Hopes for unity and a better life for all Filipinos after elections

ON Monday, May 9, 2022, millions of Filipinos went out to exercise their right of suffrage and decide on who will be the nation's next leaders. It was truly a historic day in Philippine history where Filipinos displayed their great love for their country. The presumptive winners for this election is former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. for president and former Davao City mayor Inday Sara Duterte-Carpio for vice president.

Both candidates ran under the banner of unity. This is similar to the call of the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) for the implementation of a whole-of-nation approach, which is also cited in Republic Act 11032, or the "Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act of 2018." The work against red tape and for ease of doing business should always be colorblind as to politics and should reach out to all citizens regardless of political lining or political alliances. Every one of us will benefit and will be affected by any gains toward ease of doing business in the country regardless of who is in charge of the administration. Needless to say, we should be united toward improving the country's ease of doing business and efficiency in government service. We believe that the problem of red tape and corruption in the government cannot be solved by a single agency. A problem this huge requires the combined strength of the government, private and public sectors, and the masses. In fact, we can even say that this problem is inter-administrational. So, we need the people themselves to be united in this common cause regardless of politics.