UP Prof. Ma. Ela Atienza said that there were many ways to measure Duterte’s performance or compare him with the performance of those who came before him on the basis of execution of a president’s constitutional duties.
Prof. Ma. Ela Atienza, of the University of the Philippines’ Department of Political Science, said Dela Rosa’s words were expected. “He is very loyal to the President,” she said.
Sonny Africa, executive director of the research group Ibon Foundation, said Dela Rosa’s words oozing with admiration for Duterte showed signs of Dela Rosa’s “unfitness” to become president himself. Dela Rosa has filed a certificate of candidacy to run as president under the Alfonso Cusi wing of PDP-Laban but had said he was ready to step aside if Sara Duterte, the President’s daughter, decided to run for president.
This ended when Congress, in 2018, delayed passage of the General Appropriations Act. The government said a “full percentage point was lost” in GDP. It explained that the P10,727 benchmark for poverty meant P71 per person per day—P50 per day for food and P21 per day for non-food needs. “These low standards explain the reported fall in the number of poor Filipinos,” Ibon said.Ibon said that a family of five in Metro Manila needs P1,065 per day or P25,091 per month “in order to live decently”. The present minimum wage in Metro Manila is P537 daily.
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