President Benigno Aquino III went to Thailand with his 52-men delegation with an allocated fund of P4.5 million. It was said that this would cover most of the expenses such as air fare, hotel accommodations, food, transportation, and telecommunications and equipment requirements and the purpose of the visit to Thailand is to seek, strengthen and to fortify the bilateral relations of our country with Thailand, as well as with the rest of our neighbors in the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Again people are reacting, P4.5 million is a huge amount. To think that the travel is pretty near our country, a lot would think that it is too much and would he really need to bring his 52-men delegation? Another add-on to the expenses…
Ok now, I think I see some trend here, remember when President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her US entourage's had their said “lavish dinner” at Le Cirque and Bobby Van’s stake house? She had her cabinet secretaries and 27 congressmen who joined her in her US trip but they were merely invited guests in the two dinners, and that, as president, she is entitled to amenities befitting a head of state but somebody said that Mrs. Arroyo could be guilty of indirect bribery for letting private citizens pay for the expensive dinners. She may also be liable for unethical conduct since the code of ethics for public officials says they should “lead simple lives”. C’mon! How do you think a president could ever live a “NORMAL” life? Ok, now did I just state that they were invited? In fact, Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez is one of those who paid for the alleged $20,000 (around P1 million) dinner at the fancy Le Cirque restaurant.
Also, we can’t forget the so called luxury car of president Noynoy, It’s a Porsche! And it’s worth 4.5 million! (Also not a normal spending for a car) He bought this at the time of the oil price hike. A lot were irked with the thought of a president getting a luxury car when most people are living below the poverty line but did they know that it was a 3rd hand car and he had it in exchange to his BMW? No! Nobody knew at first, they thought that he used the government’s money for it but he didn’t. I don’t see anything wrong about selling an old car and getting a car loan for a better one, even if it’s a Porsche worth 4.5 million. Now would you rather see the head of our nation ride a Jeepney everyday to work?
There are and will be a lot of scandals that will be spread out with a malicious intent, hopefully these will educate the people but the problem is when people would easily believe on this rumors and gossips. They would just simply let others to think for themselves. As they say, “if you can’t beat them, Join them” or rather,” if you don’t know what the truth is, join the bigger group”. It’s really ironic that we see and react to other peoples action but fail to see our own mistakes. We quickly judge others but look at what were doing, were pulling others down. A scandal may be nothing more than a rumor that many of us try to believe without further knowledge of what’s really happening. Our country doesn’t need this kind of mentality. We are looking for ways to dishonor others by first dishonoring ourselves, this so called "crab mentality" is like a Filipino disease. we need cure, and we need it fast.
Again people are reacting, P4.5 million is a huge amount. To think that the travel is pretty near our country, a lot would think that it is too much and would he really need to bring his 52-men delegation? Another add-on to the expenses…
Ok now, I think I see some trend here, remember when President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her US entourage's had their said “lavish dinner” at Le Cirque and Bobby Van’s stake house? She had her cabinet secretaries and 27 congressmen who joined her in her US trip but they were merely invited guests in the two dinners, and that, as president, she is entitled to amenities befitting a head of state but somebody said that Mrs. Arroyo could be guilty of indirect bribery for letting private citizens pay for the expensive dinners. She may also be liable for unethical conduct since the code of ethics for public officials says they should “lead simple lives”. C’mon! How do you think a president could ever live a “NORMAL” life? Ok, now did I just state that they were invited? In fact, Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez is one of those who paid for the alleged $20,000 (around P1 million) dinner at the fancy Le Cirque restaurant.
Also, we can’t forget the so called luxury car of president Noynoy, It’s a Porsche! And it’s worth 4.5 million! (Also not a normal spending for a car) He bought this at the time of the oil price hike. A lot were irked with the thought of a president getting a luxury car when most people are living below the poverty line but did they know that it was a 3rd hand car and he had it in exchange to his BMW? No! Nobody knew at first, they thought that he used the government’s money for it but he didn’t. I don’t see anything wrong about selling an old car and getting a car loan for a better one, even if it’s a Porsche worth 4.5 million. Now would you rather see the head of our nation ride a Jeepney everyday to work?
There are and will be a lot of scandals that will be spread out with a malicious intent, hopefully these will educate the people but the problem is when people would easily believe on this rumors and gossips. They would just simply let others to think for themselves. As they say, “if you can’t beat them, Join them” or rather,” if you don’t know what the truth is, join the bigger group”. It’s really ironic that we see and react to other peoples action but fail to see our own mistakes. We quickly judge others but look at what were doing, were pulling others down. A scandal may be nothing more than a rumor that many of us try to believe without further knowledge of what’s really happening. Our country doesn’t need this kind of mentality. We are looking for ways to dishonor others by first dishonoring ourselves, this so called "crab mentality" is like a Filipino disease. we need cure, and we need it fast.
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