SONA 2015: The Last Presedential Speech

SONA 2015 Reaction Paper

                Filipino people are really looking forward for every SONA the President of our country will make. Starting from the first SONA down to the last SONA, people are really making an effort to listen to the promises and to know what has changed in the past 5 years of being the president of our country.

                President Noynoy Aquino had his last SONA as a president of our country last Monday, July 27,2015 after handling the Philippines for almost 6 years. SONA or State of the Nation Address is a yearly event made by the President to tell the citizens of what are the things and actions made by the government to improve the situation and solve the problems of our country. Also it is one way for the President to show off what he has made for our country, to communicate to us and to tell us the situation of our country in terms of progress. It is really a must for us to listen not only because it is our duty as citizens but because we should be aware of what is really happening to our country that will greatly affect us, our daily living.

                In the said SONA of President Noynoy, each one of us has our own impression and reaction to what our President mentioned in his speech.

                IS THERE A CHANGE?

                The biggest question every Filipino people have been asking. We are voting people whom we think are worthy of being elected on that situation and will make our country a progressive one. I can really see the effort invested by President Noynoy to make sure to lift our country in a higher pace.

                He does a lot of things that helped not only those who are in need but also benefited by the citizens in the Philippines. We cannot say that he does nothing because as what we can see and hear on television and other medias, he does wondrous things that make our country progressive maybe in some little way but still it paved way to the progress of our country. President Noynoy may not able to solve all problems that we  Filipino are facing but at least he lessens the burden we had.

                I don’t really understand people, complaints here, there and everywhere but they are the ones responsible for electing such government officials in their position then after how many months, if the officials being elected will not be able to give what the people want, rallies and protest will be pushed through. President Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino was elected by most Filipino people to be the father of our country, but how come after several months of his term, rallies rose up telling him to go down from his position. Will it make a difference in our situation if President Noynoy will go down? They should also bear in their minds that presidents are still human they still commit mistakes, they don’t have supernatural powers that could instantly solve all problems that are going on. Ruling a whole class with more or less 50 students is a very tough one, how about ruling a whole country with billions of people living in there?

                We should not solely blame President Noynoy for the awful things happened in our country, people and the situation is not in his control, he may be the president but he cannot force people not to do something bad and the happenings not to occur. We should not only focus on the negative side, that’s the problem because we people are too blinded for our own desires, if that will not be satisfied then we tend to be pessimistic. He still contributed a lot of things to the progress of our country, let’s not only focus on the bad things but also see the bright side of his term. The following are President Noynoy’s contribution to our country;

• · Destroying corruption inside the Government. He dismissed those corrupt leaders and put them into jail.
• ·  Supporting the Filipino families who can’t sustain their daily expenses and needs through the “4P’s” or known as the “Pantawid Pilipino Pamilya Program”. Through this program a lot of children was able to attend school and also families are able to give basic necessities to their families.
• · Another one was, he also took action to the places and people devastated by natural calamities most especially in places destroyed by typhoons and earthquakes. Through the housing program, people are able to stand again after the dreadful incident in their lives. Also giving relief goods and physical and emotional aid was given to the people for faster recovery not just the place but also the people living in that area.
• · He also supported for the enhancement and renewal of military apparatus used by the soldiers, police and other law officers in our country.
• · Modification of our educational system.

There’s a lot more, if we are not too blinded we might be able to see that behind those negative incidents happening there are  more good things that we should be thankful of that contributed in the growth of our country.

Have you ever wonder that in the past decades our country was still consider as one of the 3^rd world countries in the world? No Presidents will be able to bring our country into success if its people are not with him or her. Change cannot be stop, it is either in a good or bad way. The change is not only at the hands of President Noynoy nor in the hands of other presidents but it also relies on the people living in that country or in simply saying “Change is at our hands; me, you, them, all of us is an entity of change. We should not blame all misfortunes or negative things that happened to our country to whoever president is in term but we should also blame our selves. We keep on pointing our fingers to the leaders up there but not pointing ourselves for all that happened.

Before we question “Does President Noynoy became a good presidents?” First we should question ourselves “Did we became a good citizens of our country?”