Another Aquino SONA, another lie

I can’t believe how President Aquino has had the gall to lie, to give false data in each and every State of the Nation Address (SONA) he’s given. Other presidents would fudge the data or exaggerate their role. This one patently lies.

In his 2011 address, he tried to shock us that a contract for the dredging of Laguna Lake made during the Arroyo years would cost P19 billion, but would involve only “playing around with the mud” (“para lang maglaro sa putik”). The Belgian contractor, the 150-year old Baagerwerken Decloedt En Zoon, one of the most prestigious engineering firms in the world, filed a case in a World Bank arbitration court against our government for cancelling the contract, and demanded P8 billion in damages. The court will issue a ruling this year that would very likely prove Aquino to be a big liar.  After our Supreme Court, Aquino will then be cursing a foreign court.