Mike Arroyo wants Noy term extended to continue blame game

SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Philippines – If Jose Miguel Arroyo had his way, he would want President Aquino to serve one more term “so he can blame the strong president more.”

Arroyo posted in his Facebook page on Wednesday declaring his wife, former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, as “the most powerful president in history” and constantly blamed by her successor, President Aquino, for the country’s problems.

Arroyo said his wife “is constantly being blamed for record breaking corruption thru misuse of billions of public funds, worsening poverty and hunger, rampant killing of journalists, MRT-LRT malfunctions, flash floods and monstrous traffic, non-inclusive economic growth, absence of any worthwhile infrastructure development, increase of crime rate in key cities.”

“All these are caused by an ailing grandmother restricted by hospital detention that miraculously rendered an administration that controls all institutions helpless and immobilized for more than four years,” he said.

Mrs. Arroyo, now representative of Pampanga’s second congressional district, is currently under hospital arrest facing plunder, among other charges.

The former first gentleman lamented his wife has been “in detention for more than three years in a 18-square meter hospital room, with very limited visiting hours, no cell phones and computers, allowed only to walk for one hour a day, denied bail several times, denied access to external medical attention, furloughs.”

Despite this, Arroyo said his wife is constantly being blamed by President Aquino for ills besetting the country.

He ended his message by saying: “Let’s extend PNoy’s term so he can blame the strong president more.”

Arroyo’s post garnered 158 likes and 57 comments as of yesterday.

One Daniel Mather lauded Mrs. Arroyo, saying “her gentleness under persecution is the true hallmark of a graceful leader under pressure and, needless to say, sterling breeding.”

Shareen Ismael commented: “What Noynoy is blaming PGMA for is what his administration is doing, even worse.”

Datu Lito Bangkas said: “It’s tantamount to bartolina reserved only for hardened criminals. I pity her.”

For Danilo Vidar, Aquino should “include his coughing and thinning hair” among things to be blamed on Mrs. Arroyo.