President Aquino has just delivered a low blow against pensioners especially those who receive less than P10,000. per month. ( A great number has P1,500- P3,000 pension.) He vetoed the bill that would have granted these senior citizens P2,000 across- the-board increase in the monthly pension.
With mounting food and medical costs expect the pensioners to suffer more during Aquino's final months in office. Unless, both chambers override the veto; but that's a long shot and time is running out.
Maybe, the next President will be more generous to these senior citizens, some of whom are now in their late seventies.
This, in the context that Aquino's watch has been tainted with massive corruption and lawmakers steal from state coffers with impunity.
One of the robber barons, Senator Juan Ponce Enrile, the only solon in the Upper Chamber who did not approve the bill when it reached the Senate, is facing corruption charges but has posted bail to this non-bailable offense.
Enrile's girlfriend ,Gigi Reyes, whom he allegedly used to siphon off the public money is detained at the Philippine National Police Custodian Center.
The powerful Enrile was sired by a Manila rich man who immigrated to Cagayan and became a member of Congress, with the Ilokana Petra Purruganan. Known then as Juanito Purruganan, he grew up in Gonzaga town, went to Manila and looked for the father who abandoned him. The rest is history.
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