• Rep. Edcel C. Lagman
• Tel No. 4155455
• Mobile No. 0916-6406737 / 0918-9120137
• 30 June 2011

          The President’s report to the nation on the first year anniversary of his incumbency can be better assessed by what he failed to say:

           1. He failed to talk on his performance relative to his 16-point social contract with the people on good governance, economy, education, health, justice and principal reforms, among others;

           2. He failed to address the deteriorating prime economic and social indicators like the bleak data on poverty, hunger, joblessness, investor and consumer confidence, including his centerpiece program on anti-corruption where the rate has even aggravated;

           3. He failed to detach himself from an all-consuming agenda of vindictiveness and fault-finding against the past administration which deters him from moving forward; and

           4. He even failed to address the special concerns of the youth which was significantly represented in his captive audience.