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He couldn’t help it. President Benigno Aquino III took a swipe at his predecessor Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in a speech before the Filipino community in Auckland, New Zealand. Speaking at the Auckland City Convention Center on Monday, October 22, Aquino reiterated the need to hold Arroyo accountable for misdeeds during her term. He said in Filipino, “You know, let me just share this joke. I kept laughing when I got it. It said, ‘Our fellow Filipinos who are corrupt use luxurious cars, so expensive and fast. But when they want to escape, they use a wheelchair.’” Another target of Aquino’s anti-corruption campaign was former Chief Justice Renato Corona, who also used a wheelchair when he testified before his impeachment trial at the Senate last May. He is on a two-day visit to New Zealand to expand economic and political ties.
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