President Aquino responds to Facebook letter

[Romeojin]

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nicely written man pud ang letter ni Reyn, its worth responding man pud.. though we cant surely tell if Penoy gyud ni respond ana. i've heard Mar is doing script writing job for penoy.

This is not anymore about failing to handle the hostage-taking as much as this is about fulfilling the promises of your oath-taking. This is not just about nine people losing their lives, but ninety million citizens losing their national pride. This is not about a singular madman shooting bullets up and down; this is about an orgy of fools shooting lies left and right. This is not anymore about the negotiators’ inefficiency to convince a police officer to surrender, but the government’s incapacity to comfort a nation. This is not about the Police; this is about the Presidency.

I have visions of you staring at your breakfast table, unmindful for the first time of the tempting plate of sizzling chicharon and frozen bottle of Coke regular, and asking yourself, “Where did I go wrong?” as you blow heart-shaped smokes in the air. That is wishful thinking I know. Chances are you chomp on the chicharon with gusto as you invent new excuses in your mind.

Mr. President, we did not switch from cheerleaders to cynics because of a singular incident caused by a madman. Our process was a metamorphosis catalyzed by a series of excuses and inconsistencies over the past two months. They don’t paint you as a man in control; rather they portray a group of helpless officials in utter disarray like rats scrambling from the basement of a burning building. You are the hub of a bunch of incompetent fools whose idea of honesty is withholding the truth until someone slips and whose interpretation of transparency is to let the media and the public wrestle the facts from their mouths like fishes dangling from hooks.

This is not a flaw in the character of your administration; this inefficiency has become your defining trait.

We don’t deserve this, Sir. This is not the covenant we entered into during your oath-taking. Now, since you don’t have the time to reflect, I will help you articulate some of the lessons that you should learn about your administration. Understand that I am taking your word when you said that we are your bosses. So, pay attention:

Your Dream Team of a cabinet is really just that – they excel in dreaming. You craft your government strategy based on high-brow vision statements which your team built like castles in the sand. But there never was a concrete strategy to transform the nation. From visions you get inspiration, but only from well-crafted strategy will you get confidence and courage to govern. Inspiration melts in the face of a crisis situation. Rebuild you team, for there never was a team to begin with.

I grew up in the shadows of the Abads, Soliman, Deles – the patriarch and matriarchs of your administration. From them I learned everything alternative when I was a student leader: alternative education, alternative lifestyle, alternative politics, alternative Christmas, alternative governance. Do not take their analysis of society at face value for theirs is a construct designed to fuel a protest movement, not manage a large bureaucracy. Do your own analysis and dialogue this with those prescribed by your consultants and mentors.

Having a BFF for an Executive Secretary only helps you in trusting the man’s loyalty, it doesn’t mean he can be trusted with the deliverables. You talked about the importance of training our police force and yet you brought in an inexperienced and untrained man to become the Little President? The Cabinet, Sir, as my friend Trixie once said, is not a training ground. I have no problem if women and wine are his coping mechanisms; but to be seen in public doing that while people are hurting reminds us of Nero fiddling while Rome was burning.

Your Communications Team was impressive when you were still running for the position. They were excellent in writing fiction; communicating the truth is a different discipline altogether. And they might not be the right men for the task, considering that they don’t even communicate among themselves. And Sir, this is not just about the Black Monday; they have been sending apologies since Day One. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa!

Jesse Robredo, God bless his soul, is a good man. He was an excellent Mayor. But his glaring ineptitude was exposed during these last few days. He never had any experience nor exposure on a national level, Sir. If you find his contribution indispensable, just create a new office, like Presidential Assistant for Municipal Affairs or something.

Come out from the protective shell, Mr. President. Do not be afraid to be caught in the line of fire for it is the sacred space where your salvation can happen.

I hope you realize that DEATH is a key element in your life journey as a man and as a leader. A year ago, the death of your mother fuelled a national movement that catapulted you from being Kris’ brother to a president. A year later, the death of nine victims fuelled a nationwide disgust that can bring you down from the pedestal to a pigsty where years of eating chicharon will be avenged.

Do not be afraid, for something in you has to die so that the real Noynoy will emerge better and wiser.

Embrace the Black Monday as your Good Friday Mr. President. Do not resist the crucifixion for as our faith tells us it is the only way to a new life. Yours, and ours.

Believe it or not, your cheerers may have become cynics, but they are still your companions in this journey. I, for one, will not abandon you Mr. President.

i-add nako ni si Reyn sa facebook hehe.

[PaYaSo]

ay sus...wla man gni ko time mgFB ang presidente na ba kha.

[PaYaSo]

nicely written man pud ang letter ni Reyn, its worth responding man pud.. though we can surely tell if Penoy gyud ni respond ana. i've heard Mar is doing script writing job for penoy.



i-add nako ni si Reyn sa facebook hehe.

on the serious note, i like what the guy has said on his letter. he critics what the govt has failed to on the later part of the letter he encourages the president to do what needs to be done. unlike most of the so called "critics" who has nothing but senseless and who digs nothing but personal attacks on their posts

[Jantehshiznit]

ay sus...wla man gni ko time mgFB ang presidente na ba kha.

mao jud. mao gani, its a rare thing na a president ni patol ug blog or a note.

if ako si pnoy, maybe i would read it ang get something from it, but i wont reply. if tinood ba jud cya ni reply.

the president should be the busiest person in this country.

[RMK711]

mao jud. mao gani, its a rare thing na a president ni patol ug blog or a note.

if ako si pnoy, maybe i would read it ang get something from it, but i wont reply. if tinood ba jud cya ni reply.

the president should be the busiest person in this country.

A short response would have been enough. He can use Steve Jobs for inspiration. Anyway I don't believe it was Noynoy who personally responded, it was probably one of his propaganda team and only after many revisions.

[KASAAC]

^^basta palpak gani sir, iya jd dayun i-blame sa previous admin. unya kng maayu gani, aw, iyahang admin.

mao kah!

no we blame him becuase of his mentality...

wa ka maanad sa media sa pilipinas? magpa ugat pa man gani bisan president na mo mando unsa nalang kung walay ni mando...

then do you suggest you consent your family member who have done wrong? imong depensahan bisag klaro na kaau na nakasala... ga2o sad ka na malampuson ang pamilya nga nag tinakpanay sa sala?...

unsa.on nato pagtabang sa leader kung ang lider mismo ang gahimo sa bating imahe... atong tabangan ug tabon ang sayop?... the 1st step in correcting a mistake is pointing out what that mistake is... parehas rana sa problema ang unang buhaton is pangitaon ang problema kung makita na ang problema anha na makabuhat ug tubag...

blame his mentality - for what? will it correct the problem? will blaming make him better? no way? wala kay makuha... sama rana bro sa boang nga tawo kung imung tubayan iyang pagka boang, boang sad ka instead agakun nmu ang tawo arun dili sya musamot kaboang...

...so in other words ang media kuwang sa disiplina, nag patuyang nalang sa ilang gibati president lang ba gihapon ang angayan basulon ana? ang leader paba gihapon ang angayan nga mo disiplina nila unsai purpose sa pagbahin-bahin sa mga katungkulan kung sa ang tanan e asa ra sa usa ka tawo?...

nobody is perfect we all make mistakes bisan tarung paka nga gipakatawo/ gipadako masasyup, makasala ka natural tawo ra tah i didn't say nor suggested we should cover one's mistake/loopholes... i said we help one another change the bad image of our country, convince the world that philippines is a safe place to live in...

true identify the mistake then come up with a solution that's always been the rule of the thumb... the global community is closely watching how we respond to this crisis so if you don't have anything good to say just don't say anything, let those in the position do what's needed to be done...

@KASAAC

ni tabang bitaw ko. wala lng ka kaila nako mao ng naka ingon ka ana. hahaha. unsa mn d i ng mo bayad sa tax, mo follow sa rules, mo lead sa community, voluntary/charitable works, etc... dili d i na help? the president should help himself pd oi... ky kung unsa ang palpak sa president, kita tanan mn pd ang ma apektuhan. diba?

good at pointing mistakes? i suggest that the person involve should take it as a constructive criticism. it's a matter of perception.

sige saway unya walay gihimo? aint that an example of pointing out other's mistake also? hinay2x lng ta sir ky basin ma unay ta. think again my friend because you dont know me.

about sa media... if dili kailangan nga maghuwat sila sa mando sa president, karon, naa bay media nga na silutan tungod sa panghitabo? unsa kaha ang gi buhat sa president kabahin ana? naa ba?

and BTW, about your example sa family, i cant relate. i dont have one.

okay well how did you address your criticism? was it in a constructive way or you were just simply bashing around... how should we treat you then? you are apparently just bashing Mr. Aquino my point is its not gonna do us good...

do you read/watch news? the last time i checked investigative panel reviewed media's guidelines in in covering news... president lang gihapon? unsa naman lang diay gamet anang mga opisyalis nga gitalaga dihang posisyona kung tanan adto sa presidente?

now i see where you are coming from...

[RMK711]

blaming him might make him better.. if you don't hold your officials to account then there's no pressure to change their ways. If he was sincere in admitting command responsibility for what happened, then he has to accept blame as well otherwise it's just an empty grandstanding again... u need to understand that blaming people in power is natural esp in a free country like philippines. in the U.S. there are people who blame obama for not solving the economic problems, and they too have a point. what i'm trying to say is, you ask if blaming him will make him better. I don't know, but I know that it might and that's good enough. What's the alternative? Give him a pat on the back and tell him all's well and that in a few years we'll laugh about it? Oh wait, he already did that himself.... so no need

[KASAAC]

blaming him might make him better.. if you don't hold your officials to account then there's no pressure to change their ways. If he was sincere in admitting command responsibility for what happened, then he has to accept blame as well otherwise it's just an empty grandstanding again... u need to understand that blaming people in power is natural esp in a free country like philippines. in the U.S. there are people who blame obama for not solving the economic problems, and they too have a point. what i'm trying to say is, you ask if blaming him will make him better. I don't know, but I know that it might and that's good enough. What's the alternative? Give him a pat on the back and tell him all's well and that in a few years we'll laugh about it? Oh wait, he already did that himself.... so no need

i heard from the news that the full report on hostage fiasco will be submitted to Mr. Aquino this friday with the complete name of the police officials and journalist that will be sanctioned criminally and administratively...

[Jantehshiznit]

no room for mistake? but he is only a human like you and me and everybody else... do you find yourself perfect?

nobody is perfect is just a false reasoning, we cannot use it all the time. this quote is over used. i wonder maybe we (even though i dont use this line most of the time) are fond of using this quote. i just notice.

the people has high expectations from the president. maybe its good or bad, but the fact is people has high expectations from him, thats why theres maybe no room for error or maybe theres small.

there are good criticism, there are bad, but criticizing our president is not pulling him down, its just to point out the bad decisions he has made to make him better leader the next time. thats why you criticize to enlighten someone his/her mistakes, right?

[bradelicious]

some people here are just good in complaining.... mura sad ug korek! can you change the Philippines in two months? im no noy supporter but you see let's give this man a chance, to oust him is not the solution., just let him do his thing in resolving issues under his governance you guys aren't helping... instead of whining, pulling him down why not encourage him to do his best -its gonna be beneficial for all of us...

I agree to this..people already made decision to put him in the office(not me though), so instead of whining or complaining lets just support him anyway. Im not a PNOY supporter as well, not to mention I hate Kris Aquino and her ever annoying comments, Lol but lets just hope the best for our country and pray that everything will be alright. -In God we trust more...