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I AM SO COMFORTABLE WITH NOYNOY.

I hope you are also with me when I say that the MOST IMPORTANT TASK now is to stop first corruption. This is because our country has gone to an almost irreversible pattern that blatant display of corruption is the rule in all offices and all law enforcers whose service is not public trust but “hulidap.”

After stopping corruption is achieved, that is the time we can talk of production.

Under the present system of justice and check-and-balance apparatuses we have, whether prosecution can happen on warlord politicians or corrupt officials for crimes and corruption depends on the boldness of the President to confront the violators. So that what we need is the President who does not care if the ax would fall on his allies or friends or relatives or husband or son.

This is completely lacking in the person of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and the past presidents you can name.

To prove my theory, I cite what a President can do in the case of Gloria Macapagal which she has not done all the time before the Maguindanao massacre.

Look how she easily pinned down the Ampatuans when she acted! It was peanuts to do so.

But she did this only because of the outpouring of outrage from all over the world because the massacre included 32 journalists.

If only she did the same to all past incidents and corruptions that included Joc-Joc Bolante, Hernando Perez, her husband, her son and cousin-in-law, her allies, Mike Defensor, Lito Atienza, and many other allies, can you imagine how good our country has become for now?

Really, BOLD HONESTY IN THE PRESIDENT IS THE ONLY KEY TO STOP CORRUPTION — AND THE KEY TO ECONOMIC PROGRESS IS TO STOP CORRUPTION.

So why will our country would rise economically if corruption is stopped?

Simple.

First, we will be assured that monies will be efficiently used to where intended.

Second, the budget deficit will be stopped and will be replaced by budget surpluses.

Why?

Simple, again.

If the BIR only honestly collects taxes, there is no need to increase taxes.

It is common to hear stories of businessmen due to pay a tax of P6 million but giving only P2 million to pay a manipulated computation and give P1 million to the taxmen.

Now, more than half of the country’s budget for a one-year operation is provided with funds by collections from the BIR. So that there is no deficit in collection to finance all the items listed in the national budget if only all of the taxes due are collected. We are not yet talking about customs collection and the exorbitant fees collected by the courts and other agencies.

So what do you think will happen if tax collections exceed the amount budgeted to be spent for a year?

This will give us surplus collections. The government can now begin to think of increasing the salaries of its employees or think of building more schools, bridges and highways in the countryside.

Third, our laws are assured of implementation.

We have so many laws crafted by our Congress. But almost all of these are good for nothing; they are not implemented. If THE PRESIDENT IS BOLDLY HONEST, these laws on banking, agriculture, economics and agrarian reform and other economic-related laws, such as those that protect local industries or products from smuggling, will be implemented

If these laws are only implemented because of extra-bold honesty of the President, we do not need “Galing at Talino” presidents who brought down our country to the quicksand.

So that I can now say with my head so high that THE ONLY PRESIDENT WE NEED IS A BOLDLY HONEST PRESIDENT. He will be bold in acting on with extra vigor to cause the arrest and prosecution of crime and corruption violators.

As such, this kind of President will send a chilling message to all politicians, all warlords, all soldiers, all officials, all policemen and NBI agents.

And when corruption is stopped, we can begin to talk of big programs for economic leaps.

Now, can Noynoy Aquino pass the test of honesty I require?

I believe so.

He and his sisters did not steal when their mother Cory was the President. He did not take advantage of his being the President’s son when everything he could have wanted he could get upon his wish for his wish was then the command. His father’s status as a national hero is a sufficient safeguard against him making a folly. For sure he cannot afford to destroy Ninoy’s legacy and Cory’s saintly image for the price of P200 Billion.

What about the issue of a sea of crooks and crocodile waiting for him? Can he survive it?

I believe so, he can survive.

It does not need an Einstein as president for a country to advance in electronics for there are always intelligent Filipino scientists and all Presidents have Cabinet secretaries who will provide the brain. The fact that Noynoy has that required honesty that can bring out a chilling message against stealing, these Cabinet men will perform to expectations.

And to think, Noynoy is a graduate of economics from Ateneo, unlike Erap who did not finish a course from Ateneo. In other words, I am confident that Noynoy has at least the minimum required intelligence to discern what is good and what is bad in making decisions after getting sufficient information from his cabinet men.

Actually, the choice of anybody on who would become the best president is but a belief. For sure, NO ONE CAN PREDICT WHAT ONE MAN WOULD DO TOMORROW. No one can predict that Villar would not steal. No one can predict that Gordon would not steal and play going with the tide. No one is sure that Gibo Teodoro would do good no matter his claim to be the only candidate who has “galing at talino.”

While mine is only a belief, it did not come without any basis. I based it on his past performance of honesty. Much more that he will display HONESTY AT ITS BEST that he has a responsibility to take: the responsibility to protect the names of his father and mother.

HE IS DEFINITELY A UNIQUE COJUANGCO. He is the mold of two bests: The best of a hero and the best of a saint.

Others insist to vote for Villar because they believe in his advertisements that he can lift the poor from sufferings. Can you really believe him?

Others insist it should be Gordon because they believe he can transform the country. Why has he not transformed Olongapo from prostitution?

Others insist it should be Erap because they believe “walang mahirap kung andyan si Erap.” Why has he not done that during his time? What more can he do?

Others insist it should be Father Eddie Villanueva because they believe in his “Diyos at Bayan” formula. Why has he not improved the lot of his flock?

Others insist it should be Jamby Madrigal because they believe in her. But why has she even failed to unite her own family on issues of wealth?

Others insist it should be Nick Perlas because they believe he will make the country green. Why? Can he plant one billion trees in his first year of his term? Can he expect all those he planted would grow into full trees in six years?

Others insist it should be JC delos Reyes because they believe he can do magic. But why he cannot even express his programs clearly in different fora?

SO, MY COUNTRYMEN, WE SHOULD BE HONEST AT LEAST THIS TIME FOR OURSELVES, OUR CHILDREN AND OUR COUNTRY.

NOYNOY IS IT!

As a final note, let me say: AANHIN ANG MAY NAGAWA, PANAY NAMAN MASASAMA?

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reynz is one Uragon and a Filipino-American, has many years of public accounting & auditing, broadcast investments, housing tax credits and equity investments as his background. Based in the US, he maintains his personal and humor blog at reyna elena dot com. A graduate of Aquinas U, he went to GWU and Temple U in the United States.