By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS
THIS is hilarious.
July 27- President Aquino delivered his 6th and last State- of- the- Nation- Address declaring his “Tuwid na Daan” a huge success . Just like in a TV show, he thanked a number of people including his clothes designer and hairdresser.
Those who were not able to see the President deliver the SONA can still enjoy the sidelights reading the transcript because it’s complete including the audience reactions. What was not included was the President’s coughing.
This is the best part: “Kay Paul Cabral, na laging sinisigurong maayos ang aking kasuotan, [palakpakan] tuloy akala nila mayroon akong fashion sense; at kay Cherry Reyes, na nag-aayos ng aking buhok [tawanan], at nagmimistulang economics practitioner dahil pinupunuan niya ang unlimited wants with very limited resources; [tawanan].
Aug. 3 – Vice President Jejomar Binay delivered what he termed the True-State-of the Nation Address or TSONA.
He belied the President’s claims of improved lives for the Filipinos and enumerated the failures of the Aquino administration:Luneta hostage crisis, the Zamboanga siege, Yolanda tragedy, and the Mamasapano massacre.
He criticized Aquino for not paying tribute to the 44 members of the Special Action Force who perished in the Mamasapano massacre “Apatnapu’t apat ang nagbuwis ng buhay at marami ang sugatan. Ngunit kahit pahapyaw, hindi nabanggit ang kanilang bayanihan sa SONA. Kahit TY ay wala. Buti pa ang hair stylist at fashion designer, kasama sa mahabang listahan ng pinasalamatan.”
Aug. 5, in his press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda mocked Binay: “Sadly the Vice President has been hitting everyone like a shotgun. It’s like his TSONA was ‘charot.’”
Ay , buking! Naglantad na.
Aug. 6, Joey Salgado, media affairs head of the Office of the President answered Lacierda. Social media denizen Gerald Magno posted it on his Facebook wall:
Excerpt on the statement of Joey Salgado, head of OVP media affairs, on Secretary Lacierda’s description of the VP’s true sona as “charot”
“Tungkol naman po sa pagtawag nyo na ‘charot’ ang True State of the Nation Address ni Vice President, sorry po at hindi ako maalam sa beki speak. Pero nagkonsulta ako sa mga marurunong at ito ang sagot nila: Imbey ang fez ni Secretarush dahil trulalu ang spluk ni VP. Pero ang SONA ng pangulo, chaka ever sa madlang pipol dahil hindi trulalu.”
Magno’s comment: “Umasa akong joke o kaya satire ito. Pero hindi. Seryoso sila. Puñeta. Hahaha!”
The best is FB’s translation. Here:
” about, please, please call ” charot ” the true state of the nation address by Vice President, sorry po and I maalam with beki speak. But I’m on nagkonsulta marurunong and they answer: Imbey the fez by secretarush trulalu because the spluk by VP. But the zone, chaka president ever in the audience because trulalu pipol.”
“Hope me joke or satire. But not. Seriously. Puñeta. Hahaha!”
Philippine politics is so much fun.
