A STRING of small, newly minted Facebook pages have sprouted in recent weeks invariably calling for the resignation of President Benigno S. Aquino III.
Fewer still, on the other hand, are the FB pages seeking to marshal support for Aquino.
In recent days, the anti-Aquino accounts have started to peter out, the number of their “new likes” flattening to zero, and their followers engaged in discussion down to half.
But one pro-Aquino accounts have trekked a similar downhill path of late. Curiously, one FB page of this kind lists its website as http://www.president.gov.ph/ as its website.
Launched only last Feb. 26, the “We Support President Noynoy Aquino – #Noynoypar” FB account,submits this proposition: “One of the Best President(sic) The Philippines Ever Had.”
As of today, March 11, 2015, it has drawn1,445 likes, a composite “2,123 people talking about this” but also only “219 new likes” in the last week.
It states: “Ang Facebook Page na ito ay pagpapakita ng pagsuporta sa nahalal na presidente ng bansang pilipinas na si President Noynoy Aquino.”
It exhorts Netizes to “join our Facebook group” and visit the website.
But far more plenty yet much smaller still are the anti-Aquino FB pages of recent birth. These include:
* Noynoy, Give Yourself and this Country a Favor: Resign NOW!, which had:
1,250 likes
24 people talking about this,
12 people new page likes
Its proposition: “di pa man naging president may utang ng DUGO sa manggagawa at magsasaka ng kanyang KAMAG ANAK INC.sa hacienda luista at central azucarera sa Tarlac”
* Noynoy Resign Movement, which had
424 likes
1 talking about this
0 new likes
Its “About” page offers this information:
“Born on August 30, 2010… A Page dedicated to the cause of calling for the Resignation of ma”NOY” Lisa.” It bears a smilar link to the first FB account above.
* Aquino Resign Movement, which had
279 likes
1 person talking about this
0 new page like
It describes itself to be composed of “Citizens’ call for BENIGNO SIMEON AQUINO III to resign for INCOMPETENCE, INSENSITIVENESS and INSTABILITY.”
* Save the Nation Movement, which had
943 likes
12 people talking about this
5 new page likes
A rather extended “About” page described the group thus:
“The Save the Nation movement calls for “Three Urgent Steps”: a new Green Revolution to restore food self-sufficiency; the restoration of the Bataan nuclear plant, and the rapid construction of other nuclear power facilities; and a moratorium on the usurious and illegitimate foreign debt of the nation, freeing resources for development.
Signing the Declaration were the presidents of societies representing such diverse institutions as mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, inventors, radio broadcasters, and journalists, and other organizations.
The concept underlying SANA is the restoration of the historic mission of the Philippines, both for its own people, and as a nation which embraces both Eastern and Western culture, a crucial bridge in creating the alliance of sovereign nations, required to pull the world out of the current descent into a new dark age.”
* President Aquino Resign Alliance , which had
8,814 likes
192 talking about this
16 new page likes
It offered this self-description: “The President Aquino Resign Alliance (PARA) page was put up to express the people’s desire for him to step down and vacate the Office of the President following the rampant corruption, bribery, and plunder exposed by the P10 Billion Pork Barrel Scam.”
* Noynoy Aquino Resign!!! For President , which had
278 likes
4 talking about this
4 new page likes