REACTION PAPER ON THE SONA-STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS 2010 BY PRESIDENT BENIGNO AQUINO III
The first STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS OF President Benigno Aquino III after his election was delivered at the joint session of the Congress of the Philippines on July 26, 2010.
The SONA can be summarized into two basic parts. The first part enumerates the sins, incompetence and the alleged anomalies of the past administration which result into contributing factors why the new leader feels that he is facing problems to deliver his promises.
The second part includes the solutions and strategies he want to adopt to solve the perceived problems in order to promote prosperity and peace for the nation. At the end, he enjoined the people to participate in this gargantuan task which he and the people he appointed in the different positions would carry out to make the people’s dream a reality.
I feel that the address failed to convince me that we are going to the right direction.
To drive home my point, I am using a scale to weigh what the President said and compared it with mine.
Criticisms about the Past administration
P-Noy
Matagal pong naligaw ang pamahalaan sa daang baluktot. Araw-araw po, lalong lumilinaw sa akin ang lawak ng problemang ating namana. Damang-dama ko ang bigat ng aking responsibilidad.
My scale: The president should not expect the function of the Top leader of the Land to be a walk in the park.
The problem can not be solved by whining. Crying over spilt milk or blaming someone for a broken glass can not make the glass whole again. As his cabinet secretary had said, look forward and plan for the future.
P-Noy
Sa unang anim na buwan ng taon, mas malaki ang ginastos ng gobyerno kaysa sa pumasok na kita. Lalong lumaki ang deficit natin, na umakyat na sa 196.7 billion pesos. Sa target na kuleksyon, kinapos tayo ng 23.8 billion pesos; ang tinataya namang gastos, nalagpasan natin ng 45.1 billion pesos.
Ang budget po sa 2010 ay 1.54 trillion pesos.
Halos isang porsyento na lang po ng kabuuang budget ang natitira para sa bawat buwan.
Saan naman po dinala ang pera?
My scale:
These have been hammered to us by the media over and over again. Some people would think that there is something wrong with the budget because of the budget overruns and deficits.
Budgets are appropriations for the maintenance and operations of the different branches and agencies of the government. The funds are earmarked or appropriated for a particular project or expenditures.The funds are distributed for disbursements to the different agencies. Since payroll should be paid on a timely basis, they’re given priorities from the revenues generated by the government. Other capital expenditures wait for funding, either thru foreign aid or thru borrowings.
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