Although President BS Aquino boasts that the Filipino people are “ his boss,” has he ever even once consulted us on any of his ambitious initiatives and projects?

We could not dissuade him from his crazy initiative—like the Comprehensive Bangsamoro agreement, the impeachment of Chief Justice Renato Corona, the creation of the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP), the signing of the PH-US Enhanced Defense cooperation Agreement (EDCA)—because he sprang them on us by surprise. By the time we knew about them, they were signed and sealed. And the public treasury was already compromised.

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