I am beginning to notice something. Our president looks as if she was avoiding her own people. Mostly, her Executive Secretary and Press Secretary and other numerous minions would face the media to answer queries concerning the country. What with the country being flooded with numerous dilemmas, few were the wide spread of A(H1N1) virus, the remaining captive of Abu Sayaf and more extrajudicial killings which includes innocent farmers who are only vying for their chance to live though their supposed to be owned land. More alarming is the inclusion of the country with the United States' watchlist of countries suspected of not doing enough to combat human trafficking, saying that the Philippines is a "source, transit and destination country for men, women and children trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor." Now, where is the president?

Mrs. Arroyo is in for her usual State visits. So you would probably excuse her saying these out of the country exits are significant to further strengthen our ties with other nation. And that it would benefit us in the end..etcetera etcetera. The usual words. So I think, we have to flip back a few pages on our diary of Mrs. Arroyo and look for words she delivered that would address the conflicts facing the country nowadays. I bet you wouldn't find one! Even the much talked about charter change via a constituent assembly and rumors of her running for a Congressional sea, the talks were blurted by her minions. To name a few, there is Lorelei Fajardo, Speaker Nograles, her son Mikey Arroyo. Secretary Duque of the Department of Health carries the huge burden of the fast widespread of swine flu, yet he haven't declared any instruction the president could have given him. So, why Mrs. Arroyo is silent nowadays?

Actually let me take that back! She's only not talking in front of us. She's out there making all big speeches defining her "good governance" and how the Philippines is coping up with the world experiencing financial crisis under her leadership. Even taking credits for her so called economic plans, when no one in the country is experiencing thos imaginary success. She even talked about her plans on reviving the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant in front of other nations, whereas she never even consulted her people who might be the first to be directly affected by this ambitious plan of hers.

According to an article at inquirer.net, when she finished swinging in Russia, South Korea, Japan and Brazil, she would now have the record of 52 trips to 30 countries in eight years along with a variably large delegation. I wonder how many speech she prepared or rather her speech maker made to gear up for her numerous meetings with foreign leaders and dignitaries. All these talks and still no words of concrete plans for her people. Plans that should be addressed directly to her people's ears.

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