Comfortable life Duterte’s legacy
During his fruitful years in office as the highest official of the land, he has carried out his mandate as a father to our nation
President Rodrigo Duterte's administration would best be remembered for attaining a life of comfort for Filipinos as a result of key achievements in reducing poverty and perking up the economy through an infrastructure buildup.
The “Duterte Legacy” campaign seeks to highlight the successes and sacrifices made by the President, Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar said on Friday.
During the launch of the campaign, Andanar noted that the President has fulfilled his promises “with great resolve and confidence.”
He added that Duterte, during his “fruitful” years in office as the highest official of the land, has carried out his mandate as a “father to our nation.”
“He (Duterte) is the face, the voice, and the spirit of a nation that has been revived from lethargy and indifference, towards a horizon of positive and meaningful change,” Andanar said in his keynote speech.
“Through the ‘Duterte Legacy’ Campaign, we are grateful and privileged to showcase through print and digital media, the honest summaries of successes and sacrifices of public servants in order to achieve our national goal of development," he added.
Pivotal efforts
The PCOO-initiated campaign intends to promote the government’s efforts and accomplishments in living up to its promise of bringing “real change” to the lives of all Filipinos.
The communication drive focuses on the three key pillars of the Duterte administration’s legacy — peace and order, infrastructure development, and poverty alleviation.
In his opening remark, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea expressed elation that the public appreciates the President’s efforts to bring “positive” and “real” changes to the country.
“The Duterte administration is driven by radical change, marked with multiple milestones in progress and development,” Medialdea said. “The real change we have all yearned for so long is now happening.”
Significant strides
Andanar acknowledged Duterte’s significant strides with the help of his Cabinet secretaries.
He hailed his fellow Cabinet secretaries’ determination and hard work to ensure that Duterte’s policies and programs have fully and effectively been implemented.
“Government is not simply a collective official endeavor. A more noble vision has early on been set by the President as the objective of every government activity,” Andanar said. “The functioning of the government, aligned with the imperatives determined by the head of the state, is not solely credited to the leader but also to his entire Cabinet — the women and men whose culture of work magnifies the President’s policies and programs.”
The “Duterte Legacy” campaign launch featured a photo exhibit of the government’s key achievements, testimonies from beneficiaries of various government programs and projects, and presentations from other Cabinet secretaries.
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