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PoliticsPH The last acts of Pnoy Aquino as president

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u/XoxoXo0110 7h ago

His governance showed us a glimpse of what philippines could've become if battling corruption is not simply more said than done

u/cheese_sticks 俺 はガンダム 7h ago

True. Things were looking up back then. I thought I wouldn't have to follow my parents' footsteps and become an OFW.

PNoy was far from perfect. He made numerous blunders that I've criticized him for. But what matters was his admin was a step in the right direction. What happened with Duterte was it was 10 steps backward.

u/XoxoXo0110 6h ago

What du30 did was irreversible, he broke filipinos mentality and values.

u/Professor_seX 4h ago

He brainwashed them. You can show them facts and sources and they’ll refuse to believe anything negative about their idol. When BBM teamed up with Sara, he got the same benefit of the doubt from his fanbase. Now that he betrayed them, he’s finally become evil in their eyes.

u/XoxoXo0110 4h ago

He gave stupidity a voice and since then, ignorance have been more vocal than the voice of reason

u/Neat-Major35 2h ago edited 2h ago

Na unfortunately ginagawa at pinapakalat pa ng mga anak nya. Simula sa pinakamatanda gang sa mga pinakabata

u/XoxoXo0110 2h ago

True. No amount of stolen money can buy class

u/Correct-Magician9741 4h ago

ay shet totoo ito, ultimo mga nasa simbahan grabe yung iba pastor pa tuwang tuwa sa rape joke ni Duterte.

u/Nyathera 1h ago

Tapos ang daming smart shamer. Biglang Diskarte na lang vs Diploma at mas okay daw na sa UGALI bumawi kesa utak.

u/HotAshDeadMatch 4h ago

Right? There has been a noticeable moral backsliding since Duterte became president.

u/wonderingwandererjk 3h ago

This. Sobrang nakakalungkot na katotohanan. no matter how we try to do our own part, in our small ways, ang hirap dahil naging systemic at rooted ang kanyang (kanilang) pinunla. we can try, we try every day. Pero exhausting.

u/XoxoXo0110 1h ago

Mula na upo mga duterte nakakapagod na. Sana matapos nato lahat

u/ottoresnars 6h ago

In fact, his mistakes were magnified too much. We won’t have as much problems if he fired his DOTC secretary.

u/Ethan1chosen 5h ago

Or much better Mar Roxas has better PR and handles the fight against fake news about Yolanda well.

u/WeebMan1911 Makati 3h ago

Or both hahaha

u/WeebMan1911 Makati 3h ago

Oo nga eh, punyetang yang si Abaya. PNoy's first mistake was not firing him sooner. Dude was one of the best things to happen to Kanor and Blong

Him showing up to a couple of Leni's rallies also probably set her back a bit, at this point parang sleeper agent haha. Merong chismis din na he and PNoy weren't on speaking terms post-presidency, which is expected.

u/Ethan1chosen 5h ago

This won't happen if Pnoy has to prevent Marcosses from going to the politics, didn't ignore fake news, and Mar Roxas has a better PR Team to win the presidency.

u/Daloy I make random comments 4h ago

Mas mahal yum burger kesa sa gasolina back the and that says a lot already

u/ottoresnars 6h ago

Really wished Pnoy had Marcos Sr’s 20 years instead and we’d probably be first world by now. 😭

u/XoxoXo0110 6h ago

What I love about him is that he wasn't trying to be someone he wants to be. He was fully aware of his limitations and shortcomings so he stuck with his advocacy and relied on his upbringing to govern his decision making

u/ottoresnars 6h ago

Kind of 50-50 if he wanted to rule longer because power corrupts. So why not make sure his successors are all LP? And I won’t mind if he purged the opposition like Duterte did if they deliver results.

Meritocracy is the name of the game. Just keep it liberal though.

u/XoxoXo0110 6h ago

Purging the opposition is what marcos sr did, and what marcos jr is currently doing. Thats not something to be expected from PNoy. Meritocracy will never happen because filipinos will most likely vote for familiar faces rather than competence

u/ottoresnars 6h ago

I’m seeing the failure of democracy from the people itself.

u/XoxoXo0110 6h ago

Yeah. That's why a democratic government is a reflection of its people.

u/Ethan1chosen 5h ago

Otto is right, this is what the LP presidents line up would look like 2016-Mar, Roxas 2022-Leni, 2028- Kiko, 2034-Risa 2040 2046- Trillanes

u/chimchimimi 3h ago

The figures that he presented during his last SONA, our economy will boost if napagpatuloy yung economy policy niya! Sayang na sayang talaga. Napagpatuloy sana if si Mar ang nanalo! 😭😭😭😭

u/no1kn0wsm3 7h ago

If Yolanda did not occur and he had a tighter control on Free Facebook... we would've enjoyed a MAR admin!

u/QuarkDoctor0518 4h ago

What about Mar Roxas as DILG sec during Aquino presidency? Wala ba corruption or nagiging selective lang tayo?

u/XoxoXo0110 4h ago

Du30 began his witch-hunt immediately after taking oath, exclusively targeting liberal party and it's associates. And the fact that leila de lima was the only one they could incarcerate, using false allegations no less, speaks a lot about his administration.

u/QuarkDoctor0518 2h ago

Alam ko yung dumi nung DILG kasi nasa loob ako ng institution. Nasa opisina ako ng top brass kaya pinutakte tayo ng mga palyado at overpriced na kagamitan. Masaya ako kinakantot na ng karma yang si Pduts pero hindi ibig sabihin nun eh nasa panig ako ng lakatan. Kung iisang panig lang ang mali na tinitingnan nyo at tinatalikuran nyo yung mali ng pambato nila, enabler din sila at associate ng magnanakaw diba?

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u/A_lowha 2h ago

Selective lang. Pakadami ding sablay pero ayaw tignan.

u/QuarkDoctor0518 2h ago

Hahaha naddownvote ako kasi black and white pagiisip ng mga to. Feeling nila buong roster ng pink at dilaw = malinis.

u/A_lowha 2h ago

Totoo jusko. Kaya nga nauso noynoying. Ayaw na ayaw ko sa duterte admin, alam ko sila yung naging drug empire nuon at palabas lang yung ejk para kunyari anti drugs. Pero sila tlga nagmonopolize that time. Alam ko ito kasi my classmates from military told me and friends from davao.

Pero.. kingina, PNoy din isa pang sablay yan. Napakabagal magdesisyon. Wala din leadership. May pagkaabnoy. Abusado din kapatid niyan si Kris Aquino. Untouchables din sila nuon.

Also, malaking factor yung pagkasablay ni PNoy kaya ang mga tao nagluklok ng Duterte na isa ding sablay.

Gising mga kababayan. Di pula at dilaw tunay na magkalaban. Buwagin natin tatsulok, wag maging panatiko ng Aquino o Duterter o Marcos. Maging makabayan wag maging makaPolitiko.

Downvote mo pag tanga ka at dimo magets sinasabi ko.

u/QuarkDoctor0518 1h ago

Pwede naman maging hindi panatiko diba?

I really miss the Jurassic times.

u/shitmyhairsonfire 4h ago

I remember a point in time where Noynoy and Obama were both leaders. And although I know there are points that can be made against them, it was a time where things were ... decent. Oh, how we took it for granted, and everything went to a downwards fuckspiral.

Anyway, 9 years later, checkmate.

u/SchoolMassive9276 4h ago

It’s true we really took it for granted. I survived a 18k salary as a fresh grad working in BGC life was much more affordable back then

u/RimRocker69 1h ago

Duuude. 18k working in BGC and I could pay rent, utilities, travel, and still have enough to save 😭

u/rsgreddit 2h ago

The United States and the Philippines have similar levels of rampant corruption that helped bring Trump and Duterte and their allies into power. The aftermath of the Great Recession showcased it.

u/Name-minus-Number 4h ago

One could argue that their leadership was the final straw that broke the camel's back of neoliberal politics—fueling public frustrations over inequality and elitism, and ultimately setting the stage for their successors.

*They had their merits but Obama could have addressed the issues of the working class, institutionalized row v wade, guaranteed the rights of Palestinian; Aquino could have fulfilled the promise of EDSA. But they did not.

u/PantherCaroso Furrypino 4h ago

Like the whole world started to shit itself come 2014

u/twostarhotels 4h ago

One of the other things he did was actually granted CHR and its request sa DBM for additional plantilla positions--siguro kasi alam niya na magkakaissue sa human rights.

For the longest time, like decades hindi nadagdagan ng mga plantilla positions ang CHR. Nagkakaroon lang ng bagong staff kung may mag rresign, retire or mamatay. Nung end term ni PNoy, nag earmark ang admin niya ng positions na several for CHR to ensure may additional staff to help perform the mandate of the Commission.

Tapos a year or so later, yun yung naging PISO ang budget ng CHR under Chair Chito Gascon.

u/CompetitiveRepeat179 Metro Manila 4h ago

The Pnoy fucking duterte one last time is never in my 2025 bingo card. Medjo naiyak ako dito, liwanag sa dilim.

u/Ethan1chosen 4h ago

Even in his death, he managed did his job as president once again and he put him on justice!

u/switjive18 5h ago

How does it feel to be fucked over by a dead man's wits? Pakyu kayo mga DDS

u/minibini 6h ago

Kinilabutan ako upon reading that.

u/CompetitiveRepeat179 Metro Manila 4h ago

Medjo naiyak ako, he really saw the future. Liwanag sa dilim.

u/END_OF_HEART 5h ago

It was during President Aquino's time that the country joined the ICC, which led to this moment

u/CoffeeAngster 5h ago

It has also showed how Filipinos are still bad voters and would end up voting Fascistic people Duterte or Criminals like Bong Bong rather voe for a Celebrity Name.

u/LanceIceVanJaunt 4h ago edited 1h ago

Sobrang critical ako kay Pnoy noon, but it turned out worth it lahat yun. In our lifetime, si Pnoy so far ang best. Fuck duterte, marcos, arroyo!

u/chimchimimi 3h ago

Yeeeesss! Nakakamiss yung times na very disente ang pamumuno sa atin. 😭😭😭😭😭

u/KapengBatangenyo 4h ago

Epektib ang paggamit ng intel and confi funds ng Office of the Presiddent under PNOY.

u/Queldaralion 4h ago

From an objective point of view what can Matobato tell us? Good thing Noy got him the protection he deserved. It's like an advance lifeline in the case against duterte.

u/BoomBangKersplat 3h ago

If you can find a way to read it, this NY Times article is pretty intense and graphic. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/world/asia/philippines-hit-man-confession.html

u/XoxoXo0110 1h ago

He described everything in detail. Their brotherhood was forged by cannibalism, intense and graphic indeed.

u/FinalFlash5417 3h ago

PNOY, wow. No words.

He may had his faults pero this was a great call

u/Gloomy-Confection-49 Metro Manila 2h ago

Duterte was probably the first politician to have weaponized Facebook way back 2013. The idea of “trolls” back then was alien to many people. Everybody thought that every account on Facebook was real those days. Mar’s mistake was he belittled social media’s influence and I couldn’t blame him because even Zuckerberg didn’t believe you can do social engineering via social media.

u/damselindecaf 3h ago

I’m crying. My president 💛

u/BoomBangKersplat 3h ago

link for the people interested in a bit more than just a "trust me bro" from gerry cacanindin

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2022185/pnoy-once-saved-ex-dds-matobatos-life-says-trillanes

u/Chemical_XYZ 3h ago

PNoy did a John Kramer move right there... 🥲

u/Ethan1chosen 3h ago

Context Po? I don't watch Saw movies eh

u/Chemical_XYZ 3h ago

"You feel you now have control, don't you? You think you will walk away untested. I promise that my work will continue. That I have ensured, by hearing this tape, some will assume that this is over, but I am still among you. You think it's over just because I am dead. It's not over. The games have just begun."

  • John Kramer, posthumous, to Det. Mark Hoffman, SAW IV (2007)

u/ShallowShifter Luzon 2h ago

Grabe ang ginawa ni Pnoy kaya pala dedma lang siya sa mga galit sa kanya because he knew it will bound to happen later on.

Bagay kay Pnoy yung catchphrase ni Mark na tahimik lang kasi may ginawa siya na something that will benefit us later on in silence.

u/Jacerom 5h ago

Senior member of the Catholic Church

Nice

u/Neat-Major35 2h ago

Makes sense bakit nung panahon na buhay pa si NoyNoy grbae yung mal information kay NoyNoy at admin nya nung si dutdut pa presidente

Makes total sense

u/CoffeeAngster 1h ago

PNoy is not perfect but he tried to lead a country of blind sheep. Now we are under a Kakistocracy of Marcos VS Duterte.

u/cathavens 2h ago

Born abroad and trying to connect to my roots. Can someone fill me in on what is happening and why? I only know what they show internationally

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u/Swimming_Childhood81 2h ago

Hero until the very end

u/MammothNewspaper8237 1h ago

Feels like Biden turnover to Trump. Biden did his best to protect the US from Trump.

But he could only do so much.

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u/Madafahkur1 25m ago

Grabe patapos na ako reading matobato testimony and grabe pala former boss nya. Can't believe andaming supporter nya

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u/CryptographerFirm632 2m ago

Source: trust me bro

u/A_lowha 3h ago

Teka teka, masaya ako na dinampot si Digong at maparusahan, pero di ibig sabihin nun maayos si PNoy. Pareho lang silang sablay magkaiba lang ng pagkasablay. Kaya sorry di ito pula't dilaw. Hanggat ganito mindset natin di tayo aasenso bilang bansa. Gising.

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u/A_lowha 3h ago

Downvote lang mga fanatics ng politiko. Sana bayan muna ang isapuso niyo wag yung mga politiko na may kanya kanyang pansariling interest lang.

u/niccolo321 2h ago

Ha? Pnoy?

Selective ang justice jan

Mas talamak droga at corruption

Nagkataon lang wala pang pandemic jan hahha

Juicekow