The Next President: Benigno Simeon Aquino III

Filipinos already cast their votes in their first ever Automated Election despite the glitches of some PCOS (Precinct Count Optical Scan) Machine, the election turns good in general and now the counting of votes almost complete (around 90% of Election Returns has been counted) and leading by almost five million votes Sen Benigno Simeon Aguino III will be the next President, our 15th President of the Republic of the Philippines.

Who is Noynoy?

The only son of former Sen Benigno Aquino and President Corazon Aquino, Philippine’s Democracy Icon,  was born on February 8, 1960, attended in Ateneo de Manila University and earned a degree in Economics in 1981. Brother of Kris Aquino a Philippine Celebrity.

As the politics is in their blood line, Noynoy continued the tradition of his parents and  forebears. He serves as representative for the second district of  Tarlac, their home province, from 1998 to 2007 before he became Senator in 2007 Senatorial Race.

With the limelight of his mother’s death (due to Colon cancer) and with outpouring of support of his family and friends Noynoy announced his intention to seek the nation’s highest post.

Nation’s Future

Noynoy Aquino promised in his campaign Transformational Leadership, Gender Equality, Economy Agenda, Peace and Order, Good Governance and safety of our environment.

• Transformational Leadership – from a President who tolerates corruption to a President who is the nation’s first and most determined fighter of corruption.

• Economy Agenda – from government policies influenced by well-connected private interests to a leadership that execute all the laws of the land with impartiality and decisiveness, recognizing farms and rural enterprises (is this include the Land sharing of Hacienda Luisita?)

• Good Governance – discerning selection of cabinets based on integrity, competence and performance serving the public good, professional, motivated and energized bureaucracies with  adequate means to perform their public service missions.

• Gender equality – promotion of equal gender opportunity in all spheres of public policies and programs. (Is Gender equality is needed or Gender Equity?  Gender Equality means that women and men enjoy the same status and conditions and have equal opportunity for realizing their potential to contribute to the political, economic, social and cultural development of their countries. Gender Equity moves beyond a focus on equal treatment. It means giving to those who have less on the basis of needs, and taking steps to compensate for historical and social disadvantages that prevent women and men from otherwise operating on a level playing field. Equity can be understood as the means, and equality is the end. Equity leads to equality. What about the member of LGBT Society?  Can they have their Gender Equality?

• Peace and Order – from a disjointed, short-sighted Mindanao policy that merely reacts to events and incidents to one that seeks a broadly-supported just peace and will redress decades of neglect of the Moro and other peoples of Mindanao. (What about the Media Killing, the Maguindanao massacre and the desaparcidos?)

• Environment

 

The Question is did Noynoy has the confidence that he has what it takes to fulfill these promises. Speeches come easy, very handy indeed but we need action We are at the dawn of new administration and the most natural feeling for many is optimism. . Let us give Noynoy the chance to give us the bright future that our nation needed. We as ordinary citizens have task to watch and react. Let us see his first 100 days  as this is crucial in setting directions for the country.

(Pictures of Noynoy from GMAnews.TV and Noynoy’s platform from his official website Noynoy for President (www.noynoy.ph))

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