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Santos, Gwyneth Kyle
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Sotto, Joan Mary
Sundiang, Camille

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Benigno S. Aquino III
Began at noon on June 30, 2010, when he became the fifteenthPresident of the Philippines,
succeeding Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
o 3rd youngest person to be elected president.
o 1st president to be a bachelor, being unmarried and having no children.
o 1stgraduate of Ateneo de Manila University to become president.
o 2ndpresident not to drink alcoholic beverages.
o 8thpresident to be a smoker.
o 3rd president who will only hold office in Malacaang Palace, but not be a resident.
o 1stpresident to make BahayPangarap his official residence.
o 3rd president to use his second given name, Simeon, as his middle initial.
o 2ndpresident to be a child of a former president, his mother was former President Corazon
Aquino.

Some Facts about the President

The only president who is the third of his name, as no other president was a "junior" or a
"third."

Unknown to many, Aquino walks around with fragments of a bullet still lodged in his
neck, reminders of a failed coup plot against his mother in August 1987, where he was
shot five times.

He was catapulted to the presidency by the death of his mother, former President
Corazon Aquino.

Aquino declared his candidacy on Sept. 9, 2009 (09-09-09)

The 15th President of the Republic of the Philippines, Benigno Simeon Aquino III, has
come to stand for Filipinos reinvigorated passion to build a nation of justice, peace, and
inclusive progress.

The unseemly timing of his mothers death, the former president Corazon Aquino,
brought accidental nostalgia to the nation that propelled his nomination to presidential
candidacy and, later, to resounding poll victory.

*Aquinos Turn
At noon on June 30, 2010, he became the fifteenth President of the Philippines, succeeding
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
The Inauguration of Benigno S. Aquino III as the fifteenth President of the Philippines took place
on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila

The Philippines under the Aquino Administration

It is time to take an interim assessment that enables us to see the bright side and the worrisome
aspects of this presidency. We begin with the positive: accomplishments.
The bedrock of this transformation likewise remains as the driving philosophy behind the Aquino
administrations reform agenda: If we can rid the country of the culture of corruption, then we
can alleviate poverty and collectively move forward to secure an equitably progressive
Philippines.

Accomplishments.The most impressive achievement so far is that the economy is in good

shape. This is not to say that it cannot do a lot better. The improvement of the macro framework
is the result of good management of the public finances and helpful factors that are there,
unrelated to who the president is.

1. Good Governance and Anti-Corruption

The government has taken a two-pronged approach:
1. To establish a culture of accountability among those in public service,

2. and to soundly manage the nations cofferswhich includes both ensuring its prudent
disbursement and that the peoples money is used only for the benefit of the citizens.
1.1

Public Accountability

The fight against corruptionwas the signal effort of the government with
respect to the improvement of accountability in public office. At first, the
target of the anti-corruption campaign was against specific mis-governance
in specific agencies. Eventually, the most serious cases were traced to
actions within the Office of the President in the previous government.

Impeachment of Chief Justice for betraying the public trust.

Plunder charges were filed against a former president and former officials of the
Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office for the alleged misuse of funds and against
three senators of the Republic for the pork barrel plunder cases ( the PDAP )

Anti-corruption drives in revenue-generating agencies have been intensified, with the

government increasingly aggressive in filing cases against tax evaders, smugglers,
and erring officials of the Bureau of Internal Revenue and of the Bureau of Customs.

1.2 Fiscal Management

The improvement of fiscal resources was matched by continued strength of
the countrys foreign exchange position. Sustained earnings from exports
and inflows of OFW remittances have buttressed this economic position
against external vulnerabilities.
The major international credit rating agencies took notice of the countrys
state of macroeconomic health by giving corresponding raises in its credit
ratings. By 2013, the country merited investment grade from all three.

Rising to investment grade represents a unique climb in economic

respectability for the country. Its investment prospects are enhanced. The
cost of borrowing also is reduced. Moreover, it increases positive perceptions
about the countrys economic prospects.

Certainly, the fiscal managers made improvements in tax administration. The

government was able to push for higher taxes through adoption of tobacco
and alcohol taxes. Through prudent use of spending cuts, it was able to raise
the allocation of the under-financed social sectors, such as education, public
health, and assistance to the poor.

Government Spending. The national budget for FYs 2011, 2012, and 2013 were enacted
before the yearly deadline, which gave government agencies time to properly implement
projects within the set timeline, thus avoiding costly delays.
Infrastructure. Resource gaps for the construction of irrigation systems, classrooms and
other education facilities, as well as hospitals and health centers were addressed through
significant disbursements by the Department of Agriculture, the Department of
Education, and the Department of Health, respectively.
Promoted Transparency. Websites of government agencies (e.g. Department of Budget
and Management) have been mandated to feature appropriated budget, public offerings,
and project implementations status, for public access and scrutiny.
Performance-Based Bonus. Established a merit-based incentive program that recognizes
and rewards exemplary performance of government employees.
Revenue Collection Without raising taxes, improved tax collection efficiency led to a
12.9% year-on-year increase in revenue, from P1.36 trillion in 2011, to P1.53 trillion in
2012.

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1.3PNoys 5th SONA Banners Economic Achievements
From Sick Man of Asia, the Philippines has rebounded to become a tiger economy.This is
what we have fought for, and this is what we will continue fighting for: not the prevalence of the
old ways, but a new system that will benefit all.

Reduction of Poverty.The reduction of the poverty rate from 27.9% in 2012 to 24.9 % in 2013,
equivalent to 2.5 million Filipinos who have crossed the poverty line.
Reduction of Unemployment Rate.Overall, efforts in job generation resulted in additional 1.65
million Filipinos employed from April 2013 to April 2014.
Lower National Debt. Money that once went to paying interest, we were able to channel into
social services.
Improved Investment Grade Rating.Philippines will be able to borrow funds for projects and
programs at lower interest rates, more businesses will be attracted to invest in the country, and
Filipinos would be able to feel the benefits of economic resurgence more quickly.
Infrastructure.The budget for infrastructure more than doubled from 200.3 billion pesos in 2011
to 404.3 billion pesos in 2014.
Aviation Development.Today, we continue to receive news that, because of all the tourists and
businessmen who wish to visit the Philippines, there is actually a shortage of flights to our
country.The number of flights will rise, thus providing a solution to the problem.
Subsidies.The government also worked to uplift the agriculture sector by providing farmers with
modern equipment to ensure the efficiency of planting and harvest.

2. Major Issues of Presidency

Many of these deal with sector policies and leadership. In these problematic sectors,
either there are unremedied weaknesses because of poor leadership or these are guided by
contradictory policies that make it impossible to succeed.
In the past three years, the Philippines has undergone a radical transformation: From a having
a government that institutionalized corrupt practices, to one that provides public service founded
on the principles of transparency, accountability, and integrity; from being home to a citizenry
clamoring for change, to nurturing a nation empowered and actively working together for greater
opportunities for inclusive growth.

2.1

2.2

Aquino's speeches

Inaugural Address, (30 June 2010)

State of the Nation Addresses

Major acts as president

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2.3 Major legislations signed
President Aquino III signed into law several measuresto ensure that every Filipinos rights
are recognized and protected, that opportunities for future gains are more attainable, and that the
reforms established will be the foundations for sustained equitable progress.
The
most historic laws were as follow:
The Sin Tax Reform Act certified as urgent by the President, restructures the excise tax on sin
products such as alcohol and tobacco would benefit both the government and the people in
making vice more expensive and at the same time raising more money for health services.
Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013 places the countrys basic education curriculum on par
with international standards. This law introduces two additional years of basic education and
makes Kindergarten mandatory among five-year olds. K to 12 is a fulfillment of President
Aquinos long-standing agenda to make education the central strategy for investing in the
countrys most important resource: the Filipino people.
Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012, a measure that provides
Filipinos with the reproductive health information, services, and care necessary to planning and
raising families in a responsible and safe manner.
No wangwang policy during the inaugural address, Aquino created the nowang-wang policy,
strengthening the implementation of Presidential Decree No. 96.
Executive orders
o ExecutiveOrderNo. 1 (Formationoftruthcommission) The commission is tasked to
investigate various anomalies and issues including graft and corruption allegations
against the past administration, government officials and their accomplices in the private
sector during the last nine years.
Hourly broadcast of original Filipino musical compositions on radioAquino directed the
DOTC and NTC to fully implement Executive Order No. 255, issued on July 25, 1987 by former
PresidentCorazon Aquino, requiring all radio stations to broadcast a minimum of four original
Filipino musical compositions every hour.
Draft Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro. End of Armed Insurgencies. There is no progress in

the efforts to bring the communist insurgency to an end. Informal contacts and formal
negotiations did not lead to any results. The estimated number of armed guerrilla fighters is

considered by official army spokespersons only at 4,000 members. But due to the hardened
poverty and the high and increasing inequality, there is a huge number of sympathising
supporters in many rural provinces. There is however remarkable progress with regard to the
Muslim rebellion in Mindanao. After an agreement between the former administration and the
strongest armed rebel force, the MILF, was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in
2008, President Aquino was able to take up the negotiations again in 2011 and was successful in
signing with the MILF a Draft Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) in October
2012 the creation of an autonomous Muslim Region in Mindanao, replacing the existing
Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) which had been established in the nineties
under the administration of President Ramos and is considered as failed, due to lack of real
autonomy and high levels of violence and corruption.However, there is still a very long and
difficult way to go in order to realize this peace project. The annexes on power sharing, revenue
sharing, transition procedures and normalization, which shall contain the real substance of the
agreement, supposed to be finalized end of 2012, are not yet finally negotiated four months later.
If they would finally be agreed upon between the two sides, there is still the challenging process
of drafting a basic law for this autonomous region, getting it approved first by the Philippine
National Congress and then by the population of the Bangsamoro area, defining the exact
boundaries through a series of plebiscites, changing the existing administrative structures of the
area into a completely new system and organizing peaceful elections scheduled for 2016,
inclusive for all groups of inhabitants in the area, where the MILF is the strongest rebel force,
but cannot be considered to represent all the other Muslim, Christian and Indigenous Peoples
communities who were not included in the negotiations of the framework agreement.

A draft bill on Freedom of Information, supported by major groups of civil society, was
about to be passed at the House of Representatives during the last days before the end of the
legislative term, but did not make it to the final voting, because President Aquino declared it a priority
legislation, but not urgent. The Freedom of Information Bill would have brought high transparency
into the actions of the State Bureaucracy making it much more difficult for the oligarchs to use the
state for their own benefits.

A modern Political Party Law, the Political Party Development Act, which would have
forced political parties
1. to be based on dues-paying members,
2. to introduce and respect internal democratic procedures,
3. to be transparent on their funding and donations,
4. to limit single donations,
5. additionally limiting the possibilities of changing parties after being elected and

6. introducing state subsidies for civic education work and campaigning costs of political
parties,
had passed the House of Representatives in third reading after finding the agreement of all groups
represented there including the Liberal Party of the President. It had passed the Committee and
the first reading in the plenary of the Senate. The day before the second and third reading, in a
meeting at Malacanang Palace President Aquino decided to take it out from the agenda of the
Senate. The Political Party Development Act would have provided an important legal instrument for
breaking the personalized patronage structures in local governments and in the district elections for
the national parliament and to replace the totally personalized systems by program oriented and
member based political parties.

In both houses drafts of a coherent and overall competition law (by some called: antitrust bill) were developed and discussed in the respective committees. The Philippines, different
from its neighbour countries Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia, has no such law up to now, which
also is requested in connection with the scheduled Economic Community in ASEAN in 2015. In both
houses they were agreed in the committees and sent to the plenary in 2012. But they never have
been put on the agenda of the plenary. This agenda is strongly influenced by the President through
his possibilities to put pressure on the members of the legislative last, but not least through the
Priority Development Funds (pork barrels). The competition law would have forced them to open up
the local and national markets, monopolized or cartelized by them.

SOTTO
2.4 PNoy's Biggest Challenges and Criticisms
During the first three years of its six years term the Aquino Administration has not
addressed these key problems of the country. President Aquino has continuously refused to
consider any serious discussion on the reform of the 1987 Constitution, which has numerous
serious contradictions and flaws and is in key parts vital for the continuation of these
patronage structures organized by dominating families and clans.
There have been three legislative projects, developed in the Congress in both chambers,
the House of Representatives and the Senate which were aimed at the taming and reduction of
these power structures and the correction of their undemocratic impacts:

As President Noynoy delivers his fifth SONA, he and his administration are facing these
yet-unresolved issues.

Missing reforms: (1) the restrictive economic provisions of the Constitution and (2) greater
flexibility of the labor market. President Aquino is not a big-vision president. If he were, he
would understand the need for pressing on two major missing reforms that can substantially
attract a larger quantity of foreign direct investments and make a dent on erasing direct poverty
through employment creation.
The BIG broken promise of the administration of President Noynoy Aquino
Apologists and fans of Philippine President Benigno Simeon BS Aquino III cannot help but be
disappointed. Disappointed, because people have supposedly started to lose faith in the
promise of a better Philippines that the Second Aquino Administration purportedly heralded.
Indeed, the campaign of President BS Aquino promised a lot. With flying colors well, flying
color (in the singular) it promised the eradication of corruption and, by transitivity, the
elimination of poverty under the principle that where there is no corruption, there will be no
poverty. The Prayerful One also asserted that his administration will be characterized by a
singular adherence to the straight-and-narrow path, the daangmatuwid. These promises were
made absolute gospel truth by the graces of BS Aquinos illustrious parents shining their heroic
light from the heavens above on their only begotten son and all those who take up his colors and
flash the holy hand gesture.
The purported resemblance no longer convinces many Filipinos
Where is this army today? Its certainly not out there defending the nation from Chinas
encroaching navy. It is not out in the field turning what is supposed to be a windfall of financial
resources delivered by that much-vaunted economic growth that BS Aquino is laughably
claiming credit for into tangible outcomes. No. This army, instead, continues to foolishly cling
on to the Anointed Ones promises and write about how disappointed they are about how BS
Aquinos critics have missed the point.
And what is this point BS Aquinos critics are missing? Simple: that the Aquino administration
is a start. Not a perfect start as it is riddled with problems but a start just the same.
Well, President BS Aquino is now in the third year of what is a mere six-year term. And all he
has so far achieved is to preside over what is likely the biggest, the most profound, and the most
paralysing corruption scandal in Philippine history. Because the source of the funds that fuels
corruption at this unprecedented and astounding scale traces its line of accountability ultimately
to the Office of the President, quite simply nothing that President BS Aquino says to justify the
continued existence of the pork barrel, whether it be marketed to the gullible Filipino public as
the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or bandied around as the mysteriously
alluring Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) can ever fly. The Philippine president

alone has the power to shut this spigot of money liberally used to motivate the countrys
lawmakers.
So to the laughable excuse that perhaps some slow steps only need to be taken towards some
nebulous general direction, I say the solution has never been more obvious; never been as
crystal clear. Indeed, this appalling crisis presents a unique opportunity for a Philippine president
to demonstrate his unconditional sincerity.
In November 2009, six months before the 2010 elections, 58 people among them 30 journalists
were murdered in an election related massacre by armed groups under the ruling clan of the
Ampatuans in the province of Maguindanao in Muslim Mindanao. Today, three and a half year
after this horrible event, the court trial against the murderers is dumpling along with no
perspective of coming soon to an end. Several key witnesses disappeared, some died under
strange circumstances.The reality is that the delay is a joint responsibility of the judiciary and the
executive branches since the prosecution is an executive function This is just one example
which shows, that the Philippine Judicial System, plagued by an antiquated criminal
procedural law, high levels of corruption among judges, intimidation from ruling clans and
warlords and many other problems, has not improved during the last years. There are many
other examples showing the lack of progress in the fields of rule of law, protection of human
rights and orientation on good governance. This does not mean that there were no efforts of the
Aquino Administration to improve governance and the human rights situation. Leila de Lima,
Secretary of Justice and SixtoBrillantes, Chairman of COMELEC, are names among others who stand for such efforts. But they have not been successful, because the Aquino
Administration did not touch the underlaying sources of the problems: the grip of rich, powerful
families on a weak state; political dynasties with huge patronage structures.

SOLIS
Impeachment Complains. The controversial Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) has
tainted President Aquino's administration. It has also triggered impeachment complaints against
him. Another impeachment complaint has also been filed against the President for the equally
controversial Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) that the government signed
with the United States.
Territorial Disputes. In the last few years, the AFP was made to face a challenge it admittedly
had not prepared for: The defense of Philippine territory from another aggressive nation. To date,
the Philippines' territorial disputes versus China have not been resolved.
Pork Barrel Scam. The Aquino administration is hounded by the pork barrel scama scandal so
big, it is said to reach the doors of the Palace.

Poverty. Although Aquino administration says it continues to exert effort to address joblessness
in the country, millions are still mired in poverty.
Traffic Woes. The Aquino administration has its work cut out for it when it comes to addressing
traffic. Traffic in Metro Manila costs government billions of pesos a year and affects millions of
commuters.
Agricultural Challenges. Failure to meet rice self sufficiency targets, skyrocketing prices of rice
and other commodities, and coconut scale insect infestations plague the Aquino administration.
Crime. Improving the peace and order situation in the country was high on President Aquinos
priority list in last year's State of the Nation Address. But in the past six months, the number of
crimes reported has gone up.
Power Problems. President Aquino finds himself facing the same problem his mother, the late
President Cory Aquino, faced during the last few years of her term: a looming power crisis. Now,
the President must decide if he will declare a power emergency to try to avert the shortagean
option, some fear, could result to rate hikes.
Food prices. The agricultural sector has been a captive of highly protectionist policies, making
the country pay a high price for food items. It begins with the countrys main staple: rice.
Some of the issues are linked to the inadequate investment in the sector, to high tariffs in specific
sectors and monopolies in trade, and to poor governance in the running of the agencies involved.
Energy. Much of the problems related to the high cost of energy are a result of the failure of the
Energy department to encourage the establishment of a higher base load for generating power
This problem was inherited from the previous administration but it was met with corresponding
inaction in the early years of the Aquino government. The inadequate base load capacity
continues to hamper future growth prospects.
Infrastructure. The incompetent handling of transport expansion issues is well documented. The
much vaunted PPP (private-public partnerships) was delayed by indecisions, postponements and
wrong decisions. It is only lately that major contracts are getting bidded out.

SUNDIANG

2.5 Aquino Administration Satisfaction Rating

MANILA, Philippines President Benigno Aquino IIIs net satisfaction rating dropped by 15
points in September based on a recent survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) at the
height of the Zamboanga siege and pork barrel controversy.
Based on the survey, Aquinos net satisfaction rating dropped in all areas and in all socioeconomic groups though it was still within or above the range of good.