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Category: Impeachment 2011

Aquino’s hard sell a turnoff

Speaking in a press conference as a private citizen?
President Aquino should be told there are times when things are better left unsaid.

If he is worried that some people underestimate his intelligence and competence and thinks that by indiscriminately sharing information and his thoughts, he will earn respect as a leader, he is mistaken.

One flabbergasted political observer described him as “a male Kris Aquino.” And that’s not flattering at all for a leader.

A day after the House of Representatives approved in an overwhelming vote the impeachment of Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez, the President appealed to the people: “As the Senate prepares to try the Ombudsman, I urge you to support this (impeachment) and other efforts to fight corruption.”

Reminded of the principle of separation of powers in a republican state which the Philippines is, Aquino said, “I may be a president but I am also a citizen of this republic.”