A good commander knows how to pick his battles.
Another great and balanced piece on Philippine politics by journalist Ding Gagelonia:
If our new President knows how to picks his, he must realize that while he has immense political capital going into Malacanang on Jun 30, the Filipino people expects him full well to expend that capital prudently and in a manner that the downtrodden that he is the avowed champion of understands and understands easily.
Yes, President Noynoy won by a landslide with his spinmeisters dubbing him the ‘People’s President’, making him sound like he’s Manny Pacquiao.
But let’s stop the mixed imagery right there.
It’s not as if Benigno Simeon Aquino III is some bang pugilist who eats Mexicans for breakfast and a Bob Arum packaging his next megabucks fight.
Aquino is President and the first order of business for him is to translate his electoral victory into effective government and good governance.
To read the whole article from Ding’s blog, click the link above or the pic!
