If you build it, they will come

RARELY would a president leave office without reforms done, whether pervasive or just a drop in the bucket; whether it is acknowledged by all or just a few. A six-year term allows a leader to decide where he wants to go, how to do it and how to make the reform rooted for sustainability.

As we move to the last 389 days of the Duterte administration, we need to institutionalize what worked well in order that the reforms continue regardless of who sits in Malacañang. One reform most welcome in this administration is the Build, Build, Build (BBB) program. The blueprint of former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (PGMA) for the super regions program, nautical highway and information technology corridor, among others, were set aside by the succeeding administration. Imagine if the National Broadband Network-Zhong Xing Telecommunications Equipment Co. deal was done without the accompanying issues, the Philippines would have been better now with the infrastructure technology backbone: well prepared for the blended learning and eBusiness.