Here in the Philippines, millions of Filipino families experience hunger everyday and the number never decreases but increases. If this fact is bad enough, what makes it worst is that Mrs. Arroyo and the delegates that came with her in her meeting with President Obama doesn't seem to care, for they indulged themselves in a $20,000 dinner in Le Cirque in New York.
The news came out last August 6, 2009 in the 6th page of the NEW YORK POST and it states, "The economic downturn hasn't persuaded everyone to pinch pennies. Philippines President Maria Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was at Le Cirque the other night with a large entourage enjoying the good life, even though the former comptroller of her country's armed services, Carlos Garcia, was found guilty earlier this year of perjury and two of his sons were arrested in the US on bulk cash-smuggling charges. Macapagal-Arroyo ordered several bottles of very expensive wine, pushing the dinner tab up to $20,000.". When this news reached the Philippines, people of Malacañang immediately came to defend the president and her group stating that the news was grossly exaggerated and that the dinner was just a simple one. But I find it so hard to believe, that a dinner in a restaurant that was ranked among the best restaurants in the world by food experts worldwide could be "simple".
Even if the palace insist
that Madam Arroyo never spent 1 cent from the country's fund and that the dinner was paid by Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, the question that needs answering is, is it ethical for a President and for government officials to spend so much money for a dinner equivalent to an amount that could feed 200 hungry families in their country?
While Filipinos have nothing to eat in their tables, the President and her entourage feast in French cuisine and caviar, while the country mourns for Mrs. Aquino's death they celebrated with expensive bottle of wines and while Filipinos have no money in their wallets Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez have a million peso pocket money.
But what can Filipino's expect from a president who got her position by force and by cheating? If she really have any shame in her, she should have stepped down the moment Filipinos discovered that she cheated her way to the presidency in the 2004 Philippine Presidential election, through the hello Garci cd but what did she do? She just said "Sorry" and goes on with her term, which is filled with controversies and problems. Sadly all we can do is hope that the next President would do better than she does.
The news came out last August 6, 2009 in the 6th page of the NEW YORK POST and it states, "The economic downturn hasn't persuaded everyone to pinch pennies. Philippines President Maria Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was at Le Cirque the other night with a large entourage enjoying the good life, even though the former comptroller of her country's armed services, Carlos Garcia, was found guilty earlier this year of perjury and two of his sons were arrested in the US on bulk cash-smuggling charges. Macapagal-Arroyo ordered several bottles of very expensive wine, pushing the dinner tab up to $20,000.". When this news reached the Philippines, people of Malacañang immediately came to defend the president and her group stating that the news was grossly exaggerated and that the dinner was just a simple one. But I find it so hard to believe, that a dinner in a restaurant that was ranked among the best restaurants in the world by food experts worldwide could be "simple".Even if the palace insist
that Madam Arroyo never spent 1 cent from the country's fund and that the dinner was paid by Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, the question that needs answering is, is it ethical for a President and for government officials to spend so much money for a dinner equivalent to an amount that could feed 200 hungry families in their country?
While Filipinos have nothing to eat in their tables, the President and her entourage feast in French cuisine and caviar, while the country mourns for Mrs. Aquino's death they celebrated with expensive bottle of wines and while Filipinos have no money in their wallets Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez have a million peso pocket money.But what can Filipino's expect from a president who got her position by force and by cheating? If she really have any shame in her, she should have stepped down the moment Filipinos discovered that she cheated her way to the presidency in the 2004 Philippine Presidential election, through the hello Garci cd but what did she do? She just said "Sorry" and goes on with her term, which is filled with controversies and problems. Sadly all we can do is hope that the next President would do better than she does.
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art liwanag says:
The mother of the nation ate at Le Cirque while her children had rice and salt