PHNO-PNoy: PREVIEW OF 3rd SONA / SURVEY ONLINE: WORLD'S WORST LEADER EVER

PREVIEW OF 3rd SONA / SURVEY ONLINE: WORLD'S WORST
LEADER EVER

MANILA, JULY 16,
2012 (BLOG WATCH: THE EQUALIZER) From Inquirer.net - In what could be a preview of his State of the
Nation Address (Sona) on July 23, President Benigno Aquino III on Friday
highlighted before a group of foreign visitors the key achievements of his
two-year-old administration—"inclusive growth" and increased social spending to
make sure that "no one is left behind."

"Freedom From Want"

Wise spending has led to strengthened health care, education and social
services, the President told participants of the 7th North American Ambassadors,
Consuls-General and Tourism Directors Tour, who paid a courtesy call to him in
Malacañang on Friday.
The economic growth of 6.4 percent posted in the first quarter "surpassed the
expectations of most, if not all, analysts," Mr. Aquino said.

More
importantly, this growth has been felt broadly through the economy, and not just
by a select few, he claimed.
He cited as an example the falling unemployment
rate and self-rated hunger for the whole country, as shown in a recent
survey.
According to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey for the second quarter of
2012, the unemployment rate went down to 26.6 percent in May, the equivalent of
10.9 million unemployed adults. This was significantly lower than the 34.4
percent unemployment rate recorded in March, or 13.8 million
unemployed.

Self-rated hunger for the whole country, from the same
survey, went down to 18.4 percent in May, compared to 23.8 percent in March, the
SWS said.
The President also boasted of the increased spending for social
services, to the tune of P567.9 billion, or around 31 percent of the entire 2012
budget.

"No one is left behind."
"We are indeed making sure that no one is left behind, and we will be hard at
work over the next few years to accomplish this goal. I am very pleased to share
that the good news doesn't stop there," said Mr. Aquino.

He talked about
putting a lot of work into improving the country's infrastructure in support of
tourism, including airports and seaports.

The Department of Public
Works and Highways has allocated P9.4 billion in 2011 and 2012 to construct,
rehabilitate and improve roads leading to all of our tourist
destinations.

Mr. Aquino said the public works efforts were complemented
by the Department of Transportation and Communications, which has focused its
attention on upgrading primary and secondary airports, as well as enhancing air
traffic control systems.

Mr. Aquino underscored his commitment to boost
the country's tourism, saying his administration had made good progress in the
tourism sector to revitalize the country's socioeconomic growth.

The
President cited increased tourist arrivals, though still small compared to those
of the Philippines' neighbors.

He reported that in the first five months
of 2012 alone, the country saw the arrival of more than 1.8 million tourists,
more than half of the yearly average of three million arrivals in the years
before he took office.

He explained that his administration was paying particular attention to
tourism because with it, "we can successfully pursue our agenda of inclusive
growth, given the multiplier effect on jobs and the amount of money it brings
into our country."

The Third SONA
"The President should talk about transforming society, his vision and
aspirations for the country, and what he wants the country to
be."

Transformational leadership is defined as a leadership approach that
causes change in individuals and social systems. In its ideal form, it creates
valuable and positive change in the followers with the end goal of developing
followers into leaders.

Enacted in its authentic form, transformational
leadership enhances the motivation, morale and performance of followers through
a variety of mechanisms.

[These include connecting the follower's sense
of identity and self to the mission and the collective identity of the
organization; being a role model for followers that inspires them; challenging
followers to take greater ownership for their work, and understanding the
strengths and weaknesses of followers, so the leader can align followers with
tasks that optimize their performance. From Wikipedia]

NOYNOY AQUINO
A Commitment to Transformational Leadership:
1. From a
President who tolerates corruption to a President who is the nation's first and
most determined fighter of corruption.

2. From a government that merely
conjures economic growth statistics that our people know to be unreal to a
government that prioritizes jobs that empower the people and provide them with
opportunities to rise above poverty.

3. From relegating education to just
one of many concerns to making education the central strategy for investing in
our people, reducing poverty and building national competitiveness.

4.
From treating health as just another area for political patronage to recognizing
the advancement and protection of public health, which includes responsible
parenthood, as key measures of good governance.

5. From justice that
money and connections can buy to a truly impartial system of institutionsthat
deliver equal justice to rich or poor.

Economy
6. From
government policies influenced by well-connected private interests to a
leadership that executes all the laws of the land with impartiality and
decisiveness.

7. From treating the rural economy as just a source of
problems, to recognizing farms and rural enterprises as vital to achieving food
security and more equitable economic growth, worthy of re-investment for
sustained productivity.

8. From government anti-poverty programs that
instill a dole-out mentality to well-considered programs that build capacity and
create opportunity among the poor and the marginalized in the country.

9.
From a government that dampens private initiative and enterprise to a government
that creates conditions conducive to the growth and competitiveness of private
businesses, big, medium and small.

10. From a government that treats its
people as an export commodity and a means to earn foreign exchange, disregarding
the social cost to Filipino families to a government that creates jobs at home,
so that working abroad will be a choice rather than a necessity; and when its
citizens do choose to become OFWs, their welfare and protection will still be
the government's priority.

Government Service
11. From
Presidential appointees chosen mainly out of political accommodation to
discerning selection based on integrity, competence and performance in serving
the public good.

12. From demoralized but dedicated civil servants,
military and police personnel destined for failure and frustration due to
inadequate operational support to professional, motivated and energized
bureaucracies with adequate means to perform their public service
missions.

Gender Equality
13. From a lack of concern for gender
disparities and shortfalls, to the promotion of equal gender opportunity in all
spheres of public policies and programs.

Peace & Order
14.
From a disjointed, short-sighted Mindanao policy that merely reacts to events
and incidents to one that seeks a broadly-supported just peace and will redress
decades of neglect of the Moro and other peoples of Mindanao.

15. From
allowing environmental blight to spoil our cities, where both the rich and the
poor bear with congestion and urban decay to planning alternative, inclusive
urban developments where people of varying income levels are integrated in
productive, healthy and safe communities.

16. From a government obsessed
with exploiting the country for immediate gains to the detriment of its
environment to a government that will encourage sustainable use of resources to
benefit the present and future generations.

This platform is a commitment
to change that Filipinos can depend on. With trust in their leaders, everyone
can work and build a greater future together.

Posted by EQ at Saturday, July 14, 2012
Rankopedia-
Worst World Leader Ever
TOP OF THE LIST
1. BENIGNO AQUINO III - MOST INCOMPETENT [BE
SURE TO READ MIXED COMMENTS AT URL BELOW]
2. ADOLPH HITLER - PURE EVIL, CAUSED 57 MILLION
DEATHS
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