On July 30,president-elect Benigno Simeon"Noynoy"Cojuangco Aquino III will be inaugurated as the 15th president of the Republic of the Philippines after being proclaimed by the Philippine Congress last June 9.
As far as I can remember following the death of his mother ,the late President Corazon Aquino there was a clamor for him to run for the highest position in the land but there is a reluctance on his part to hid that call. He told the people that he will be inheriting the problems of the government if he decides to run.After the funeral of President Aquino that overwhelming support grew and became known as the "Noynoy Phenomenon".
September 2009,Liberal party standard bearer Senator Mar Roxas announced his withdrawal and expresses his support for Noynoy to run for the presidential race.During the election last May 10 ,in the unofficial tallies conducted by the COMELEC and PPCV and later by the congress official tally Aquino have a huge advantage against his closest presidential rival.
When asked what can the people expect from his first 100 days in office? His answer was to identify and track down the problems of the country first so that the proper solution may be applied to each concern.Many people both critics and supporters are so anxious about this new leadership. The critics say that he lacks experience,a star-struck president,his administration will be disorganized and no concrete plans for the nation while his supporters are a bit in a delusion saying that when his tenure starts everything will be fine.
In my humble opinion at this early stage we cannot say that it is a make or break thing.This country was ravaged by corruption and social malady for decades.Many things have yet to be done in this country ,all I can say is that we cannot and should not put the blame nor admiration on one man alone.The Philippine problem ,needs,rather a political solution are social and economic solutions. The change that we all yearning for ,can only be achieved by supporting each other ,the government cannot uplift this nation without the support of its citizens.Each one of is saying we want "change" to the point that the word itself become a cliche,how can we attain that goal if we ourselves cannot make little changes in our lives and even in our thinking.And nonetheless Noynoy is only human so we cannot malign nor praise him yet there's a long race ahead of us.All we can do is to unite,cooperate and pray for the resurgence of this nation.
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