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Birthday girl gets pat on the back, hit on chin
By Michael Lim Ubac, Norman Bordadora
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:47:00 04/04/2008

MANILA, Philippines—

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One of them—Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez—says Ms Arroyo deserves the Filipinos’ gratitude for what she has done for the country.

For his part, Gonzalez’s former ally, deposed House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., sees Ms Arroyo’s supposed vindictiveness in his political downfall.

Gonzalez Thursday said a “pat on the back” was what Ms Arroyo wished from the nation as she prepared to mark her 61st birthday on Saturday.

He said Ms Arroyo had been doing everything to move the country forward and yet the country hadn’t thanked her for it.

“Of course she does her best, so we should give her a pat on the back. Yung lang bata pag magaling ang ginagawa binibigyan mo ng lollipop (Even a child gets a lollipop if it does something good),” quipped Ms Arroyo’s most vocal defender in the Cabinet.

For his part, Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye wished her "success in all her undertakings."

"The President has expressed hope that the Philippines, through our concerted effort, will be able to come close to First World status within a generation," he added.

Gonzalez’s birthday wish

The First Family will mark the President’s birthday with a Mass in her hometown of Lubao, Pampanga.

Asked what his birthday wish for Ms Arroyo was, Gonzalez said: “I wish her well all the time and I hope critics would stop because she is the President of the country.”

Asked why that was what he wished for, he said: “Can you do governance when you are always heckled? You do everything you can for the country and the people don’t know how hardworking she is. That’s very unfair.”

Opposition, media hecklers

Gonzalez singled out the “hecklers” in the opposition and in the media for failing to appreciate what he said were Ms Arroyo’s good deeds.

“Why do people keep talking against her and not appreciate what she has done?” he asked.

Citing as an example the roads built by the Arroyo administration since 2001, he asked: “How many concrete highways had she built, but people who pass through them, do they appreciate (her)?”

Gonzalez said that instead of seeing the good in Ms Arroyo, her critics would rather believe the testimony of whistle-blower Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada in the National Broadband Network scandal.

“I cannot give her any better gift than my service. The best that you could give to your boss is loyalty,” Gonzalez said.

(Bullshit still continues. Yun nga lang, ang masaklap, sa tin ginagawa.)