The “working visit” of PNoy to Europe and the United States lasting for almost two weeks turned out to be nothing more than a self-aggrandizing junket. And what better way to stretch the truth about his accomplishments – and enhance his image and importance – than brag before a captive international audience and then demonize his predecessor and favorite arch nemesis Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

In a speech before students and faculty of Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, Aquino said: “At the end of [Arroyo’s] regime, our people were so apathetic to all the scandals and issues affecting her, and the government’s inability to effect change, that the overwhelming ambition of many was to leave the country.”

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