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REACTION PAPER ON THE SONA-STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS 2009 BY PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL- ARROYO
The SONA can be summarized into her accomplishments despite the criticisms and her challenges to the presidential wannabes.
Since this is her last term, instead of her scorecard for one year, she enumerated the
long term projects that she started, inherited and finished her during the term together with the policies that she implemented concerning education, environment and economy.
These are important developments because whoever will become the leader next year will be inheriting the benefits or the problems brought by GMA’s legacy.
Lastly, she expressed her belief on the resilience and unity of the Filipinos to weather the storms that may come by in our shores.
I feel that she had done her best.
She said that the Philippines is the country that overcame the global crises brought about by the financial meltdown all over the world.She announced that the administration cut the debt of the government corporations from 15 to 7 per cent and foreign debts from 73 to 32 per cent.She justified her travels by mentioning the economic benefits that she brought home in terms of foreign investments and OFWs who were prisoners in other countries and were given pardon. She reiterated the efforts that she did in order to encourage the overseas pinoys to bring in more remittances for investment.
I do not see anything wrong with this but almost being away most of the time and incurring billions as travel expenses made her a target of criticism. Well, many elective government officials like senators and congressmen were also in their travel junkets but the public were not informed as to the nature of the travel.
As Fidel Ramos had said, it is not the number of travels that matter, it is the result of the travel which is important.
In conclusion, I stand on my opinion that GMA who is known to be a hard worker despite the negative public perceptions had done something which the successor can continue or to drop.Could any one satisfy the taste of the Filipinos?
People just don't see the good side of a certain person. It just, They don't realize that no body is perfect.
posted by JUHAIRAH D. IBRAHIM-A3-2 @ 10:48 PM
2 Comments:
I believe that despite of the negative criticisms against GMA, there's still the positive side of her administration.
Sometimes, it's so easy to give criticisms to the people on top but once you are on that political position, most especially when you are the president of the Republic of the Philippines, it's no easy responsibility at all.
hey classmate.. I have read this issue in the newspaper one thing that GMA said in SOna is about on the NEw TAXES.
According to her, new tax revenues were put in place to help pay for better healthcare , more roads, and a strong education system.
This is one issue which i can not agree on. A day ago, I just read from the newspaper that BIR failed to meet the goals by several billions. This means less revenues going to the goverment coffer.
This means that no matter how much taxes we imposed to the public, the government needs for cash or revenues to finance its government programs will not be enough
because of incompetence and corruption in the collection of taxes. What explaination can they offer for not reaching the goal??
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