MANILA, Philippines – Senator JV Ejercito delivered a speech Monday, August 11 responding to President Benigno Aquino III’s State of the Nation Address (SONA).
Ejercito said his speech, entitled “Ang Tunay na Kalagayan ng Lipunan” (The Real State of Society), was meant to point out issues Aquino is not paying enough attention to.
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The senator said he sent his staff to provinces hit by Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) and to Zamboanga to check Aquino’s statement that the government swiftly responded to these crises.
“That’s why it took long because I had to ask my staff to go and verify. In fact, specially for Yolanda and Zamboanga, it’s not only us but also the media and other people think that what was reported to the President is not accurate. The rehabilitation is not going as planned. On the contrary, it seems nothing has been moving in the Yolanda-affected areas,” he said.
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