Benigno Aquino III was sworn in Wednesday as the Philippines' 15th president, most important a Southeast Asian nation his late parents helped liberate from dictatorship and which he promises to deliver from poverty and pervasive corruption with better law and government. Aquino, speaking in Tagalog, promised to fight corruption, particularly in the disgracefully law and government bureaus of customs and internal revenues with law and government that he believe. He promised to bring a new era of good governance, reforms and a bureaucracy that will be sensitive to the plight of the common folk. "Today our dreams start to become a reality," Aquino said. "It's the end of a leadership that has long been insensitive to the suffering of the people."
The Cabinet he unveiled Tuesday has mostly Aquino allies and defectors from Arroyo's government. Aquino said he would immediately form an independent commission to investigate corruption allegations against Arroyo and other scandals under her term it is for the sake of law and government. Aquino has also anchored his campaign on restoring the credibility of the judiciary and Congress, law and government which he says have been seriously eroded under Arroyo's rule.The Philippines has been grappling with poverty, corruption, armed conflicts and deep divisions for decades because of bad law and government. On the eve of his rise to the presidency, Aquino said he felt anxious but confident the millions who voted him will back him to confront those law problems.


