FIR Reading Blog #1

Title: Let Noy Break Tradition, But he must Guard Against Deceit

Author: Claudio T. Bellin Jr.

Phillippine Daily Inquirer

Date: Tuesday June 15, 2010

Page Nos. : 1 (Page 14)

Time Alloted Reading: Approx. 5mins.

Summary

The first argument is Noynoy Aquino becoming the president of the Philippines in the present is admittedly lacking of experience. On the contrary, other politicians are far more experienced. Thus, the fact that Noynoy becoming the new president lies heavily on the notion that Edsa only had a great impact and had written the history of the present time including Noynoy in it.

The second argument implies that Aquino is only appealing to the mass the memory of the late Cory and Ninoy Aquino and that by winning the hearts of Filipinos, he strives to be like them. Is it really desperation on the part of Filipinos that lead them to choose Aquino among all others? Or is it merely breaking tradition which means going against deceit?

Insights

Upon reading the news article , I am deeply saddened by the assertions made about Noynoy Aquino. Assertions that are unsupported and by implication regarded as unsupportable. As a freedom-loving person myself, I am by all means rooting for Noynoy. Breaking the tradition or going against deceit of the whole country itself is what every one of us wants, so to speak. Noynoy will not ever plant the seeds of mistrust, lets start by saying that every filipino including Noynoy, I believe has loftiness of spirit in their hearts, enabling one to bear trouble calmy and to display a noble generosity is what every filipino encompasses. Aquino I believe, is cultivating the ground for democracy and not harvesting the fruits of deceit. It is time for us filipinos to take away in our minds the stigma of what these seeds of mistrust instilled in our minds. This is a new president who he said is not "Superman" nor "Einstein" but a man of few words and courageous spirit. A man raised by a noble family and said the words, "Utang na loob ko sa mga pilipino ang pagkapanalo ko" is indeed a seed that is planted and must harvest the fruits of good works that will eradicate corruption and poverty. As for us? We filipinos must go with the flow of change in our country. We must be a start of change, ourselves. LET'S DO IT FOR THE PRESIDENT AND THE COUNTRY. :)