Last July 27, 2015 at Batasan Pambansa in Quezon City, the
man of the hour, President Benigno Aquino III delivered his sixth and
presumably his last state of the nation address (SONA).
It was the longest SONA delivered by
President Aquino in his entire term. The speech lasted for about an hour and
fifteen minutes. He might have poured all of his conceited accomplishments,
tirades and anguish in a form of a lengthy speech.
While applauding his cabinet
members for putting into action his promise of “Daang Matuwid” for the
Filipinos, he unsurprisingly blamed the previous administration for the
headaches that the country is experiencing today.
Technical problems and
extended mound of commuters lining up the MRT stations everyday are estimated
to be 600,000 strong as they consider the MRT as their primary means of
transportation. President Aquino insisted that the antecedent administration is
the one to blame for the piteous condition of the MRT ( metro rail transit
)today.
As expected, President Aquino defended his DOTC Secretary
Joseph Abaya and claimed that the latter should not be blamed for all the MRT
problems that are showing up at the moment. He stressed out that the MRTC
knowingly forgot and left all of the the obligations behind to the Aquino
administration.
He said that the government is doing necessary actions to solve
these problems. Such actions includes, the rehabilitation of MRT by purchasing
railway lines which was previously disapproved by the MRTC.
“Ang trabahong
pribado, ipinasa saatin. Ang solusyon naman natin, hinarang nila”. President
Aquino said.
MRTC denied this accusation later on and admitted that the
main reason why the government rejected the proposed project was fund
deficiency. They suggested that the budget should be increased in order to
finally purchase the railway lines.
President Aquino stood firm by his indictment to pursue the
buyout and the rehabilitation process of the MRT. He also mentioned that the
DOTC (Department of Transportation and Communications) is working rigidly with
the process to solve other problems of the MRT such as the signaling system,
the defective trains and the failing railway lines.
The Aquino administration have done a pretty good job in
governing the country but it is indeed inappropriate to point fingers to
something or to somebody when in fact, they are the ones who actually
contributed in making these problems even worse.
They should instead stop
whining and concentrate in coordinating and materializing all the possible
improvements that they could possibly complete before our great President
Benigno Aquino III’s term ends.
