[align=center][img]http://yfittopostblogph.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/600nppa_proclamation3.jpg?w=600[/img][/align] Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III becomes the 15th president of the Republic of the Philippines. The son of national hero Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino II and former president Corazon Aquino, Noynoy is “The new Aquino” who won convincingly in the country’s first automated — and fastest — elections Filipinos have ever witnessed. A consistent topnotcher in polls, Aquino’s rise to power started after he reluctantly decided to become the Liberal Party’s bet after some prodding from supporters and family following the death of his mother on August 1, 2009. Aquino will take his oath as the country's 15th president on June 30, succeeding Gloria Macapagal Arroyo whose nine-year rule has been wracked by four coup attempts by mutinous troops, and opposition impeachment bids over allegations of election fraud, corruption scandals and human rights abuses. The official congressional count ended Tuesday showing Aquino defeating his eight rivals by more than 15 million votes — about 5.7 million ahead of his closest opponent, ousted leader Joseph Estrada. Estrada's running mate, Jejomar Binay, the mayor of Manila's financial district Makati, will become vice president after defeating Aquino's candidate, Manuel Roxas II, in the separate race for the number two position. Roxas lost to Vice President-elect Jejomar Binay, who was proclaimed alongside Aquino, by a margin of about 700,000 votes. Binay, the mayor of Makati City, got about 14.6 million votes while Roxas got about 13.9 million. Aquino, a quiet legislator who served nine years as a congressman and three years as senator, will inherit a nation grappling with poverty and debilitated by decades-long Marxist and Muslim insurgencies, military unrest, corruption, violent crime and political strife. Aquino has said he would form a commission to investigate allegations of corruption and other wrongdoing during the Arroyo administration. Arroyo has denied all accusations. [align=center][spoiler]Credits to: [url]ph.yahoo.com[/url][/spoiler][/align]

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