The First SONA of P-noy

The first SONA of President Aquino was about the economical status of the Philippines after the Arroyo administration. On his 3rd week on position, he discovered some inconsistencies on different sectors of the government that led to the discovery of the big deficit on the annual budget for the coming year. He explained the cause of this controversial loss was the Calamity Fund. The inappropriate allocation of the calamity fund to certain provinces particularly on Pampangga was further investigated and later found out to be true. Another that contributed to the decline was the excessive payrolls and benefits of the MWSS. The employees of the company benefited much because its managers themselves are involved on these operations. While we are facing a water shortage, these people just enjoy their life wit the money of the Filipino people. It was no difference with what was happening to the NAPOCOR. The government ordered the company to sell their power to the lowest possible price. Many people thought that they have already saved, but in the end, the adjustment will be carried by the same consumers because the loss of the company will be included in their monthly bills. There are projects handled by the DPWH that gained profit even the budget allocated was fixed. Another issue was the excessive buying of rice by the NFA. He pinpointed the wrong doings of this sector. He then delivered and revealed the rotting of the rice in warehouses. Because of this incident, we can remember that during 2008, our country faced a rice shortage. Many people can’t afford the high price of rice. This is considered by President Aquino, as a crime for letting these rice sacks to rot in spite of many Filipinos who can’t eat sufficiently on everyday living.
Given all the problems, these are just a glimpse of what was truly happening in our government. Due to this,President Aquino began to solve and take responsibility on taking steps on solving these issues. He later comes up with the idea of creating a Truth Commission. The said commission will investigate for the anomalies of the past government and seek to punish those who are guilty and responsible for the exploitation of the money of the people. I am very impressed about what he said about the concept of Zero-Based approach budgeting. We will start the budgeting for the year on “0” onwards unlike the past system that is overlapping of budgets that usually results to incorrect allocation and divisions of budget for the people. Another proposal of the president was the Private-Public partnership system with regards to investments. It will help the economy to recover its economical equilibrium by the said investors particularly the renting of the headquarters of the navy on Roxas Boulevard and Fort Bonifacio. We will not spend a single peso on these but then we will profit by it. President Aquino will be trying o settle the issue regarding the peace talks on Mindanao and on the NPA’s
I am hoping that with all of what he said and delivered, it will be soon done and fulfilled. This may be the start of a new and real change for the lives of the Filipino people.