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    Third State of the Nation Address
    Third State of the Nation Address
    Third State of the Nation Address
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    Third State of the Nation Address

    By Benigno Aquino III

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    The following is the transcript of the state of the nation address delivered by Benigno Aquino III, a Filipino politician who served as the 15th president of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016. Under his presidency, the nation's economy grew at the highest rates in decades, and the country was dubbed a "Rising Tiger" economy. Aquino is also credited for his confrontational foreign policy. His administration filed an arbitration case, Philippines v. China, before the Permanent Court of Arbitration in an attempt to invalidate China's claims in the South China Sea and assert the Philippines' claims in the area; the court ruled in favor of the Philippines.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateApr 11, 2021
    ISBN4064066453572
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      Third State of the Nation Address - Benigno Aquino III

      Benigno Aquino III

      Third State of the Nation Address

      Published by Good Press, 2022

      goodpress@okpublishing.info

      EAN 4064066453572

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      Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile; Speaker Feliciano Belmonte; Vice President Jejomar Binay; former Presidents Fidel Valdez Ramos and Joseph Ejercito Estrada; eminent Justices of the Supreme Court; distinguished members of the diplomatic corps; honorable members of the House of Representatives and of the Senate; our leaders in local government; members of our Cabinet; uniformed officers of the military and of the police; my fellow public servants; and, of course, to my Bosses, the Filipino people, a pleasant afternoon to all.

      This is my third SONA. It wasn’t too long ago when we began to dream again; when, united, we chose the straight and righteous path; when we began to cast aside the culture of wang-wang, not only in our streets, but in every sector of society.

      It has been two years since you said: We are tired of corruption and of poverty; it is time to restore a government that is truly on the side of the people.

      Like many of you, I have been a victim of the abuse of power. I was only 12 years old when Martial Law was declared. For seven years and seven months, my father was incarcerated; we lived in forced exile for three years. I saw for myself how many others also suffered.

      These experiences forged the principles I now live by: Where a citizen is oppressed, he will find me as an ally; where there is an oppressor, I will be there to fight; where I find something wrong in the system, I will consider it my duty to right it.

      Martial Law ended long ago and when it did, we were asked: If not us, then who? and If not now, then when? Our united response: let it be us, and let it be now. The democracy that was taken from us by force was reclaimed peacefully. And in so doing, we brought light to a dark chapter in our history.

      Let it not be forgotten: Martial Law was borne because a dictator manipulated the Constitution to remain in power. And to this day, the battle rages: between those who seek a more equitable system, and those who seek to preserve their privileges at the expense of others.

      The specters of a lost decade haunted us from our first day in office.

      There was the North Rail contract—an expensive project that became even more expensive after renegotiation. Ironically, the higher cost came with fewer public benefits; a fleet of 19 train

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