MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – Philippine President NoyNoy Aquino is not very confident that his anointed successor, former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, will do good job as the next president.

Roxas is the Aquino administration’s bet in the 2016 presidential elections.

Aquino said he’s leaving so much unfinished business that it sometimes crossed his mind to stay beyond his term should the Constitution allow it. “There’s a small side that wants to say I want to inaugurate the SLEX-NLEX connectors,” Mr. Aquino told journalists in a forum. “I want to ride the MRT with more trains, (with) the 14th (car) coming in (soon). (I want) to make sure that the CCT (Conditional Cash Transfer) program really produces the results (expected)… It’s like, there are so many things that will be left almost done,” the President said.

Aquino added that Roxas wasn’t his first choice to be the Liberal Party’s  presidential bet. It was only when Senator Grace Poe declined to be the administration’s standard bearer in the elections that Aquino named Roxas as his anointed successor.

Despite Aquino’s comments, Roxas says he remains a loyal supporter of the president, vowing to continue Aquino’s daang matuwid (straight path) and the campaign against government corruption. “I want to be my own man,” Roxas said, “but I owe the success of my political career to Aquino.”