Editorial on President Duterte’s Inaugural Speech
As Mayor Rody’s wish of a simple
celebration, Malacañan Palace (Official Seat of the Philippine Gov’t.) is so
simple but heartfelt. Fifteen, ten, five minutes until finally the clock turns
twelve noon (12:00) on June 30, 2016 – President
Rodrigo Roa Duterte took his oath as the 16th president of the
Republic.
I am among those who have too
much anticipation on his upcoming leadership. Congratulations President ‘Mayor’,
as he wanted to be called.
On his inaugural speech,
President Duterte has remained as humble as he is. He instill in the minds of
our fellow-countrymen (as well as the spectators worldwide) who is watching
this turning point in the history that there is no successful leadership without good
followers – that the ‘BIG
CHANGE’ we may expect would not come from his work alone BUT
with the help of every citizen, it is a combined efforts. I like what he said that change must come within us and in
us – reading between the
lines, he meant humility not attributing any future success in leading the
country to himself alone but to
everybody. He restated the reason why
the electorate has placed him in the position – the thirst for a TRUE and
meaningful change. I honestly believe it, the electorate did not vote for the ‘saint image’ candidate.
He stressed too that the great
issue the country is facing now is the ‘LOST of confidence/trust of people in the
Government’. Again, he is remarkable in reading the MOST
SIGNIFICANT underlying issue confronting the bureaucracy. We have the Laws and the authorities to
implement everything – but it is very evident that they were just
disregarded. People who knew something
unusual or irregularities refuse to approach the authorities like policemen,
government officials etc. afraid
that they must also be involved or belongs to the syndicate being the
protectors and might just end-up losing more
or even their lives. The President is aiming to RECOVER public’s TRUST by putting people close to him (Friends, former
classmates etc.) but not in that shallow
sense BUT because he knew each one of them personally – their performance
and most importantly, their values and principles that moved him
to pick them. He confidently said
that his cabinet bears the same conviction as he has. And that the Commission
on Human Rights (CHR) and the other concerns should not worry, his team will respect the Laws of the Land
and spelled-out that they know their limitations
as well as they will observe ‘DUE PROCESS’ being a lawyer and
former prosecutor.
The head of the country also
highlighted his management style – he will let
the cabinet heads to do what they believed that can help improve their
departments’ performance BUT they will be held accountable for the public’s
complaints. Once again his annoyance
of the VERY SLOW documentation process – in his previous dialogs with the media
he divulged his disappointment in seeing our fellow countrymen in long queues
not just queuing for hours but EVEN for DAYS spending precious time and money
just to get a document.
And he stressed too that he
ABHORS SECRECY and he is an ADVOCATE of TRANSPARENCY. He wanted every government undertakings by
each department be transparent from the submission of the proposals, bidding
and up to the consummation of every project.
He wants everything started to be finished. I think the President is tired of the
numerous project cancellations on the news – that anomalies were only
detected at the midst of the project (when millions had been spent) and it could
have been prevented on the outset. Therefore only wasting National or Local
Coffers and leaving the unscrupulous undertakers at large, charged yes of
course but not punished at all. We do not know if this has something to do with
the justice system (can we not have a
Jury system- that the verdict of an offender rests in the hand of the many not
just on a single prosecutor?! So MAYBE avoiding corruption)…imagine, it did not
evaded the eyes of the President! He is that vigilant to have noticed what is
really happening around the country today. If this CAN NOT BE CARRIED-OUT, he
is talking about departure – he means he is READY to REPLACE anyone sooner just
in case. Click the link below, my other article:
The head of the country has also
stated an axiom that sums-up his economic plan for the nation. Reading between the lines, the statement
expresses clear message that the impoverished will be helped to prosper and the
‘strong’
shall not be weakened in the process – telling us that he is not just the
president of the poor but the rich too, everybody’s.
He has shown great interest in
uniting the country – the Moros, Indigenous People (IPs) and create a
government of inclusivity(all-encompassing). It shows in his actions by putting
some known leftists in his cabinet.
Reiterating that he is elected to
serve everyone and not only one – meaning he is for the good of the many and
have stated a quote that tells about not serving a friend or harming an enemy.
This is prevalent in his giving chances to those officials who maligned their
duties to submit themselves and talk to him. I assume he may give pardon
on some conditions. I suppose if
they would leave the wrongdoings and work to catch/trap their comrades and be one with the government’s advocacy.
He has added too in his Speech
that he is there in Malacañan to start doing his work.
Speech in Tondo (June 30, 2016)
President Duterte has dined-out
with the residents in Tondo, Manila (whom he told DSWD Sec. Taguiwalo he has promised to help).
He is asking them to persevere and to cooperate for us to achieve
progress.
He has also uttered his disgust
of spending money to kill his fellow-countrymen who will refuse to be in peace
with the government like the ‘Abu Sayaff Group’ (ASG) who is
currently bringing chaos to ordinary people – Filipinos and foreigners who just
came to visit the country. He wanted
more to use the money in buying armaments to execute them to provide food
and shelter to the marginalized members of the society.
He campaigned for the zeroed drug
trafficking and abuse – and admonished the public that DRUGS will bring no good to the involved and that they
or their loved ones may later be killed because of it.
The administration has also
expressed his efforts in troubleshooting TRAFFIC situation in Metro
Manila.
Speeches for the PNP & AFP
Assumption Ceremonies
The President has disclosed the
reason to the public why he had chosen Dela Rosa for the position – that he had
worked with him. He knew his loyalty and values as a person and as a law
enforcer.
Like President Duterte has always
emphasized in his campaigns, he is launching war against drug trafficking, drug
abuse and criminality. He has urged the corrupt police personnel involved in
‘Drugs’ or kidnap-for-ransom
syndicates to surrender – he even offered a one-on-one ‘talk’ in Malacañan if a high official wishes to succumb to
him. He also stated that he will be very
kind and generous to those who will do their work proficiently – saying that he
will realize the ‘double the salary’ hike for the law enforcers. In his previous
interviews, he said he will do that to help them with their lives as to avoid
getting involved in crimes just to augment their living conditions. However, he
has strongly spoken of his wrath over
the men-in-uniform that will get into
illegal activities especially
drugs or kidnapping.
He has also encouraged the
policemen to do their jobs to the
fullest of their ability even if it cost them to kill a thousand in the event
of defending the public or their own lives in performing their duties - he
will be there to support them. He has PLEDGED his full-support even if he will
be impeached in the process of backing them up– he said he will hurry-up the case against a faithful policeman and together they
will exit the ranks, him being the
president of the country. That is how he is not clingy to his position and
extreme in encouraging the REAL HEROES to emerge from the roster of our
policemen.
President Duterte has also told them the irregularities
happening in the departments:
- the fake gasoline (transportation expense) reimbursed
- the transferring of a head’s subordinate whenever the
higher rank is re-assigned to a different location that mostly encouraging
corruption and other illegal activities
playing as cohorts.
He never wanted such in his administration. He never wanted
corruption in any form.
I hope I have shared with you opinions that matter and I
also hope that I have given justice to the President’s speeches as to my very
own perception of them.
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