MANILA, Philippines – UMAASA si Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. na makapag-iiwan ang kanyang administrasyon ng legacy na magbabalik sa tiwala ng publiko sa gobyerno.
“Legacy? I just hope we put the faith of people back in government, and that we now have a government that people can depend on, people can trust, and that people can talk to,” ang sinabi ni Pangulong Marcos nang tanungin kung ano ang kanyang iiwanang legacy sa pagtatapos ng kanyang termino.
“Instead of having the government telling you these are the things you do, I hope that we have started a listening government where we actually listen to people. We don’t tell people what to do,” aniya pa rin.
Aniya, sinimulan na niya ito sa pamamagitan ng patuloy niyang pakikipag-ugnayan sa mga lokal na opisyal ng gobyerno.
Nagdagdag din aniya ang administrasyon ng pantustos sa pamamagitan ng Local Government Support Fund (LGSF), na pinapayagan ang lokal na pamahalaan na magkaroon ng mas maraming engagements kung saan ilalaan ang tax payers’ money sa kani-kanilang bisinidad.
“The local government knows the situation in their area better than anybody else, better than the President, better than the Cabinet secretaries, better than anybody else,” anito.
“No one should know more about their constituency than them. Same applies to a mayor. Same applies to a barangay official so that we make government more accessible, not only in terms of transparency, but accessible in terms of we can bring our concerns to government and we have enough confidence that they will, in fact, do something about it,” ang sinabi pa rin ng Pangulo.
“That’s the legacy I hope to leave: that now government is your partner hand in hand with every citizen, with every sector, hand in hand trying to build a better Philippines, trying to make the Philippines better, trying to make the lives of our people better, trying to create more jobs, trying to increase the livelihood, trying to bring development, trying to be part of the global economy, an active part, an important part of the global economy,” litaniya nito.
“That’s what we are trying to do. That’s what I hope that we will leave when the time comes in 2028.”
Kabilang sa mga krisis na nagpaalog sa administrasyon ng Pangulo ay ang nahukay na nakabaon na corruption scheme, kung saan nakipagsabwatan ang mgha government officials sa mga private contractors para nakawin ang bilyong tax payers’ money sa pamamagitan ng huwad na flood control projects. KRIS JOSE
