The Watever

PROMISES VS. ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE FIRST 100 DAYS

The first one hundred days of a newly-installed president is said to be a reflection on how his administration will run for the next 6 years. It may be too early for some, but this tradition has become an awaited day for different sectors of the society.

As President Aquino as he reaches this milestone in his presidency, the following is an attempt to give a summary of his administration’s accomplishments and recognitions of his first 100 days in office vis-à-vis the Social Contract he used during the election campaign period.

Out of the 16 provisions for change included in the social contract, the following has been addressed during PNoy's first 100 days:

PROMISE: (1) From a President who tolerates corruption to a President who is the nation’s first and most determined fighter of corruption.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Implemented Executive Order # 7 which suspends the privileges of executives of 122 Government Owned and Controlled Corporations (GOCCs).

• Halted anomalous government contracts and transactions (i.e. DND helicopters procurement, DPWH negotiated contracts, NAIA 3 issue, Laguna de Bay project) which saved millions of government funds from misuse.

• Pursued Zero-Based Budgeting to check and audit whether proposed projects are of importance and benefit to the citizens.

• DoF launched the “Pera ng Bayan” website which encouraged ordinary citizens to report instances of corruption in their areas and local government units.

• Philippines was removed from the Organization of Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) tax haven gray list after seeing that the country has “substantially implemented the internationally-agreed tax standards” by introducing new legislation.”

PROMISE: (2) From a government that merely conjures economic growth statistics that our people know to be unreal to a government that prioritizes jobs that empower the people and provide them with opportunities to...