Moving Forward: United Special Supplement National unity is the call of the hour
The landslide victory gave him a mandate unprecedented in contemporary political history that will serve him in good stead as he goes about bringing changes for the better in the economy, our democratic system of governance, and the social fabric.When President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
The strategy clearly worked: he garnered 31 million votes as against the 15 million of his closest political rival—as most opinion surveys before the polls had predicted—a feat unrivalled in recent presidential elections. The landslide victory gave him a mandate unprecedented in contemporary political history that will serve him in good stead as he goes about bringing changes for the better in the economy, our democratic system of governance, and the social fabric.
A democratic government, by its very nature, allows the citizenry to enjoy freedom of speech, freedom of expression, and freedom of the press, as well as the right to peacefully assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances. The enjoyment of these freedoms, however, is subject to limitations imposed by law.
Beyond appointing the best and the brightest to key positions in the executive and judicial branches of government and ensuring a smooth transition from the old to the new, the new administration should wage a an uncompromising and sustained campaign against all forms of corruption, from street-level bribery and extortion by traffic enforcers to large-scale embezzlement of public funds by the greedy and unscrupulous in the bureaucracy.
Ample proof that Marcos Jr. is determined to give agriculture the priority it deserves is his decision to take the helm of the Agriculture department for as long as it takes for it to achieve food security and improve the lives of farmers. The incoming president has also appointed the progeny of two other prominent members of his father’s Cabinet in the 1970s. They represent continuity by serving as bridge between the past and the present—as well as the future.
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