BY ISMAEL AMIGO, 1st-APLUMA NATIONAL PRESIDENT

ONCE is enough, twice is too much.

President Aquino may have spoken too much when he took another potshot at Sen. Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., who earlier the Philippines could have been another Singapore had not for the EDSA People Power 1 that ousted his father and namesake.

Recently, P-Noy said that were it not for EDSA, the Philippines probably could have become another Libya. 

While his statement may be true, many are now thinking that P-Noy is taking this word war with the young Marcos personally which is very unpresidential on his part.

His initial reaction, in which he said that the Marcoses had been given enough time to turn the Philippines into an economic giant, was understandable but to do it again puts color in his real motive. Kumbaga naging personalan na ang batuhan ng salita.

Maybe, Aquino was piqued because Marcos laid down the unfulfilled promises of the bloodless revolution that installed P-Noy's mother, the late Corazon Aquino, to Malacanang.

Now, P-Noy has all the powers in his hands to prove the young Marcos wrong.

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Sen. Marcos’ dig at the government should serve as wake-up call for the administration because many Filipinos are now starting to get disgruntled with the way P-Noy run things.

This is mainly because of the unfulfilled promises that P-Noy made during the campaign, especially in terms of fighting corruption and poverty alleviation.

Presently, Malacanang is boasting that they are now doing something to clean the Armed Forces and the government of corruption.

As I look at it, it's only Congress which is doing most of the fighting against corruption through its congressional hearings in aid of legislation.

And Malacanang? It is only taking its cue from Congress where to start its investigation and perhaps, just like before going after government officials who are known allies of the administration it replaced.

For example, had not for Sen. Franklin Drilon who exposed the enormous salaries of officials of government owned and controlled corporations, Malacanang was unaware of the situation.

For P-Noy to make believers out of doubters, he should go after big fishes and not settle for personalities whose cases are already being heard by the courts.

But by the looks of it, a pattern is eerily made this way: Only those officials from the past administration are lined-up on the chopping block!

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If P-Noy fails to fulfill his promises quickly, then he is destined to suffer the same fate as the government of his mother. Correct us here  if we're wrong.

Millions of Filipinos had banked their hopes on the first Aquino government, only to be left disappointed. Just like before? Your guess is as good as ours.

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