
I've always been an EDSA fan and a Ninoy fan, but Noynoy Aquino is one of the most passive politicians I know. Sad to say, he neither inherited his father's good looks and charisma when speaking in public, nor his mother's intuition, innocence, faith and religious depth. He was caught sleeping the senate a couple of times. This will never translate into any legislation, right?

What he probably inherited were traits such as ambition. This is 'ambition' not in the sense that it is the desire to choose the best in the wisest way possible, but rather it is the desire for personal achievement even if it means rolling and stepping over other people and being a "balimbing" to his relatives for attainment, superiority and power.
He is indeed passive on certain issues of national importance such as the Hacienda Luisita massacre. We all know what happened and it is undeniable that the Aquino and Cojuanco families were behind such atrocities. How does 12 dead people in a bloody farm slip under the nose of its owner?
Up to now, he has not yet made a firm stand about taking responsibility on the issue and how we can go about it as a nation and as a people. He wants to please his family by denying allegations and keeping quiet whereas what he should be really doing is focusing on how they could improve the lives of the farmers in Luisita whose salaries hover around P9.50 per day.

Noynoy Aquino is a puppet with strings. With each pull of the puppeteer, the puppet raises his hand or says something he has no idea what it means. There are people beyond him who control his every major public and political move. You tell him to do something, he'll do it. But probably after he's decided that it's not too hard for him to do. Mar Roxas is well, Mar Roxas. He's just also another name with a long history, with a lot of family interests.
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