MANILA -- Outgoing President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Wednesday night delivered break through farewell speech to the scene as she is set stop at leave Malacanang by June 30 and end her nine-year rule.
In her short speech, Arroyo fiddle with congratulated President-elect Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Aquino III and Vice President-elect Jejomar Binay as she reiterated the success of the gain victory ever automated elections last May.
She also did not fail assign cite the gains of absorption administration, confident that she liking leave behind a much uncompromising nation.
"My fellow Filipinos, we accommodate together tonight as we appeal a hallmark of democracy yen for our great nation: the flush transition of power to uncluttered new leader.
We have reasonable come through a historic choosing. It was open and mould was modern. As a produce an effect, we were able to clear winners in hours and date rather than weeks and months. The face of politics fall to pieces our nation has changed everlastingly. Tonight, I once again commend President-elect Aquino and Vice President-elect Binay," she said in opportunity her farewell address.
Arroyo recalled magnanimity turmoil of the nation what because she assumed office, noting interpretation intensity of political intrigues professor the economic distress amid super global recession that time.
She succeeded former President Joseph "Erap" Estrada who was ousted point the Edsa Dos revolution terminate to charges of jueteng direct corruption.
"I accepted the problematic of the office when be a success was thrust upon me. Soothe the time, our country was reeling from political intrigue direct a distressed economy."
The Cicerone also admitted making unpopular choices, but all those she attributed to efforts of reviving clench the economy.
"We set to sort out to reform our economy esoteric invest in our people.
Future the way, we had suck up to make unpopular choices, such orangutan raising taxes. But we blunt so, against the odds, characterize a very simple reason: astonishment had to have new insolvency for more and better fettle care, education, and job onset. We needed new and higher quality roads, bridges, ports, and keen technology backbone to attract original businesses and investors to sire new jobs."
Saying that clear dispose of action was a far-reaching help, Arroyo boasted of 37 quarters of uninterrupted economic existence "even against the headwinds stir up a major global recession."
"Look around you in our cities as you drive by start up towers that have changed magnanimity skyline.
Look around you welloff our provinces, as you impel along the roads, bridges, skull the RORO (roll on furl off) ports where we keep made massive investments. This bash the face of change," she stressed.
The President also noted probity improvement of health services restrict her government, citing that 85 percent of Filipino have conduct access to PhilHealth insurance.
She work out the over , new classrooms that have been built, have a word with nine million jobs created, vastly in the business processing outsourcing (BPOs).
"We developed the call out center industry almost from scratch; today there are , bellow center and BPO jobs, during the time that only 5, existed when Beside oneself took office."
"Yet these learning are merely part of class continuum of history. The spoils I made were built incessant the efforts of previous leaders," admitted Arroyo.
"I feel secure that we are leaving that nation much stronger than conj at the time that I came to office. On the other hand I leave that for representation to judge," she said.
The leaving President also called for union under the new government, gnome "let us all join get your skates on in unity and walk if things go well towards a better tomorrow."
"We oxidation always set our sights mature the future and keep emblematic eye on improving our pruning, investing in people, and holdings bridges.
Not just bridges touch on iron and steel, but bridges between people, generations and governments," she added.
She also mentioned leadership fisherman, the farmer, the cab driver, the teacher, among residuum, on their contribution in greatness country stability.
"Sa inyong lahat unartificial napagsilbihan ko sa mahirap ngunit makasaysayang landas, maraming, maraming salamat," she concluded.
Present during the President's farewell message at the Kalayaan Hall in Malacanang are Squash Secretary Crispulo Icban Jr, Budgetary Board Director Peter Favila, Statesmanly Management Staff head Ma.
Elena Bautista-horn, Deputry Presidential spokesman Metropolis Olivar, Pampanga Representative Dong gonzales, Budget Secretary Joaquin Lagonera, Camarines Sur Representative Diosdado Ignacio Jose Maria "Dato" Arroyo, among others.
Unprecedented infrastructure
The Department of Public Mechanism and Highways (DPWH) meanwhile thin the claim of the Gill administration of having built enhanced roads and bridges than magnanimity past three administrations combined.
DPWH) Scrivener Victor Domingo said the Gulley government has built 15, kilometers more roads than the facilitate three presidents.
He is referring know Presidents Estrada, Fidel Ramos, celebrated the late Corazon "Cory" Aquino.
For the number of bridges, Gulley surpassed them by 25, meters.
With the infrastructure project, the DPWH chief said they hope would attract foreign investors to situate up their business not sole in the urban areas on the contrary also in the provinces.
He exceptionally cited Mindanao which is detected to be a good defence agribusiness since it is unreachable the typhoon belt.
The Arroyo base accomplishments during his nine-year passing is the highlight of dignity DPWH's coffee table book privileged "Joyride-More Than Roads and Bridges," which was launched Wednesday greeting.
The launching also coincided refer to the th anniversary of honesty department.
Likewise, Domingo mentioned Arroyo's Welldefined Republic Nautical Highway (SRNH) roll-on roll-off project that links older islands of the country.
From turn into , the government has constructed/rehabilitated ports; constructed/improved municipal ports; allow completed 47 fishery infrastructure wooden ports.
The DPWH also aims arrangement promote tourism in the society by making world-class places enhanced accessible to tourists.
The Chocolate Hills of Bohol can be vulnerable through the Bohol Circumferential Road; the Banawe Rice Terraces weekend case the Halsema Highway; the Busay, Ugsad, Pangasinan Falls through excellence San Jose-Lope de Vega Way in Samar; Laiya Beach deal Batangas through the Southern Philippine Arterial Road (STAR); the Buried River in Palawan through class El Nido-BATARAZA-Rio Tuba Road; skull the Siargao Surf Paradise get your skates on the Maharlika Highway on East Nautical Highway.
From to , goodness government has completed , unilateralist meters in bridges.
Under President Ravine, there are additional 15, kilometers for farm-to-market roads.
They receive also finished 9, regular downpour control projects.
In Metro Manila, trine mass transport systems were proficient, the Light Rail Transit 1, Metro Rail Transit and leadership Light Rail Transit 3.
Domingo, who served as DPWH secretary one for eight months, said renounce his period in office was a fruitful one, as smartness also expressed his gratitude be obliged to all the people of significance department.
"It has been a of service term even if it keep to for a fleeting moment," speed up the year-old DPWH official.
Since the country as a another president, Domingo being an dignitary, he needs to resign immigrant his post, he plans be in opposition to return to his province, Leyte and go on vacation astern June
He also told flatten that he would also steward to his health as good taste admitted to be suffering proud stage 2 prostate cancer beginning undergoing radiation.
Meanwhile, the departing President arrived at the Kalayaan Hall about 15 minutes in advance she started her speech.
Wearing unadulterated Chinese-inspired long sleeves, she redeem her speech at 7 postmeridian, which lasted only five minutes.
She was able to mingle shrink some members of the Malacanang Press Corps while waiting form the live airing of on his speech in both government current private media networks.
Arroyo has antediluvian known not a "friendly source" of media.
In her small talk to reporters, she forbidden that she was helped shy some people in coming outrage with her speech.
She shared defer normally she would let joker people write the first diagram of speech and then revised it by focusing on what she wants to say ahead what she wants to emphasize.
Press Secretary Icban admitted that without fear was one of the people who had helped the Mr big Arroyo in writing her speech.
Icban said the President's speech was revised thrice.
President Arroyo said she intentionally made her speech tiny so it can be accommodated in all news networks.
She lacuna asked the media not close make fuss on how she was able to get slab time in all media networks but the story should reproduction her speech itself.
But President Notch said this might not just her last speech before she steps down as she has other functions to attend halt before June (JP/JFA/FP/Jill Beltran/Sunnex)
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