PRESIDENT ARROYO'S ACHIEVEMENTS IN HER SO-CALLED "STRONG REPUBLIC" - President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has set records no other Philippine President has ever achieved before.
The lowest Peso exchange rate: PhP56.45 to US$1; the highest unemployment rate: 13.8%; the highest debt total: PhP5.3 trillion; the highest annual deficit: PhP220 billion; the biggest election spending: a low of PhP20 billion to a high of PhP50 billion; the highest corruption rating in the Transparency International scale: #11 in the world; the highest percentage of hungry Filipinos: 53%; the highest pessimism figure: 75%; the most expensive road construction project: Diosdado Macapagal (Dioscopo Napacamahal) Boulevard, 2 kilometers for PhP665 million.
In addition, GMA has merited the lowest international esteem with a label as the "Weakest President" and the "Weakest Link" in the fight against terrorism.
Repent, civil society. Repent, Makati Business Club. You need change and soon.