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“Comparison of the State of the Nation Addresses of Pres. Fidel V. Ramos and Pres. Corazon C. Aquino”
The State of the Nation’s Address of the president must state the current status of the country. Issues, problems or anything that will challenge our state currently or in the future must be mentioned in SONA. It is not a way that a President may use to address somebody to accuse them of anything or criticize them on their work. As a good leader a role model to everyone with proper attitude towards his/her rival.
From what I have noticed on the State of the Nation of both presidents, I noticed that the problems that are mentioned are almost the same. First that was always mentioned was the problem about the rate of unemployment in our country, in 1987 2.6 million were unemployed while in 1992 2.3 million are jobless. Another problem was the international debts but I believe that the debt at the time of Pres. Cory Aquino was crucial because she had mentioned that the Administration before her dug a very deep hole that even our children’s children will be paying until they were 50. I believe that this next topic is present to all of the SONAs of all the Presidents and this topic is Poverty. I believe that there is no solution to poverty since the population of our country is rapidly growing.
The SONA of Pres. Cory Aquino as I have noticed is that it is very democratic rather than economic like Pres. Ramos. You would notice that even in the State of the Nations address that she cannot disregard being a Wife and a Mother as well. I have read the her first SONA and her Last SONA and neither of any of those SONA did she forget to mention his beloved husband Ninoy. From her first SONA you would notice that one of the problems that she highlighted was malnutrition, Medicare and Teacher’s salaries must be raised and equality for all men (no special treatments, no monopolies and transparent trade liberalizations.) Like what every mother would teach her children that there is no favoritisms and there’s no easy way to anything. In fairness to Pres. Cory the kind of approach hat she use to govern our nation was very effective. Though there were many coup de at at her time, she remained strong and fought for the democracy of our country. She amended the constitution to make sure that there is just for every Filipino Citizen.

The SONA of Pres. Fidel Ramos really amazed me since from his first SONA he already had ties with the United States not just from their Government but he also has ties with their Military. Since Pres. Ramos was a Military reserve of the Philippines I believe that he has this discipline from everything that he does. Everything must be done right. I have noticed that he highlighted such issues as crime, peace and security. I believe that Pres. Ramos was the President who has the most foreign visit until he was replaced by Pres. Arroyo. He made many relations with many nations. These relations helped our country progress rapidly. In these he opened our country to be open to foreign investors to invest in our country and help us in many different problems but by opening our country to these investors it took time to progress. It progressed by the time of Pres. Erap that is why many Filipinos experienced growth at his time which means a growth in HDI (human development index.) But most of all he focused in erasing crime in our country and most of all the abuse of power of those who are seated in place or for those who have power. He mentioned that those that who will be caught abusing of his/.her power would be charged double. I agree to this because in this “Anti-crime commission” that he made would make our country’s development progress faster. Leaders have the ability to influence people. Many people look up to them that is why they are the ones who should be careful to what are they doing. He focused on public investments that would make us more productive and has economic returns. He mentioned that we must focus on investing on our communication, arterial highways, local and national roads, major bridges, major water conservation and flood control projects, in these we would not just help us improve our tourism but also improve our growth in production of goods and services that he mentioned that will be exported since we will receive more profit. He also fixed our banking system wherein he opened our country in banks such as china bank, Citibank, American express, etc. to fasten the businesses. As same with Pres. Cory he mentioned that he will improve the education and the quality of education whether achieved in a public school or private. Lastly, He mentioned that the military must have our attention since national security is indeed very important.

In conclusion, I believe that both State of the Nation were both very excellent. Though they have different approaches in achieving change in our country, I believe that both of the achieved what they wanted. But in aspects like poverty and crime in our country I believe that there would be no more solution to these problems since these are curses that any President, even the smartest, the most loyal president wouldn’t answer because I believe that change is in the hands of every Filipino. All we need is a little hope and courage.