The President’s preoccupation

What’s always on the President’s mind?

During his State of the Nation Address on Monday, P-Noy made a slip of the tongue.

He said, “Rice harvest this year increased by sixteen-point-sex percent over last year’s.”

Mag-asawa ka na kasi, (It’s about time you get married) Mr. President. Hehehe!

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Kidding aside, the President’s SONA on Monday was much better than last year’s because it touched on the positive. He stressed his administration’s accomplishments and slid over the corruption of his predecessor.

The more P-Noy emphasizes the positive instead of the negative, the better for the country. The Law of Attraction says that what you focus on manifests or gets bigger.

The more our leaders focus on getting rid of corruption in government, the more it will take hold.

Instead of corruption, our government should stress honesty and hard work in public office. This principle is not new.

I got it from gurus on self-development like Jerry and Esther Hicks, authors of “The Law of Attraction,” Rhonda Byrne, “The Secret,” and our very own George Sison, author of “A Miracle Awaits You,” and Inquirer columnist Jimmy Licauco.
P-Noy would do well to get Sison and Licauco in his inner circle of advisers.

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Let the media and the President’s critics deal with or report on the negative, like corruption and scandals.

The President should, of course, take note of the criticisms and negative reports, but he should stay focused on his positive accomplishments: increase in job opportunities, fewer hungry citizens, less crime, improvements on the economy.

If P-Noy thinks positive, by the Law of Attraction, all the good things he desires for the nation will come about.

Fidel V. Ramos was a positive-thinking Chief Executive.

“Kaya natin ‘to (We can do it),” Ramos would say with a thumb-up sign, in talking about economic prosperity. The result? The country became a “tiger cub” economy.

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In his SONA, the President mentioned the purchase by the Philippine National Police of used helicopters passed off as new.

Since he was already on the subject of police corruption, why didn’t he mention the purported repair of 30 units of V-150 armored personnel carriers at P300 million, when brand-new units could have been bought instead with that amount?

Only 13 units were repaired; the rest were thrown into the dump.

The President also failed to mention the swapping of National Police Commission property worth billions of pesos for Megaworld property in San Juan City and Quezon City worth much, much less.

Clearly, the government was at the losing end of the deal.

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“I am confident that the Department of Justice is playing a big role in bringing criminals to justice,” the President said.

What about the assassination of broadcaster and environmentalist Jerry Ortega?

The suspected mastermind and his accomplices have been cleared of Ortega’s murder.

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The most applauded announcement in the SONA was the announcement of retired Supreme Court Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales as the new Ombudsman.

She deserves it because she’s honest and fair.

When I was covering the then Ministry of Justice in 1977, Morales was one of then Justice Minister Vicente Abad Santos’ “bright girls,” along with now senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago.