“PRESIDENT BENIGNO AQUINO III’s 

2015 STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS”

            To lead a group of people is not easy, what more if you become the president and lead the country. Based from the SONA of President Aquino III, there is really a big change that took place in our country and in the lives of many Filipinos. In my own opinion, I can say that President Benigno became one of the most responsible leader and President in our country because he have done a lot of things for our country. He became an instrument in bringing and creating a change in our country. As for what I understand with the programs and activities of President Aquino, I can see that he is really doing his best to change the situation of our country today and lead us to progress and success.

            There are others who say that our beloved president did not able to do his responsibility being a president. Some people are against with him, but did we ever ask ourselves if is these problems we are facing now is just because of our President? How about our government?, the other politicians?, and how about us?. Aren’t we part of this? We want to create changes but how can we achieve this if there is no unity within the people. The people itself are not supportive with our own president. We chose to elect President Benigno Aquino III to become the leader of this country but what happened to us?, we are the one pulling our own president down, and we are the one starting chaos in our motherland.

            Nobody’s perfect, we are just human being, sometimes we commit mistakes, and sometimes we do things that are not likable by everyone, but how can we create peace and unity if we cannot learn to forgive, accept, and understand one another. There are reasons behind our actions, and before we make judgment let us try to seek reasons first and evaluate those things. What I am trying to say here is that every action as long as it is good and for the better of the other, it deserves to be respected and appreciated.

            Now let us try to gather some things that brought changes on our country. Some of those changes that attracts me most is the continuous increase of our global competitive rankings wherein our country as of the present was called Asia’s Rising Tiger, Asia’s Rising Star, and Asia’s Bright Spot. See, even for that title or simple change of our country I can somehow say that at least our President had able to increase the competitiveness of our country. Poor people now, and those business men were given opportunity to lend money with just low interest, and also they are given enough time for them to pay their debt. In this way we can able to widen the business of our country and give more opportunities for others to be employed. For the last past years that we encountered and experienced with other presidents our country is not like this. Our country before was poorer if we compare it with our economy today.

            Now a days a lot of jobless individuals were being employed, according to the survey 71.9% of new graduates already find a job compared before which is only 28.5%. These are only some of the good things that our president had done for our country. Now let us try to talk about some things that our president failed to do, as what I have heard and as far as I know, some of these are: not being able to reach out for other poor people in far-flung areas, not being able to supply the needs of other Filipino citizens, not being able to focus some of the major issues and problems of our country and many more.

            Stating the negatives of our president and the government, I think it is no longer necessary for they themselves know their own mistakes. And as a Filipino, as part of this ever-growing society, I can say that the progress of our country now is somewhat enough for us to continue our life in a more productive and progressive way. Let us try to put ourselves in the shoes of our president now, maybe that’s the only way we can understand him. Our president had done his responsibilities, now let us try to ask ourselves, have we done ours? Instead of thinking for negative things, let’s just hope for good and for the better of our country and for our next president. As what President Benigno Aquino III said, ‘the fate of our country lies in our hands’.