For the late former president Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, the Filipinos are his boss.
For Aquino’s speechwriter Gian Lao, the late president is not perfect but a good boss.
He is said to be a perfectionist, and every word that Aquino utters in front of the public must be correct.
“Kung ginawa mo ‘yong trabaho mo, dapat ginagawa mo ‘yan. Trabaho mo ‘yan e, bayad ka ng taumbayang Pilipino, ‘di ba? Tapos ‘pag hindi ko ginawa, then you’re failing the Filipino people. So patay sa kanya,” Lao said in an interview with ABS-CBN News.
“Totoo ‘yong sinasabi niya, ‘Kayo ang boss ko’, sa mga Pilipino. Totoo ‘yon eh. Sina-subject na kami sa pagiging strikto niya, parehas sa sarili niya, pati sa amin,” she added.
When the former president gets angry and speaks to them, they expect it from a perfectionist leader.
It is said that Aquino often expresses his love by treating them to meals.
“Natutuwa siya na nakikita ‘yong mga tao niya na nagpapakakengkoy… Tapos kapag mag-isa siya, nakikinig siya ng music,” said Lao.
According to Aquino’s cousin Fr. Manoling Francisco, if former president Corazon Aquino is always at churches and convents whenever she needs advice, “PNoy” goes through it listening to gospel songs in the room.
Speechwriter says Noynoy Aquino a strict but good boss
“Napakalalim ng kaniyang pananampalataya at ‘yong pananalangin niya at sa pamamagitan ng pakikinig sa religious songs,” said Francisco.
Meanwhile, Aquino supporters continue to offer flowers near his house on Times Street in Quezon City.
Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III died Thursday at the Capitol Medical Center in Quezon City due to renal disease secondary to diabetes. He is 61-years-old.
President Rodrigo Duterte has already signed the “10 days of mourning” for the passing of Noynoy.
“[I] t is fitting to devote a period of national mourning to pay tribute to a respected leader who left a lasting legacy to the Filipino people,” Duterte said in his Proclamation 1169, Thursday.
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