Over The Years, Our Political System Has

We Must Promote Solid Traits Such As Work Ethics, A Dignified Lifestyle, Matching Actions To Rhetoric, Performance Rather Than Grandstanding.

In A Global Arena, What Our Businessmen Need In Order To Be Competitive Is Transparency And A Level Playing-field.

On The Economy, The U.s. Cumulatively Is Our Most Important Investor, Most Important Trading Partner, Most Important Sort Of Tourists, And We Have Now A Tie That Will... A Link That Will Be Here For Many, Many Years To Come, And That Is The Big Philippine-american Community In The United States - Three Million Of Them.

I Feel That If I Am Freed Of The Burden Of Politics, Then I Can Do More And I Can Take More Unpopular Decisions. I Can Have As My Guidance For Decision Whatever Is Right, Not Whatever Is Popular.

Now I Ask You To Make Your Sacrifice. Take A Gamble. I Took The Plunge And I'm Glad Of It.