OF course the President was kidding when he said that he would have himself run over by the train if his government’s promise of the LRT Line 1 Cavite Extension did not happen within two years, or until today, the last day of 2015.

Of course we were not, are not, supposed to take it literally, as Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma has said. And watching the speech again, one can actually glean that it was said in jest, like an exchange between the boys after a night of drinks.

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