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Check out Conrado de Quiros's latest Inquirer.net column : P-Noy has just cemented his position as the best speaker among all the postwar presidents. Including Magsaysay, including Marcos, including Erap. He doesn’t go for bombast, he goes for heart-to-heart. And with it manages to hold the attention of an audience for a long period of time. Last Monday’s Sona was as long as it got—I myself felt it was too long. But I didn’t see anyone, including stalwarts of the opposition, yawning his mouth off. Maybe they were looking for things to criticize, as P-Noy himself suggested they were wired to do. But they were listening. That is no small feat. Any comment from Senator Bongbong Marcos?

Indeed, Filipinos need to be assured through official Malacañang statements that their President will always tell the truth... “The President ordered that all statistics, facts and figures should be vetted. It’s very clear that President Aquino will not say anything that is not true,” Lacierda said. In the Philippines, that which goes without saying has to be said nonetheless.