- Rep. Edcel C. Lagman
- Tel No. 4155455
- Mobile No. 0916-6406737 / 0918-9120137
- 30 June 2011
Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda quibbles on fractional differences and proximate time differentials covered by surveys as if these miniscule aspects would transform a molehill of a performance of the Aquino administration to mountains of achievement.
Granting that the 2011 first quarter growth was actually 4.9% and not 4.8%, Lacierda can have the extra one-tenth percent if he needs it that badly.
Even if the 7.4% unemployment rate in the first quarter this year slipped to 7.2% in the 2nd quarter, such meager improvement did not liberate a sizeable number of unemployed which is still close to a staggering 11.3 million jobless.
The statements by the minority are anchored on facts and supported by credible surveys, even from government agencies like the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the National Statistics Office (NSO).
One is not bluffing if he invokes statistics from competent government sources.
On the contrary, Lacierda’s data are selective and biased because he has to defend the President at all costs since his job is on the line.
For the good of his patron, Lacierda must speak not only from his vocal chords but with his cerebrum.
For being just a mudslinger, Lacierda is incapable of intellectual discourse.
He has no mandate unlike Minority Members in the House of Representatives. He is simply a casual who has to earn his keep by being servile to the appointing power.