Well the appointment ban is over and our president is now placing various people who ran under his ticket in positions of power in his cabinet. Business as usual I suppose. I would normally not care. The people assigned are seemingly qualified to run the positions they have been given and they are blessed by the fact that the president does owe them something.
What irks me about the whole situation is the reaction of the president to the media and how they handle the news. They seem to be apologetic about the whole thing and try to downplay the appointment of Roxas and the other appointees. This is just terrible PR. My annoyance just doubles when I remember that one of the main points often repeated by the president and his team is how the media is against them. I dunno, maybe if they learn to put a better spin on things they wouldn’t get hit as much?
Do not apologize for the appointments. Especially if you do actually think that these people are the best fit for the job at hand. I mean the president did choose them to be future senators, congressmen, and a future vice president. He must have had some confidence in their abilities. In fact I wouldn’t even make a big deal out of it. Just a quick announcement regarding their appointment then a press release that would also go on their website as to their qualifications, plans, any other issues like that.
The main issue in the whole thing is of course Binay, and how the people accepted him but rejected Roxas. So address that issue and that issue only. Which is a very simple issue to address. What does it matter if the people voted for Binay? They did not vote for him to make this type of decisions. They supported Mr. Aquino to. They knew full well that when they voted for one as the vice president and one for the president that the president would be making all staffing choices. Usually the vice only gets one department. The argument that it is against the people’s will for Roxas to be appointed is precisely the argument that should validate his appointment. The people gave their trust to Noynoy to make these decisions by voting him in. Whether these decisions are right or not, will be based on the appointees performance. After all, like Diokno they can still be removed if they perform poorly.
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