Plenty of drama, but will there be real change?
IN the weeks since President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. used his State of the Nation Address on July 28 to express his frustration with the “shameful” corruption plaguing the country’s flood control projects, there has been a great volume of sound and fury from both the executive and legislative branches of government, duly reported in detail by the nation’s media, present company included.
Even more importantly, it is vital that systemic changes be made to prevent the corruption from happening again.Along those lines, we have a few suggestions that, if our leaders are sincere about meaningful reform, they should take to heart.
Of Drama But Will There Be Real Change?
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