Manila’s clean face kindles hope for positive change in other cities

Politicians can prove to the electorate that they deserve the votes they had won by delivering on the promises they made during the campaign. Many of such pledges, unfortunately, remain undelivered or are broken, causing disappointment and the loss of faith by the people in their elected leaders.

There will always be exceptions to such mold of politicians, of course, and a rare breed sometimes emerges to surprise his constituents by doing exactly what he said he would do if given the chance to serve the people.