OUR news story yesterday under the head “Aquino: Promises can’t be achieved” reveals the extent to which we in The Times have tried to understand the mentality of the President.

The story, written by one of our senior reporters, Joel M. Egco, who is also the current president of the National Press Club, began with the sentence: “For President Benigno Aquino 3rd, promises cannot be broken but they certainly cannot be achieved during his term.”  This was followed by the sentence: “On Tuesday, Aquino admitted that the fruition of his ‘legacy’ of good governance cannot be seen during his term and that the people can only enjoy its benefits during the time of his successor.” A quotation from him came after that, “If others reaped what we sowed, that is okay. But [my successor] will have a better start and the people can be assured that he will go a long way.”

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