Congrats, (partial and unofficial) president Digong! You haven't been proclaimed yet, but many of our countrymen are already imagining the next 6 years of our lives in the Philippines.
Of course, we're thrilled! After all they say: Change is now here.
Let's refresh ourselves with the platform of President Digong during his campaign period:
According to a report by Rappler, President Duterte is set to focus on crime, corruption, drugs and economic development.
1. Increase police salaries to P75,000 to P100,000 within 3 years
2. Raise crime and drugs to the level of a national security threat
3. Modernize crime-fighting strategies, like putting CCTVs in major thoroughfares*
4. Bring back the death penalty for drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape, robbery, homicide
5. Pass the Freedom of Information Act
6. Lift Bank Secrecy Law for public officials and pass Anti-Dummy Law*
7. Monitor front-line government offices using real-time video and audio surveillance*
8. Bring back special criminal courts to speed up resolution of serious crime cases
9. Call a constitutional convention, within first year of term, to study the shift to a federal form of government
10. Limit requirements for business permits to 5 signatures and impose a 30 to 60-day processing time
11. Maintain Conditional Cash Transfer program (Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps) but with a livelihood component that will give loans to the poor for small and medium enterprises
12. Establish tourism, agricultural, and industrial hubs in the countryside to create jobs
13. Introduce P1 billion "small capital fund" for every region outside Metro Manila where farmers and other poor workers can borrow from to put up businesses
He also proposed reforms in agriculture, transportation, education, health, disasters and climate change. For the full list head on to Rappler.
The hashtag #DearPresidentDigong started trending on Twitter with the 2nd rank next to the massive Aldub phenomenon!
It started with a fun twitter page called Inday Dyosa. She asked her followers what they wanted for the president in the next 6 years.
