteristics since it is already in our nature.
[x] PNoy also mentioned about the Filipino characteristic of
“Let us stop pulling our fellow man down. Let us put an end to our crab mentality. Let us make the effort to recognize the good that is being done.”
“Let us end the culture of negativism; let us uplift our fellow Filipinos at every opportunity.”
“If you see something right, do not think twice—praise it.”
[x] We also noticed that most of the topics discussed in his first state of the nation were not included in the second one.
There is one thing that we like about PNoy, he’s try to eliminate all corrupt government official in our country. He always focus on that problem because what’s the sense of improving if there always the hindrance to our success. This hindrance is, the number 1 public enemy of the country , CORRUPT people on the country.
We hope that his administration will succeed in their plans so that our nation will be free from any corruption.
- And what are his new promises now?
It is more likely to fulfill his first promises during the first sona because the people are waiting for improvement and not for promises.
Let’s give him more chance to prove himself to us, to prove to us his commitment to our country.
Still, President Aquino still has a long way to go. There are ups and downs that he might face during his journey but he has to be strong for our country and for the people.
Still, President Aquino still has a long way to go. There are ups and downs that he might face during his journey but he has to be strong for our country and for the people.
“KAYO ANG BOSS KO”
-PNoy
For those who missed the President’s SONA, you may watch it below (click the link)
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