Dinner Worth Millions
I remember President Arroyo asking each and every Filipino to tighten our belts during this hard times. It seems that it only pertains to us, the regular Filipino citizens, and not to her and the people around her.
It has been known that Arroyo and her entourage spent $20,000 (around a million pesos) for an extravagant dinner in New York, USA.
The Washington Post, the Manila Bulletin or Philippine Inquirer counter part in Washington, has disclosed that there is another extravagant dinner in Washington after Arroyo’s meeting with President Obama. It is reported that the dinner was worth $15,000. An unidentified lady paid cash from her bag full of money and left a very generous tip.
How many breakfasts, lunches, and dinners (plus meriendas) do you think this group had during their stay in the States?! If we assume that they spent this much half the time, it must have cost at least Php 10,000,000! for food alone. A percentage of our country’s debt would have been paid.
This issue does not include hotel accommodations, other lavish meals, transportation, and allowances for the First Family and the entourage.
The Arroyo administration points at several people who are supposed to be the financier of these extravagant episodes. I really feel sorry for them. When they are interviewed, it is very obvious that they are confused and cannot answer straight- giving them a really hard time to justify themselves while trying to cover up the President’s very expensive lifestyle.
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