President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is already halfway in his six year
term as president of the country and still much is expected to him.
Duterte has made a name for himself here and abroad being a
hardliner with respect to the eradication of illegal drugs in the country, but
we should know by now that this has not limited the Chief executive in doing
other projects that has the improvement/progress of the country in mind.
The Duterte administration is composed of cabinet members that is
expected to be the help needed by the President in running the country.
After three years the chief executive was asked In an exclusive
interview with the Daily Tribune, who is the top three performing members of his official family.
Duterte expressed pride in the achievements of his cabinet , but
he names his top three - Department of
Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar, Department of Transportation
(DoTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade and Department of Trade and Industry Secretary
Ramon Lopez — as exceptional.
In the interview the President also admitted his preference to military appointees in filling up the cabinet posts since bureaucracy “takes too much time” primarily if it is a “civilian” appointed as an official.
In the interview the President also admitted his preference to military appointees in filling up the cabinet posts since bureaucracy “takes too much time” primarily if it is a “civilian” appointed as an official.
“Then along the way, money is lost, those things suddenly happen
and they have so many excuses. All of the projects, almost 90 percent (of
them), except Villar who is very good and you know, I don’t have any huge
expectations on him but he turned out to be one of the most outstanding
government officials. Tugade, how many airports have improved and Villar,
undertook projects for those long roads. When the connectors are… built, you
can travel above ground and leave the traffic downstairs,” he said.
The President
defended his choice in Lopez because of the achievements in advancing
small-scale businesses.
“They
are all good and they have completed the mission that I gave them,” Mr. Duterte
said of the Cabinet members.
Thankful
cabinet
“It’s
a great honor but I am merely following the mandate given to me by the
President to make lives of Filipinos more comfortable,” Tugade told Daily
Tribune.
DOTr Sec. Tugade, was commended for the
airport improvements he has done. “We are currently rehabilitating and building
200 ports throughout the country,” he said.
“In fact, on Monday, the DoTr is opening the newest passenger
terminal at Cagayan de Oro which can accommodate 3,000 passengers,” he said.
“While I appreciate the trust given by the President, I would consider his
citing me among the top Cabinet performers as a challenge to perform better,”
Tugade said.
Lopez for his part he is “humbled” “but i know the other
Secretaries are so great and hardworking too.”
“Thanks for the news. And I share that with the passionate team in
DTI who believes in the vision of the President to really improve the lives of
those at the bottom of the pyramid, the micro, small and medium enterprises
(MSME),” he said.
“Despite the lack of budget and people, we bring our programs to
the grassroots, the baranggays, the indigenous peoples (IP), Killed-in-Action
(KIA) or Wounded-in-Action (WIA) in the Marawi City conflict and other
marginalized groups, by partnering with other groups,” he said.
“We work on other initiatives for the masses, the no-collateral
microfinancing Pondo sa Pagbabago at Pag-asenso or the P3 which was designed to
counter loan sharks or 5-6, Go Lokal and OTOP.ph market access platforms for
MSME and several training and mentoring programs,” Lopez said.
Daily
Tribune was not able to interview Villar because he was on leave.
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