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By NICK LEGASPI
President Benigno S. Aquino III has a golden opportunity to lead the Philippine economy out of the mess it is in at present and fulfill his promise to solve the long standing poverty problem.
This was stressed by no less than Sen. Manny B Villar who lost to Aquino during the 2010 presidential election. “We are in a mess and somebody would have to get us out of this. Somehow, the only person who could and should do this is the President,” Villar said during a roundtable on structuralreforms hosted by the University of Asia and the Pacific on July 1.
“I lost the election but I can follow—just tell us where what is the way where are we going,” said Villar, who was the target of bitter mudslinging during the campaign that quickly eroded his chances after breaking even with Aquino in pre election surveys.
With his high popularity and trust ratings and majority control of both houses of Congress, Aquino simply has to sit down with the Senate President and the Speaker and push for legislative measures to drive economic growth. “It can be done,” asserts Villar, the only person elected to the top positions in the House of Representatives and the Senate. “He can t dictate on Congress but Congress will follow his lead.”
He cites the enactment of the law postponing the elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao ARMM as an example. That law was passed in a matter of weeks.
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Source: BizNewsAsia, July 27, 2011
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