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Dear Future President Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III aka Noynoy,
You are the front runner in almost all the so-called Presidential surveys. Name it, you're number one. Even the survey that says that you're popularity is waning says you are number one. The surveys may actually be true because almost anybody that I ask about who they are going to vote for as President in 2010, their answer is predictably Noynoy Aquino.
For the moment, I'll ignore the fact that there is no proof that those who lead in Presidential surveys actually end up being elected as Presidents -- only Joseph Estrada seems to be the exception. Anyway, I'll ignore this fact and just assume, like almost everyone else, that you will be the next President of the Philippines.
Even before you take your oath of office, the pressure of living up to the expectations of your supporters and followers will be terrible. It's a good thing that those around you have given their assurances that they'll help you lead a country of over 90 million Filipinos to fulfill their HOPES and ASPIRATIONS.
Of course, you won't really need a lot of help.
After all, leadership is in your blood -- being the son of two of our country's heroes, Ninoy Aquino and Cory Aquino aka Dad and Mom. You are, in the very sense of the word, a born leader and given the right circumstances, your leadership genes will just kick in.
After all, everything that you have gone through in life has prepared you to lead this country. After all, your decision to run was brought about by years of studying the country's situation in great detail and hammering out a workable plan that would solve a number of its greater problems.
After all, you studied in Ateneo de Manila University from elementary to college education, where you graduated in 1981 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. I would assume that even as a student, your classmates recognized your leadership skills and followed you. I would assume, that even as a student, you led your peers in movements demonstrated genuine social concern and political consciousness. I would assume that you distinguished yourself with high grades or similar achievements.
After all, your early professional life speaks of your effort to live up to your full potential as a leader. That is why you had a brief tenure in the Philippine Business for Social Progress, that's why you worked as a retail sales supervisor and youth promotions assistant for Nike Philippines, and that's why you worked as an assistant for advertising and promotion for Mondragon Philippines. That's why, after working your way up the corporate ladder, you joined the Intra-Strata Assurance Corp. as vice-president -- nevermind that it is a family-owned corporation. From Intra-Strata, you move on to become the vice president and treasurer for Best Security Agency Corporation, a firm owned by your uncle Antolin Oreta. After working for your uncle, you then worked for the Central Azucarera de Tarlac in 1993, the sugar refinery owned by the Cojuangco clan. You started out as an executive assistant for administration and eventually became field services manager in 1996.
After all, your years as congressman and as senator is replete with accomplishments such as the filing of bills, participation in hearings, and the giving of privilege speeches. In all those years as congressman and senator, it is but a trifle that you did not cause the passage of a law which you actually authored that would add serious weight and flesh out in deed your "pursuit of truth, justice and freedom, the fundamental principles that make democracy work in this country that your parents had likewise fought hard to restore."
After all, you did take 40 days to think about whether you should run or not for President. Some may have actually thought about it for years and made the mistake of announcing their plans only to back out, not because they were unsure of themselves but because they knew they weren't ready.
After all, some mystic seer that some of your followers revere has said that you will be the next President and that your reign will bring about prosperity and peace in the Philippines. No one can beat that!
Now, Mr. Future President, the reason why I am writing is because I would like to meet you face to face and I hope to ask you a couple of things about the Social Contract that you had your people spread around. I want specific answers from you, not from your people or your followers.
All my questions begin with HOW...
How are you going to fight corruption?
How are you going to provide jobs and business?
How are you going to provide more money for public education and make sure that that money goes where it is supposed to go?
How are you going to provide health care to those who cannot afford it despite being honest and hardworking people?
How are you going to make a truly impartial system of institutions that deliver equal justice to rich or poor?
How are you going to make our agricultural sector more productive and at the same time ensure that our farmers derive sustenance from fruits of their toil?
How are you going to provide an economic environment that allows businesses to growth and thrive?
How are you going to enable our OFWs to find their fortune here in our native Pilipinas?
How are you going to make sure that all appointees will be selected based on integrity, competence and performance in serving the public good?
How are you going to transform the government workforce into professional, motivated and energized bureaucracies with adequate means to perform their public service missions?
How are you going to promote equal gender opportunity in all spheres of public policies and programs?
How are you going to bring about a just and lasting peace in Mindanao?
How are you going to ensure that development is spread outside of Metro Manila and other congested urban centers? How are you going to make sure that this will happen in a way that will not harm our environment even more?
How are you going to ensure that the government not only encourages but compells the sustainable use of natural resources?
I really don't expect you to answer somebody like me. After all, I am just a blogger.
But if you could provide answers to these questions, I think a lot of the people who think you should be President will rest easier at night knowing that you really do know how to lead this country. Or at the very least, your Yellow Troll Horde will finally give start parroting the answers that really do you and your heroic heritage a bit more justice.
Yours truly,
Paul Farol
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