'Noynoy' poised to run for president
MANILA - The son of the Philippines' democracy icon Corazon Aquino on Tuesday moved one step closer to running for president when his main rival for their party's nomination stepped aside.
Liberal Party chief Senator Mar Roxas withdrew his candidacy for next year's presidential campaign so that Senator Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino III could run.
"Noynoy has made it clear to me that he wants to carry the torch of leadership," Roxas, 52, told a crowd of Liberal Party supporters at the Club Filipino in San Juan, as he abandoned his presidential ambitions.
"Today, I am announcing my support for the candidacy of Noynoy as the candidate for 2010," he said.
"Noy has made it clear to me that he wants to carry the torch of leadership. The passing of our beloved former President Aquino has reawakened a passion among us. I acknowledge this as fuel to bring us to the realization of our dream: Good will triumph over evil," he said in his speech.
"Ito na ang pinakamabigat na desisyon sa buhay ko. Maniwala man kayo o hindi, ginagawa ko ito para sa bayan, para sa inyo. I do this for unity in support of change. And if that means that somebody must make the sacrifice, it must be me. Ako na," Roxas said.
Among those present were LP chairman emeritus and former Senate President Jovito Salonga, former Education Secretary Florencio "Butch" Abad, and Aquino.
"Country above self. Bayan bago sarili," he said at the beginning of his speech.
Roxas said that he and Aquino share the same "outrage over the mess we are all in, the same way we share the solution--clean, honest, selfless public service."
"Noynoy and I want to make a difference, but we also know that we need to unite to achieve what we want," he said.
"Over the weekend, Noynoy and I had many long conversations... Masinsinang usapan. We agreed: Let us forget about ourselves for a moment. This is not about us, this is about our people and our country. This is about our common dream. The dream of our parents. But let us not remain a country of dreamers. Tama na ang pangarap. Gawin na natin, ngayon," Roxas said.
Message to Noynoy
Before ending his speech, Roxas gave a message to Aquino.
"To you Noy, I say: I began the campaign to sow the seeds para sa pagbabago at reporma. You must now be the one to grow them in the arena of leadership," Roxas said.
"Hindi kami maghihiwalay ni Noy. I will stand with him," he said.
He also had a message for his supporters, saying he won't be abandoning them.
"At sa aking mga kababayan, sa mga nagtiwala sa akin: Mahal na mahal ko po kayo. Mahal na mahal ko po ang ating bayan. Hindi rin tayo maghihiwalay. Itutuloy natin ang pagbabago sa ating bansa. Itutuloy natin ang laban para sa reporma," he said.
He, however, did not say if he will be Aquino's running mate, or if he would run for re-election in the Senate. Noynoy is expected to make an announcement about his decision for 2010 on Wednesday.
Roxas later warmly embraced Aquino, 49. However Aquino, who in recent days has refused to commit to running for president, made no public statement.
Roxas, who comes from an established political family, had found himself lagging in surveys among roughly one dozen candidates who had said they intended to compete in the May 2010 election.
Impact of Cory's death
Public sentiment for Aquino to run for president soared after the death on August 1 of his mother, former President Corazon Aquino, 76.
Mrs. Aquino had been idolised in this country for leading the "people power" revolution that ended the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos in 1986, then using her subsequent six-year term as president to consolidate democracy.
Her death prompted many to call for her son to run for her old position to continue her campaign for good government.
Roxas said he was stepping aside to ensure the party's unity in the 2010 elections.
He said he and Noynoy Aquino were united in opposing the "evil" of President Gloria Arroyo, who the opposition has accused of graft and vote fraud.
Arroyo's political adviser, Gabriel Claudio, gave a cautious response.
"It's a very interesting development. It will definitely complicate matters further for the opposition more than it will affect the administration coalition," Claudio said, without elaborating.
Arroyo is barred by the constitution from running for re-election in the 2010 elections, and it is not yet clear who she will back to succeed her.
Logic and statesmanship
Roxas' announcement undid two years of preparation for the presidency.
LP's Butch Abad described Roxas' decision as “defying political logic.”
Last November, Roxas declared his intention to contest the presidency. He is estimated to have already spent millions of pesos in political ads on television and radio.
But his career track, carefully and calculatingly built in the last two years, got waylaid in just a month.
Former Civil Service Commission (CSC) chair Karina David told abs-cbnnews.com/Newsbreak that Roxas’s decision to give way has shown his statesmanship.
“It is refreshing and I doff my hat to him,” David said. Roxas’ move to sacrifice personal ambition over national interest “proved that he should be the man.”
Salonga, who has pushed for a Mar-Noynoy tandem, said Roxas’s move is “liberating.” He said Roxas is now spared from solving the country’s “impossible problems.”
Asked if he thinks Aquino has a chance of winning the race in 2010, Salonga said Aquino “will probably win.”
Popularity surveys show Roxas in fifth place among the aspirants. In an August 2009 Pulse Asia survey, Roxas got 11%, statistically tied with Senator Francis 'Chiz' Escudero.
Survey leader Senator Manuel Villar of the rival Nacionalist Party previously said an Aquino-Roxas tandem would be harder to beat.
Liberal Party roots
Both the Roxas and Aquino families have deep roots in the Liberal Party.
Roxas' grandfather, former President Manuel Roxas, founded the Liberal Party in 1946. The elder Manuel was the first president of the Philippine Republic.
Roxas' father, former Senator Gerardo M. Roxas, was the president of the party from 1969 to 1982. "My father led it during the most difficult times of Martial Law. Sa harap ng peligro, sa kabila ng napakaraming tukso, hindi siya sumuko. (In difficulties and temptations, he did not give up.)"
"He inspired me-to stay the course, to fight the good fight, to pass the test of true character. To believe," Roxas shared about his father.
Aquino's parents were also involved in the Liberal Party. His father, former Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. was the party's most vocal member against the Marcos rule. His mother, former President Cory Aquino, ran as a guest candidate of the party in the 1986 snap election.
In the weeks leading to Roxas' announcement on Tuesday, Filipinos mourned the August 1 death of Cory Aquino and commemorated Ninoy Aquino's death last August 21. — Reports from Newsbreak's Reynaldo Santos, Lilita Balane; Aries Rufo, abs-cbnNEWS.com/Newsbreak; with Agence France-Presse; ANC; Maricar Bautista, Jing Castañeda, ABS-CBN News
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I agree sa isang nag post about Manny Villar! at idagdag ko 'to sa post niya, balita pa na si Willie ang magiging VP niya? - Kayabangan na tingin ko at hindi pag lilingkod sa bayan.
Para kay Joseph Estrada at sa ilang medyo may edad ng tatakbo pagka Presidente, sana naman ipa-ubaya na lang nila sa mga nakababata sa kanila! Mag retire na sila! Hindi na nakaka-tuwa.
disappointed kay korina
Korina is funny, kahit pabiro di magandang biro 'yung comment niya na at least daw mababawasan ang iimbitahin nila ni Mar sa kasal nila! Ganyan ba ang dapat na magiging FIRST LADY sana ng Pilipinas?
Opinyon ko lang naman.
Korina's Reaction on Air @ Tambalang Korina & Ted
This is to site my personal opinion on Ms. Korina's sentiment Re: Senator Mar Roxas' withrawal to Presidential Race for the 2010 election.
I undertand that Ms. Sanchez has the right to be emotional over her future husband's decision to withdraw from the Presidential Election due to her personal relationship with own honorable Senator. However, I felt a little disappointed with the reasons she mentioned: 1) Time spent campaigning 2) "Pagod" in preparation for this Presidential race.
I guess we need not be "too intelligent or be geniuses" to understand that an ambition to be a President of a Nation involves dedication, sacrifice, preparation, determination and mostly "have love for the people of this country over love for self". These variables may not even guarantee a sure win. And politicians I am sure knows these very well.
Time spent for campaigning or "pagod" going around the country campaigning trying to win people's confidence or woo people for their votes are GIVEN part of the equation for a Candidate even if you are running for the Senate, what more if you are running for Presidency.
I felt so disappointed that Ms. Sanchez already complained that she already saw the time and efforts they made for this short period a time went to waste already. If Ms. Sanchez used euphemisms to eloquate her sentiments of her frustrations, she could probably passed the judgements of your many listeners (with not so high level of intelligence or high achievement like Ms. Sanchez) as a composed, level-headed; an articulate and compassionate future First Lady of this Nation, The Philippines.
I still gave her the benefit of the doubt, that at least She is being true to herself and at least She has aired her true sentiments. I guess that is the very reason why Senator Mar Roxas has to forego of this Presidential race, within his backyard, there are still some more polishing to be done.
This is my personal views, and as somebody from the Samar areas, We are craving for A Leadership that the People from the Countryside can feel would stand for the principles of This Republic. A Leader that could uplift this NATION. Somebody who would adhere to Filipino values, believed in God, and could recognize the TRUE ESSENCE OF SACRIFICE. What NINOY did, giving his life. What CORY did, NOT RUNNING for a second term.
Thank you.
Einyl P, Jaramilla
pjaramillaeinyl@yahoo.com
Only selfish presidentiables who will not giveway to Noynoy
Mga Kababayan ko,sa lahat na mga nagko-comments tungkol sa latest balita.
We have read and heard the latest news that Sen. Mar Roxas has made his own sacrifice and forego his presidential ambition next year National Elections to his fellow partymate Sen. Noynoy Aquino despite of his wasted million preparation only for the seek of unification of not only for the members of the Liberal Party but save humiliated Filipinos from the GMA regime of corruption. This 2010 national election's theme must be good versus evil. Presidential Candidacy between Noynoy Aquino to continue serving the Filipino with the same legacy of his parents and the continue expansion of Lakas-Kampi tandem of crooks politians/leaders who rampantly sucked the nation's treasures within 9 longest years. Anyone who will endorse by Malacang will be tagged as puppet of the evil.
The biggest obstacle the Filipinos are facing is the GMA corrupt administration. They are capable to cheat and rob the people because of the tandem of two biggest political party of elite.
This is what Sen Roxas and Noynoy mission to dismantle with the help of intellectual leaders in all sectors of our society. To end the corrupt regime from the Lakas-Kampi crocodiles party of patronage and change the Philippines for better country where we can live with peace, freedom, harmony.
Now is the time for all national leaders who are Presidentiables like Erap, Sen. Franchiz Escudero, Sen. Manny Villar, Loren Legarda, Villanueva and others to do sacrifice for the seek of the good of the Filipino people and not for their own personal interest.
Who among the above presidentiables like Erap, Sen. Franchiz Escudero, Sen. Manny Villar, Loren Legarda, Villanueva and others who will not give way and support Sen. Noynoy Aquino to Presidency will only show his/her own colors of another evil leaders. A selfish and hypocrite leader whose vested personal interest is to continue grabbing the wealth of the nation and make Filipinos’ live remain miserable.
Para kay Erap, you are already aged and had proved your worthy as Mayor, Senator, Vice President and then President. What more you have in mind to be President again you will give and prove to the people? To make wrongdoing again, pra ba magpapayaman ka na rin, o para mapatapos mo ang mga pagawa ng mga mansions ng mga mistresses mo at maibalik sa Malacanang ang Casino ng mga best friend mo at mag-i-inuman hanggang madaling araw, at para na rin geyrahin ulit ang mga kapatid natin Muslim sa Mindanao, oat paka rin maituloy ninyo nina Chavit Chinson, Atong Ang at iba pa ang mga nakawan sa mga illegal na pamamara-an at mga pasugalan ninyo? O para ipapatay pa ang sino man katulad diyan nina PR man Dacer?
Bakit ba kayo mga kababayan natin mga mahihirap naka tira sa mga bangkita, eskatwer, estiros, at kahit saan lansangan bakit hanggang ngayon may may tiwala pa kayo kay Erap? Siya rin ang sanhi ng atin kahirapan at kahihiya-an dahil sa bantog na ang Pinas na tayo ay nangunguna sa Money-Laundering. Magpakatuto nga kayo! Please tama ang pagiging mangman, batugan, bulag at pipi at mag sumikap na kayo! Sa elections next year 2010 ay mag research na kayo ng mas maigi. Enough is enough.
Para kay Sen. Manny Villar- bakit kailangan mo pa tumakbo pagka pangulo gagamitin mo ba ang lahat na ipon mong pera para matustusan ang lahat na expenses manalo ka lang pagka president? Ito ba ang ipapakita mo sa taong bayan gaano ka importante maging president sa 2010 hindi ka makakapaghintay sa susunod na halalan sa 2016? Bakit mauubos nab a ang kayamanan sa Malacanang kaya hindi ka makakapaghintay?
Para kay Sen. Franciz Escudero - Bata ka pa at marami pa ang oras para mahinog ang political career mo. Hindi mo kailangan mag mamadali maging Presidente. Kung naka tadhana sa iyo ay balang araw maging president ka sa susunod na halalan. Isantabi mo na ang ambisyon mo maging pangulo at sumuporta ka na lang kay Sen. Noynoy Aquino para labanan at mapatalsik ang mga buwayan Partido ng Lakas-Kampi sa Malacang o simo man ang kandidatura pagka president sa 2010.
Only selfish presidentiables who will not giveway to Noynoy
Mga Kababayan ko,sa lahat na mga nagko-comments tungkol sa latest balita.
We have read and heard the latest news that Sen. Mar Roxas has made his own sacrifice and forego his presidential ambition next year National Elections to his fellow partymate Sen. Noynoy Aquino despite of his wasted million preparation only for the seek of unification of not only for the members of the Liberal Party but save humiliated Filipinos from the GMA regime of corruption. This 2010 national election's theme must be good versus evil. Presidential Candidacy between Noynoy Aquino to continue serving the Filipino with the same legacy of his parents and the continue expansion of Lakas-Kampi tandem of crooks politians/leaders who rampantly sucked the nation's treasures within 9 longest years. Anyone who will endorse by Malacang will be tagged as puppet of the evil.
The biggest obstacle the Filipinos are facing is the GMA corrupt administration. They are capable to cheat and rob the people because of the tandem of two biggest political party of elite.
This is what Sen Roxas and Noynoy mission to dismantle with the help of intellectual leaders in all sectors of our society. To end the corrupt regime from the Lakas-Kampi crocodiles party of patronage and change the Philippines for better country where we can live with peace, freedom, harmony.
Now is the time for all national leaders who are Presidentiables like Erap, Sen. Franchiz Escudero, Sen. Manny Villar, Loren Legarda, Villanueva and others to do sacrifice for the seek of the good of the Filipino people and not for their own personal interest.
Who among the above presidentiables like Erap, Sen. Franchiz Escudero, Sen. Manny Villar, Loren Legarda, Villanueva and others who will not give way and support Sen. Noynoy Aquino to Presidency will only show his/her own colors of another evil leaders. A selfish and hypocrite leader whose vested personal interest is to continue grabbing the wealth of the nation and make Filipinos’ live remain miserable.
Para kay Erap, you are already aged and had proved your worthy as Mayor, Senator, Vice President and then President. What more you have in mind to be President again you will give and prove to the people? To make wrongdoing again, pra ba magpapayaman ka na rin, o para mapatapos mo ang mga pagawa ng mga mansions ng mga mistresses mo at maibalik sa Malacanang ang Casino ng mga best friend mo at mag-i-inuman hanggang madaling araw, at para na rin geyrahin ulit ang mga kapatid natin Muslim sa Mindanao, oat paka rin maituloy ninyo nina Chavit Chinson, Atong Ang at iba pa ang mga nakawan sa mga illegal na pamamara-an at mga pasugalan ninyo? O para ipapatay pa ang sino man katulad diyan nina PR man Dacer?
Bakit ba kayo mga kababayan natin mga mahihirap naka tira sa mga bangkita, eskatwer, estiros, at kahit saan lansangan bakit hanggang ngayon may may tiwala pa kayo kay Erap? Siya rin ang sanhi ng atin kahirapan at kahihiya-an dahil sa bantog na ang Pinas na tayo ay nangunguna sa Money-Laundering. Magpakatuto nga kayo! Please tama ang pagiging mangman, batugan, bulag at pipi at mag sumikap na kayo! Sa elections next year 2010 ay mag research na kayo ng mas maigi. Enough is enough.
Para kay Sen. Manny Villar- bakit kailangan mo pa tumakbo pagka pangulo gagamitin mo ba ang lahat na ipon mong pera para matustusan ang lahat na expenses manalo ka lang pagka president? Ito ba ang ipapakita mo sa taong bayan gaano ka importante maging president sa 2010 hindi ka makakapaghintay sa susunod na halalan sa 2016? Bakit mauubos nab a ang kayamanan sa Malacanang kaya hindi ka makakapaghintay?
Para kay Sen. Franciz Escudero - Bata ka pa at marami pa ang oras para mahinog ang political career mo. Hindi mo kailangan mag mamadali maging Presidente. Kung naka tadhana sa iyo ay balang araw maging president ka sa susunod na halalan. Isantabi mo na ang ambisyon mo maging pangulo at sumuporta ka na lang kay Sen. Noynoy Aquino para labanan at mapatalsik ang mga buwayan Partido ng Lakas-Kampi sa Malacang o simo man ang kandidatura pagka president sa 2010.
Mar/Noy or Noy/Mar
Mar/Noy or Noy/Mar, either way this is a winning combination, Opposition let us support them both let us be one behind this tandem. Mar/Noy or Noy/Mar, please pick your line-up, a line-up with out corruptions. For the first time in my life, I really believe our country is about to change. Mar/Noy or Noy/Mar, bring back the decency in our country, bring back the pride that we once have. Let the whole world know that a third world country can exist without corruption. Opposition leaders, give our country another chance please do not add corruption into Mar/Noy or Noy/Mar line-up.
Very good point….. impinoy
Very good point….. impinoy….and more than just the embarrassments that Pinoys sometimes get when they go abroad is the fact that is within the same parameters(highly corrupt governance and very weak justice system) that allows abusive employers from ‘advanced/developed’ countries to treat our non-professional OFWS like second-class citizens and subject them into sub-human conditions…..
We can only EARN the RESPECT of other nations by STARTING to respect the fundamental aspects of our citizenry which thrives on democratic principles and by exercising a clear and transparent dispensation of the laws of our land……
Pero puede pa kaya iyun ..kung….
--if majority nang members ng Korte Suprema, if not all eventually….ay may “BASBAS” mula sa ‘outgoing’ suspects!
-- if the ombudsman at justice sickretary ay may obvious ‘bias’ in handling cases!
--if most members of the senate are only concerned on how to ‘LEVEL UP THE PLAYING FIELD’ for a greener pasture…..
--Worst of all kung HINDI mabibigyan ng HUSTIYA……ang mga KRIMEN of the past……
Tanong.????? Sa U.S. of Ahhh…kung saan ay ginagamit natin palagi as a MEASURING STICK ng iba’t ibang standards to run a society……….what is the STATUTE of LIMITATIONS sa mga henious crimes tulad ng ‘MURDER’????? I think wala!!
P.S. Siguro hintayin na lang natin ang “Final Judgement” para magkaroon ang katarungan ang mga naapi…..
Matthew 5:4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Walang Pagbabago
Sino kaya sa mga kandidato ang makapagpapatupad ng Agrarian Reform, mula pa noong naging pangulo si Cory Aquino ay naghihintay ang ating mga mamamayan na tuparin ng ating mga pinuno ang kanilang binitiwang salita na ang Pilipinas ay para sa mga Pilipino at hindi para sa mga banyaga. Marami ang namatay sa Mendiola Massacre at gayundin sa Hacienda Luisita kung saan ang puwersa ng militar ay ginamit upang patayin ang mga walang kalaban labang nag po protesta laban sa hindi makatarungang patakaran ng gobyerno.
Hindi ngayon at anak ng isang presidente ang kandidato ay tiyak na magiging mahusay na lider, hindi pa ba tayo natuto sa mga kabulukan nitong kasalukuyang nasa puwesto? Magisip isip naman tayo, hindi yung panay politika na lamang ang pinag uukulan natin ng panahon.
Erap Para Sa Mahirap (UMINTINDI!!!!)
I am an OFW. At alam ba ninyo na isa sa hindi ko malilimutang karanasan ay pagtinginan ako na may halong panlalait ng mga ibang lahi na kasama ko sa seminar about Money Laundering.
Kasi, isa sa mga slides na ipinakita ng naglelecture ay tungkol sa mga corrupt na leaders ng mundo. Lo and Behold, the Philippines got two famous people included in the list of ten most corrupt leaders of the world, marcos at number 2 and Erap Estrada at number ten.
And damn if you were there in that seminar, the logo of the 'Office of the President of the Philippines' ay nasa background of both presidents' pictures. I asked the lecturer if he meant to embarrass me but he answered politely, "No, this is part of the lecture materials, and this is the fact and you may check." and he gave me this link of World's Ten Most Leaders
Higit pa sa nakakahiya di ba?
1 FOR ALL - ALL FOR 1
Para kay dating Pangulong Erap, siguro ito na ang hinihintay mong pagkakaisa para iisang kandidato para pagka-presidente para sa oposisyon. Bilib ako kay Roxas dahil ipinakita nyang di sya makasarili at hindi lang sariling ambisyon ang kanyang pinairal kundi ang pagpapahalaga sa pagkakaisa ng ating bansa. Yung mga presidentiables na ayaw pa ring magbigay siguro napapanahon na ring mag isip kayo para sa ikabubuti ng bayan. Kung talagang ayaw nyo na sa angkan ng gobyerno at sa mga representative na kunwari eh representative ng kanilang nasasakupan dahil siguro magbigay na rin kayo tulad ng ginawa ni Roxas. Wala sa plano ang tumakbo ng presidente si Noy pero sa isang iglap lang ayan na at maraming tao na ang nagpapakita ng malaking suporta sa kanya. Mabuhay ka Noy dahil alam kong magiging magaling kang presidente at sa mga nasa oposisyon ipagpatuloy nyo ang pinaglalaban nyong tama. Mabuhay ang bansang Pilipinas.