It was probably an overwhelming sympathy during Cory Aquino’s death, Kris Aquino’s moving message and our exasperation towards Gloria’s excesses that endeared Noynoy Aquino to a lot of us. We were reminded of Ninoy Aquino’s sacrifice, and we thought Noynoy could relive that. We remembered how Edsa was like. And forgot what it was 25 years after.
Again, people saw hope in the eyes of Noynoy. He was pure and simple with a hard-punching slogan, “Hindi ako magnanakaw!”. And as usual, Pinoys believed the fairytale and they failed to see the other side of Noynoy. He’s been in government service for a long time and so far, there weren’t that many accomplishments compared to what his contemporaries in the Congress and the Senate had achieved. Had he been sleeping?
Of course, you can’t really find too many faults on a guy who has not really done anything. Noynoy epitomizes the word “mediocre” and he is absolutely does not share the qualities of his dad, Ninoy. Kris does, in testosterone.
What did he do during the Hacienda Luisita Massacre in 2004? He was then a congressman in Tarlac, and he simply put the blame on NPA rebels for the mayhem to save the family’s interest. Just in case you still don’t know, Hacienda Luisita was bought in late 1950’s by his late grandfather, Peping Conjuangco Sr. from the Spaniards with government help. (President Magsaysay was Ninoy and Cory’s ninong in their wedding.) The condition set was to give the land back to its tillers at a reasonable cost within a 10-year time frame. (Turnover was supposed to happen in 1967.) To cut the long story short, the deal was long overdue and never happened. The workers were fired to find a job elsewhere and the outspoken ones were brutally murdered.
How would you expect someone who has a lackluster record in public service be able to turn this country around? Noynoy can’t even clean his own backyard. Does he have the political will to control those people who will work under him? What I see are further disappointments and his vice president, Mar Roxas, if ever he wins, running the show for him.
