Former President
Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino seems to be in the news lately.
Last Saturday, he
was one of the guests ( along with the entire Liberal Party membership) during
the confernment of the Liberal International’s prize of freedom Award to opposition
and detained senator Leila de Lima.
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| Former Presidents Benigno Aquino and now Speaker of the House of Representatives Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (photo credit to Philstar) |
The former
President was asked about his thoughts regarding the ascension of his
predecessor to the Speakership of the House of Representatives during last week’s
State of the Nation of the President Duterte.
The former chief
executive doubts if former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo can still do
something significant as head of the House of Representatives, since she is
already in her last term and there are only a few months before the end of the
17th Congress, and she is not allowed to run for re-election as the 2nd
district representative of Pampanga.
“Ano pa bang magagawa niya sa Kongreso sa natitirang period na ito? (What
else can she do within this period)?” Aquino said to reporters .
He even cites from his experience, that usually in this point in time
members of the House are already busy with their own re-election bids this
coming 2019 mid-term elections.
When asked about this thoughts regarding GMA’s ascension as Speaker of the
House of Representatives, Noynoy said it is up to the people to say if they
agree with the members of the House who voted for her.
“Next year, may
eleksyon. Bahala na yung mga constituents kausapin yung kanilang kinatawan
(Next year, there’s going to be an election. Let constituents talk to their
representatives),” he said. “Sila na magsasabi happy ba kami sa iyo o hindi
(They will say whether they are happy with Arroyo or not),” he said.
The former
president was also asked by reporters regarding the possibility of his
predecessor becoming prime minister under the new form of government that is
being pushed by the Duterte administration, he merely said that it remains “speculative”
since the push to change the charter remains to be realized.
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