written by Francis Jaudian
Being the administration’s standard-bearer, Mar Roxas’ platform
of government for 2016 presidential elections will be a platform of
‘continuity’. Quoting an article from
Inquirer.net:
Continuity will be the cornerstone of the Liberal Party
(LP) standard-bearer’s campaign, banking on the purported gains of the
Aquino administration’s centerpiece governance agenda of “daang matuwid”
(straight path).
Since the platforms of Mr. Roxas will be based or just a continuation
of advocacies of President Aquino, allow us to enumerate the 16-Point
agenda of PNoy, as follows:
A COMMITMENT TO TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP
1. From a President who tolerates corruption to a President who is the nation’s first and most determined fighter of corruption;
2. From a government that merely conjures economic growth statistics
that our people know to be unreal to a government that prioritizes jobs
that empower the people and provide them with opportunities to rise
above poverty;
3. From relegating education to just one of many concerns to making
education the central strategy for investing in our people, reducing
poverty and building national competitiveness;
4. From treating health as just another area for political patronage to
recognizing the advancement and protection of public health, which
includes responsible parenthood, as key measures of good governance;
5. From justice that money and connections can buy to a truly impartial
system of institutions that deliver equal justice to rich or poor;
ECONOMY
6. From government policies influenced by well-connected private
interest to a leadership that executes all the laws of the land with
impartiality and decisiveness;
7. From treating the rural economy as just a source of problems to
recognizing farms and rural enterprises as vital to achieving food
security and more equitable economic growth, worthy of re-investment for
sustained productivity;
8. From government anti-poverty programs that instill a dole-out
mentality to well-considered programs that build capacity and create
opportunity among the poor and the marginalized in the country;
9. From a government that dampens private initiative and enterprise to a
government that creates conditions conducive to the growth and
competitiveness of private businesses, big, medium and small;
10. From a government that treats its people as an export commodity and a
means to earn foreign exchange, disregarding the social cost to
Filipino families to a government that creates jobs at home, so that
working abroad will be a choice rather than a necessity; and when its
citizens do choose to become OFWs, their welfare and protection will
still be the government’s priority;
GOVERNMENT SERVICE
11. From Presidential appointees chosen mainly out of political
accommodation to discerning selection based on integrity, competence and
performance in serving the public good;
12. From demoralized but dedicated civil servants, military and police
personnel destined for failure and frustration due to inadequate
operational support to professional, motivated and energized
bureaucracies with adequate means to preform their public service
missions;
GENDER EQUALITY
13. From a lack of concern for gender disparities and shortfalls to
the promotion of equal gender opportunity in all spheres of public
policies and programs;
PEACE & ORDER
14. From a disjointed, short-sighted Mindanao policy that merely
reacts to events and incidents of the Moro and other peoples of Mindanao
to one that seeks a broadly-supported just peace and will redress
decades of neglect;
ENVIRONMENT
15. From allowing environmental blight to spoil our cities, where
both the rich and the poor bear with congestion and urban decay to
planning alternative, inclusive urban developments where people of
varying income levels are integrated in productive, healthy and safe
communities;
16. From a government obsessed with exploiting the country for immediate
gains to the detriment of its environment to a government that will
encourage sustainable use of resources;
This platform is a commitment to change that Filipinos can depend on.
With trust in their leaders, everyone can work and build a greater
future together.
As for the social and political side, Roxas’ platforms are the following:
1. Further implementation of
Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program,
which provides conditional cash incentives and other health and
education benefits to the poor. With this, he believes that poverty
incidence in the country could be reduced to low level;
2. The improvement on disaster risk reduction and management;
3. Supports the passage regarding the Basic Bangsamoro Law and
eventually wants to resolve disputes occurring in Mindanao in order to
lessen possible negative social consequences;
4. Lastly, as for political side, Mar Roxas vows to fight corruption,
which has become the biggest issue in Philippine politics; and in the
Aquino administration,
Pork Barrel Scam emerged; but Roxas, in
his campaign, promises to make the government efficient again by
implementing orders and laws with regards to anti-corruption.
At the 41st Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industries (PCCI) conference held last October 27, Mar Roxas laid the following:
- will not amend economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution.
- study proposals to lower income tax very carefully
- appoint Cabinet members based on trust and confidence and integrity
- will not create new departments
- focus on foreign direct investment
- focus on tourism, agriculture, and manufacturing for job generation
- continue transparency and rules-based governance
- continue anti-corruption efforts
Maaring kontento na ako sa kasalukuyang presidente at hangad kong maipagpatuloy ito kung sakaling mahalal si Roxas sa pagkapresidente ngayon 2016. Una sa lahat hangad ko kasi ay katahimikan sa Pilipinas, pangalawa mabawasan ang corrupt at pangatlo job oppurtunities dahil pagmaraming papasok na negosyo dadami ang mapagtatrabahoan.
Kaya sa darating na eleksyon hangad ko ay peaceful election at walang halong pandaraya. Kahit sino man mahalal na presidente sanay maayos nya ang problema ng pilipinas at walang halong di magandang gawain.
