State of the Nation Address... What comes to your mind if you hear the term SONA?
Personally, I really don't like listening to petty speeches especially if it talks about politics and the economy, for I am not a politics-type of a person. This is because I am not interested to such crap, talking about graft and corruption and such things. Sad to say, I don't trust the government.
Looking back to P-Noy's first SONA wherein he tackled more on how he will deal with with those who corrupt the people's funds (basically referring to the previous administration, the Arroyo's)and promised the Filipino people that he will revive Philippines.
True to his word (or should I say, least of it) in the second SONA of P-Noy, he talked about improvements such as that the self-rated hunger was decreased from 4million Filipinos (20.5% in March) down to three million (15.1% this June). A small amount of figure, you can say, but at least, he had done something to lessen those who are starving. An additional of a million Filipinos is now eating properly every day. That is an accomplishment!
A flaw in his speech, was when he took the glory for his administration for the increase in distribution of rice production. But based on the April 2011 Rice and Corn Situation Outloook that was independently accessed by GMA News Online, the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics projected a 14.9-percent increase in palay production for the first half of 2011, to 7.61 million metric tons (MT) from 6.62 million MT in the same period last year. According to BAS, this could be attributed to the expansion in harvest area and improvement in yield compared to last year’s conditions when palay production was adversely affected by the El Niño phenomenon.
You can say anything you want, what you have done for the country, but not to the extent that you will boast and claim to some accounts that you were never accountable for. As the saying goes, "Walk the Talk".
