More truthful than his Finance secretary

His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III, President of the Philippines, at the opening plenary session of the 23rd World Economic Forum on East Asia, gave a speech that, as expected, lauded the achievements of his administration. He drew a long bow, as the ancient idiom puts it, but he did not lie, he only exaggerated.

The speech shows that Mr. Aquino is definitely a more truthful person than Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima. The Finance secretary’s being a liar is detailed in today’s page 1 column by Rigoberto Tiglao titled “Purisima: Aquino’s biggest liar.” There Mr. Tiglao tells readers how Mr. Purisima dishonestly claims he and the Aquino regime caused all the great things that are happening to the Philippine economy since Mr. Aquino became president. That is simply not the truth.