May mga salitang hindi kailangang sigawan para tumama. “Kung walang korap, walang mahirap.” “Gobyernong tapat, angat buhay lahat.”
Noon, campaign slogans lang ito ni Noynoy Aquino at Leni Robredo. Pero ngayon, para na silang prophecy - isang paalala ng kung ano ang nangyari kapag may dangal sa pamahalaan, at kung gaano kalalim ang bagsak kapag nawala ito.
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🟨 The Golden Six Years of Governance
Under PNoy, the Philippines didn’t just rise - it soared.
Habang ang ibang bansa ay naghahabol ng growth, tayo ang lumalaban.
One of the fastest-growing economies in the world, sabi ng World Bank.
The country earned its first-ever investment-grade rating, a historic milestone that told investors: “Philippines is finally trustworthy.”
Backlogs in education? - Cleared.
Military modernization? - Revived.
Fiscal discipline? - Solid.
PNoy’s administration left ₱1 trillion in surplus, lowered debt-to-GDP from 41% to 33%, and raised GDP by 52% - a legacy of responsible leadership.
Hindi ito tungkol sa pagiging perpekto.
PNoy was far from that.
Pero malinaw ang prinsipyo: Tuwid na Daan meant no shortcuts, no kickbacks, no cronies.
Government was boringly honest - and it worked.
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🟪 The Leni Robredo Standard
Then came Leni - armed not with power, but with principle.
Her Office of the Vice President had a measly ₱700 million budget, zero Cabinet role, and yet - nagawang magtayo ng Angat Buhay, the largest volunteer-driven anti-poverty program in Philippine history.
Walang “confidential funds,” walang “special projects,” pero consistent sa COA clean audits.
In fact, she ISO-certified the OVP for transparency - something no predecessor or successor has ever done.
Kaya nung bumagyo, bumaha, o nagka-pandemya, hindi naghintay ang mga tao ng utos mula Malacañang - dumiretso sila kay Leni.
Because they knew: dito, walang mawawala sa bulsa mo; dito, may pag-asa.
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🟥 The Fall: “Change is Coming” Became “Chains are Coming”
Tapos dumating ang “Change is Coming” at “Unity” - mga salitang magaganda sa pandinig pero bulok sa laman.
Biglang umakyat ang utang mula 39% to 58% of GDP, habang ang mga flood control projects naging cash machines.
Ang mga confidential fund naging pampayaman fund.
Ang tuwid na daan, naging daang baluktot, lubak-lubak, at madilim.
We traded integrity for illusion, reform for rhetoric, and hope for hashtags.
Ngayon, may Independent Commission for Infrastructure na nag-iimbestiga sa multi-trillion floodgate scandal - isang paalala kung gaano kabilis bumalik ang dilim kapag pinili nating kalimutan ang liwanag.
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🛑 The Lesson We Forgot
Both PNoy and Leni knew the formula:
Transparency + Accountability = Prosperity.
Ang korapsyon, hindi lang krimen - ito ang mismong hadlang sa kinabukasan ng bawat batang Pilipino na dapat may classroom, bawat magsasaka na dapat may irigasyon, at bawat manggagawa na dapat may disenteng sahod.
So next time you hear those words again -
“Kung walang korap, walang mahirap.”
“Gobyernong tapat, angat buhay lahat.”
Don’t just remember the slogans.
Remember the proof.
Remember the years when our leaders were humble enough to serve and brave enough to stay clean.
And remember too the years we traded honesty for spectacle - because look where that got us, and where we are now.
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