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| 15th President of the Philippines - President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III known as "P-Noy". |
President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III is very confident that he could revive the hope, which has been rocked by anomalies and corruption of the past administration.
P-Noy’s first SONA was peppered with figures and accusations of missing funds and wasteful spending against the previous administration- Administration of Congressman Gloria - Macapagal- Arroyo.
President Aquino is to hoping to correct the wrongs of the past administration, Aquino also said many of these problems had been “kept secret” from the public.
In his first State of the Nation Address, he exposed the anomalies in some agencies including exorbitant bonuses of the Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System and the supposed “30 months” pay of most of its government employees.
“Sa suma total po, aabot ang lahat ng dalawa’t kalahating milyong piso kada taon sa bawat miyembro ng Board maliban sa pakotse, technical assistance, at pautang. Uulitin ko po. Lahat ng ito ay ibinibigay nila sa kanilang mga sarili habang hindi pa nababayaran ang mga pensyon ng kanilang mga retirees,” Aquino added.He also reveal the growing government budget deficit.
“Sa unang anim na buwan ng taon, mas malaki ang ginastos ng gobyerno kaysa sa pumasok na kita. Lalong lumaki ang deficit natin, na umakyat na sa 196.7 billion pesos. Sa target na kuleksyon, kinapos tayo ng 23.8 billion pesos; ang tinataya namang gastos, nalagpasan natin ng 45.1 billion pesos,” Aquino said.Aquino also revealed the anomalies of National Food Authority were tons of rice supply have gone to waste due to excess buying but poor distribution.
“Ang masakit nito, dahil sobra-sobra ang binibili nila taun-taon, nabubulok lang pala sa mga kamalig ang bigas,” he added.
