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| Iggy demands explanation |
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| Thursday, 29 July 2010 18:59 |
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NEGROS Occidental Rep. Ignacio Arroyo yesterday demanded an explanation on the true motive of President Aquino’s State-of-the-Nation Address following admissions by two government officials that the figures used were raw or incorrect. Arroyo said the people have a right to know if it was the President who was deliberately misled or Mr. Aquino tried to mislead the people. Arroyo cited published reports quoting Budget Secretary Florencio Abad that it was incorrect to say that there is only P100 billion left in the national budget. “Sec. Abad categorically said only about 60 percent of the P1.54 trillion have been released,” Arroyo said. He noted that National Food Authority head Lito Banayo failed to give specific volumes and values to reporters on the agency’s alleged over-importation of rice during the previous administration as claimed by Mr. Aquino in his SONA. “Reports also said Mr. Banayo could not even pinpoint the location of the warehouses where the supposedly over-imported rice are being kept. So the question now is why did President Aquino still cite these supposedly anomalous issues in his SONA? What was his reason or motive?” Arroyo said. “If the President did not double check the contents of the SONA and left it entirely to his people, then does it mean that his aides are running the show and not him?” he asked. |
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