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President Arroyo's ninth State of the Nation Address transcript07/27/2009 | 10:06 PM

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President Gloria Macapaal !rro"o#s nint$ State o% t$e &ation !ddress d'rin t$e re'lar session o% t$e 1(t$ )onresso% t$e Rep'*lic o% t$e P$ilippines

Session Hall+ ,atasan Pam*ansa )omple-

,atasan Hills+ .'eon )it"

'l" 27+ 2009

T$an "o'

3adies and entlemen+ ood a%ternoon ,e%ore 4 *ein m" report to t$e nation+ please 5oin me %irst in a moment o% pra"er

%or President !'ino

Senate President nrile+ Speaer &orales+ Senators+ Representati8es+ ice President de )astro+ %ormer President Ramos+

)$ie% 'stice P'no+ !m*assadors+ %riends:

T$is pae re'ires a $i$er 8ersion *roser

T$e past tel8e mont$s $a8e *een a "ear %or t$e $istor" *oos ;inancial meltdon in t$e


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T$e stron+ *itter and 'npop'lar re8en'e meas'res o% t$e past %e "ears $a8e spared o'r co'ntr" t$e orst o% t$e lo*al

%inancial s$ocs T$e" a8e 's t$e reso'rces to stim'late t$e econom" &a*i"an nila an pinaamalain pataas n 4R!

n ma 3GD na P(0 *illion iton taon+ @appla'seA impartin strent$ t$ro'$o't t$e co'ntr" at e8er" le8el o%

o8ernment

)ompared to t$e past+ e $a8e *'ilt more and *etter in%rastr'ct're+ incl'din t$ose started *" ot$ers *'t le%t 'n%inis$ed

T$e S'*icE)larETarlac -pressa" is a prime e-ample o% *'ildin *etter roads @appla'seA 4t creates ealt$ as t$e %las$ip

o% t$e S'*icE)lar corridor


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&aina*an an isan mil"on pamil"a sa proraman pa*a$a" at pal'pa+ m'la PaE4*i+ &H!+ )omm'nit" Mortae

Proram+ )erti%icates o% 3ot !ard+ at saa "'n in"on 3oan )ondonation and Restr'ct'rin !ct Salamat @appla'seA

C'r a8erae in%lation is t$e loest since 1966 3ast 'ne+ it dropped to 1IJ @appla'seA PaanoK

Proper policies loered interest rates+ $ic$ loered costs to *'siness and cons'mers

a$il sa atin ma reporma+ naa"a natin i*enta an *ias &;! sa P1?2I per ilo+ a$it t'maas an pres"o sa la*as

m'la P17I0 $anan PL0 da$il sa a'lanan sa s'ppl" sa m'ndo Ha*an+ sa 'nan paaataon+ naitaas an

pamimili n pala" sa ma

masasaa+ P17 m'la sa P11 @appla'seA

a$il sa atin ma reporma+ naa"a natin mam'$'nan sa paainanticipatin an 'ne-pected lo*al %ood crisis

&aaaa ta"o n li*'Eli*on ilometro n %armEtoEmaret roads at+ asama n pri*adon sector+ nat'*ian an dalaan

mil"on etar"a @appla'seA Ma ,ad5ao a"a ni Tarnati annai @appla'seA a" tin'r'an n modernon maric'lt're

Dma*ot na sa P 1?0+000 an inita ni"a m'la noon naaraan taon )onrat'lations+ Tarnati@appla'seA


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@appla'seA F'n meron man ta"on malain aaa" na tinalo+ alan i*a 'ndi an 'tan+ i"on %orein de*t T$ose in

t$e past con5'red t$e demon o% %orein de*t


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d'cation Hi$a" toards a FnoledeE,ased conom" 4t en8isions seamless ed'cation %rom *asic to 8ocational sc$ool

or collee

4t sees to mainstream earl" c$ild$ood de8elopment in *asic ed'cation C'r c$ildren are o'r most c$eris$ed possession 4n

t$eir earl" "ears e m'st mae s're t$e" et a $ealt$" start in li%e T$e" m'st recei8e t$e ri$t %ood %or a $ealt$" *od"+

t$e ri$t ed'cation %or a *ri$t and in'irin mindand t$e e'al opport'nit" %or a meanin%'l 5o* @appla'seA

;or collee admission+ t$e Tas ;orce recommends mandator" Sc$olastic !ptit'de Tests 4t also recommends t$at $i$er

pri8ate ed'cation instit'tions and state 'ni8ersities and collees s$o'ld *e $armonied+ and also t$at )H s$o'ld o8ersee

local 'ni8ersities and collees ;or pro%essions seein international reconitionenineerin+ arc$itect're+ acco'ntanc"+

p$armac" and p$"sical t$erap" t$e Tas ;orce recommends radical re%orm: 10 "ears o% *asic ed'cation+ to "ears o%

preE'ni8ersit"+ *e%ore t$ree "ears o%

'ni8ersit"

C'r ed'cational s"stem s$o'ld mae t$e ;ilipino %it not 5'st %or $ate8er 5o*s $appen to *e on o%%er toda"+ *'t also %or

$ate8er economic c$allene li%e ill t$ro in t$eir a" @appla'seA

Sa $irap at in$aa+ pinapatata an atin *ansa n atin C8erseas ;ilipinos 4"on padala nilan 16 *illion noon isan

taon a" record 4ton taon+ mas mataas pa @appla'seA

4 no t$at t$is is not a sacri%ice 5o"%'ll" *orne T$is is or $ere it can *e %o'ndin %araa" places+ amon straners

it$ di%%erent c'lt'res 4t is lonel" or+ it is $ard or

Fa"a nasisiap ta"on l'mi$a dito sa atin n ma tra*a$on maanda an sa$od+ so t$at o8erseas or ill 5'st *e a

career c$oice+ not t$e onl" option %or a $ardEorin ;ilipino @appla'seA

Mean$ile+ e s$o'ld mae t$eir sacri%ices ort$$ile apat 'maa ta"o n mas epeti*on protes"on at

papapalaa n $alaa n anilan pinasiapan s'eldo T$at means stroner cons'mer protection %or o8erseas

;ilipinos in8estin in propert" and

prod'cts *ac $ome Para sa anila+ pinapailos natin an 4n8estors Protection Tas ;orce @appla'seA

Hindi ao naEaat'*ilin *isita$in an atin taon *a"an at anilan ma $ost sa *'on m'ndo O m'la Hapon $anan

,rail+ m'la 'ropa at Middle ast $anan sa !merican Midest+ naiini sa anilan ma pro*lema at

pananailanan+ inaalam 'n paano sila mat't'l'nan n atin pama$alaan *" orin o't *etter policies on mirant

la*or+ or *" sa8in li8es and restorin l i*ert"

Pap'nta o sa Sa'di+ pinataad ni Harin !*d'lla$ an piton daan C;< na nasa preso @appla'seA Pin'no nila an

isan *'on eroplano at 'm'i asama o @appla'seA

M'la sa atin State isit sa span"a+ it $as *ecome o'r *iest 'ropean donor @appla'seA !t si Harin 'an )arlos a"

naiipaE'sap sa i*an ma *ansa para sa atin ma namomro*leman C;


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s'ccess%'ll" sponsored *ene%its %or o'r 8eterans as part o% !mericaBs stim'l's pacae

4 $a8e accepted t$e in8itation o% President C*ama to *e t$e %irst So't$east !sian leader to meet $im at t$e


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Mindanao @appla'seA

T$e 8ictims o% t"p$oon ;ran in Pana" s$o'ld recei8e t$eir lonEo8erd'e assistance pacae 4 as )onress to pass t$e

S&4TS 3a @appla'seA

&amana natin an pinaamataal na re*el"on n Fom'nista sa *'on m'ndo

Si 3ea$ de la )r' isa sa la*indalaan li*on re*el ret'rnee Si-teen pa lan si"a nan s'mali sa &P! &ain asapi sa

reional


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!s t$e campain 'n%olds and t$e candidates tae to t$e aira8es+ 4 as t$em to tal more a*o't $o t$e" ill *'ild 'p t$e

nation rat$er t$an tear don t$eir opponents @appla'seA Gi8e t$e electorate real c$oices and not 5'st seet tal

@appla'seA

Mean$ile+ 4 ill eep a stead" $and on t$e tiller+ eepin t$e s$ip o% state aa" %rom t$e s$allos some pre%er+ and

steerin it strai$t on t$e co'rse e set in 2001

!n atin taon *a"an a" masipa at maaEi"os T$ese 'alities are epitomied in someone lie Mann" Pac'iao

@appla'seA Mann" trained tirelessl"+ *" t$e *oo+ it$ iron discipline+ it$ t$e certain nolede t$at $e $ad to %i$t

$imsel%+ $is eanesses %irst+ *e%ore $e co'ld *eat $is opponent @appla'seA T$at as t$e a" to clinc$ $is 8ictories and

$is 'ltimate title: an pinaadailan *osinero sa asa"sa"an @appla'seA Ma*'$a" a+ Mann"N @appla'seA

Hoe8er m'c$ a President is$es it+ a national pro*lem cannot *e noced o't it$ a sinle p'nc$ ! president m'st or

it$ t$e pro*lem as m'c$ as aainst it+ t'rn it into a sol'tion i% s$e can

T$ere isnBt a da" 4 do not or at m" 5o*+ or a ain moment $en 4 do not t$in t$ro'$ a orErelated pro*lem 8en

m" critics cannot *er'de t$e lon $o'rs 4 p't in C'r people deser8e a o8ernment t$at ors 5'st as $ard as t$e" do

@appla'seA

! President m'st *e on t$e 5o* 2(/7+ read" %or an" continenc"+ an" crisis+ an"$ere+ an"time

8er"t$in ri$t can *e 'ndone *" e8en a sinle ron 8er" step %orard m'st *e taen in t$e teet$ o% political

press'res and economic constraints t$at co'ld p's$ "o' to steps *ac O i% "o' %linc$ and %alter 4 $a8e not %linc$ed+ 4

$a8e not %altered Hindi ao 'matras sa $amon @appla'seA

!nd 4 $a8e ne8er done an" o% t$e t$ins t$at scared m" orst critics so m'c$ T$e" are %ri$tened *" t$eir on s$ados

@appla'seA

4n t$e %ace o% attempted co'ps+ 4 iss'ed emerenc" proclamations 5'st in case ,'t 4 as a*le to resol8e t$ese militar"

crises it$ t$e ordinar" poers o% m" o%%ice M" critics call it dictators$ip 4 call it determination @appla'seA


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spendin $a*its t$at mae t$em alin proo%s o% t$at crime @appla'seA

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