MA. LOURDES TIQUIA

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte promised many things during the campaign. The many became challenges, and those realized four years after were opportunities. Two major campaign promises — illegal drugs and federalism — are challenges because the data set or baselines were not established and the goal not measurable. And that’s the thing with campaign promises made during the campaign period. They are not well thought out — essentially, just promises. And that is why transition from day one to hundred days after, as well as six months after, is critical. A team should be formed to put measurements to promises so that one can say if the same have been fulfilled and have caused improvements in the lives of voters.

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