It wasn’t what the people wanted to hear.
“On Thursday, May 1, instead of the usual announcements of a wage hike or some other work-related concessions, President Benigno Aquino III spent the most part of his Labor Day speech sounding like he was already in ‘campaign mode’ for the 2016 elections, for which he has not revealed his choice of partymate for the presidential race,” reports News5 correspondent Roices Naguit on InterAksyon.com.
Aquino reportedly thanked Laguna voters for making him Number 1 in the 2010 elections and then he issued this appeal: “Ang pakiusap ko po: Kung naniniwala kayo na tama ang ating ginagawa, kung ayaw ninyong mabale-wala ang maganda nating nasimulan sa tuwid na daan, piliin natin ang mga susunod na pinunong magpapatuloy at higit pang magpapayabong sa ating mga naipunlang reporma. Piliin natin ang karapat-dapat upang maging permanente ang malawakang transpormasyong tinatamasa na ng ating lipunan (If you believe that what we’re doing right, please choose as your next leaders those who will sustain the reforms we’ve began. Let’s pick worthy people who will continue the transformation we’re enjoying now).”
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