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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam Philippines' Aquino promises clean government AFP - Tuesday, July 27 Send IM Story Print MANILA (AFP) - – Philippine President Benigno Aquino on Monday pledged a new era of clean and efficient government, as he used his first "State of the Nation" address to condemn his predecessor's rule. Aquino spent the first half of his speech outlining a litany of alleged anomalies by former president Gloria Arroyo and her administration that he said had left the nation's coffers nearly bare. "For a long time, our country lost its way on a crooked path," Aquino, who took office on June 30, told a joint sitting of congress. "As days go by, the massive scope of the problems we have inherited becomes much clearer. I can almost feel the weight of my responsibilities." He outlined various cases of government spending during Arroyo's nine years in power that he said had left the nation's coffers nearly bare. "This report is merely a glimpse of our situation. It is not the entire picture of the crises we are facing. The reality was hidden from our people," Aquino said, as he vowed his administration would be the opposite of Arroyo's. "We will stop wasteful spending of public funds... we will get rid of ill-conceived projects... there will be no padding of contracts," he said. Aquino won national elections in May by a landslide after campaigning on a promise to fight corruption that has long afflicted the Philippines, but which he alleged worsened during Arroyo's time in power. In his speech he said Arroyo's misrule left his government without enough money to address vital areas of need such as education, health, basic infrastructure and security. Aquino said his solution was to entice the private sector, both local and foreign investors, into taking up the slack. "From these public-private partnerships, our economy will grow and every Filipino will be the beneficiary. There are so many sectors that could benefit from this," he said. Aquino said a planned train line running through the main island of Luzon and the redevelopment of the Navy's headquarters in Manila were two projects that may attract foreign investment. On the security front, Aquino said his government expected to start peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, a Muslim separatist rebel group, at the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in September. Aquino said putting an end to the insurgency, which has killed more than 150,000 people in the impoverished southern region of Mindanao since 1978, was a priority. Aquino has vowed in recent weeks to have Arroyo, who was required by constitutional term limits to step down, investigated and possibly prosecuted for her alleged corrupt activities. He said Monday that a "Truth Commission" to investigate Arroyo's alleged wrongdoings would be set up this week. "We will go after the corrupt," Aquino said. "We will find the truth in all the hidden wrongdoing that happened in the last nine years." Arroyo took the unprecedented step for a sitting president of running for a seat in the House of Representatives in the elections, a move widely seen as part of a strategy to shield herself from prosecution. She easily won the seat representing her home province and was meant to sit in parliament to hear the State of the Nation address. But Arroyo flew to Hong Kong on Sunday, with her aides saying she went there to support her husband while he visited a doctor. Aquino delivered his address knowing he enjoys unprecedented public support. A survey by pollster Pulse Asia released on Monday showed that 85 percent of Filipinos trusted him. This was the highest rating ever recorded by any leader since the group began its trust surveys in 1999, Pulse Asia said. 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