P-noy oblivious to
real problem in education — bishop
SAN
PABLO City, July 26, 2012―A Catholic bishop chided President Benigno
Aquino III for using an increasing student population as scapegoat to
drum up support for the reproductive health (RH) bill.
Aquino is confused as to the real reasons for the backlogs in
classrooms and facilities, and instead he used the student population as
scapegoat, San Pablo Bishop Leo Drona said on Tuesday.
Drona was reacting to P-noy’s State of the Nation Address (SONA)
where the president elaborated on the Responsible Parenthood Bill
(otherwise known as Reproductive Health Bill) as the possible solution
to the lack of facilities in various schools, the backlogs of student
population and the economy.
The bishop, who recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of his
Episcopal ordination on, said the chief executive was misleading the
nation into believing that aggressive population reduction through an RH
law would be better for the country.
The prelate noted that no less than US State Secretary Hillary
Clinton said the following in one of her speeches on reproductive
health: “And if we’re talking about maternal health, you cannot have
maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health
includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe
abortion.”
Drona said P-noy should properly allocate government funds and
totally put a stop to all forms of graft and corruption in various areas
of government.
“His efforts at improving the economy and curving misuse of public funds are still lacking.”
The prelate is urging all parish priests, rectors, chaplains, and
administrators of parishes and institutions to continue praying the Oratio Imperata after every mass in their respective areas until the president and Congress put a stop to the anti-life, anti-family measure.
Drona also said he is exhorting all parish priests, rectors, and
chaplains to consecrate their respective parishioners to the Sacred
Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary during their masses for
moral and spiritual strength. (Fr. Romy Ponte)
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