P-NOY: A MANDATE OF CHANGE
(excerpts from the Inaugural Speech delivered at the Quirino Grandstand, June 30, 2010)
Leadership by-example
- Today marks the end of a regime indifferent to the appeals of the people.
- Through good governance in the coming years, we will lessen our problems
- We are here to serve and not to lord over you.
- I accept your marching orders to transform our government from one that is self-serving to one that works for the welfare of the nation.
- “If no one is corrupt, no one will be poor.”
- Our foremost duty is to lift the nation from poverty through honest and effective governance.
- The first step is to have leaders who are ethical, honest and true public servants.
- To our impoverished countrymen, starting today, your government will be your champion.
Priority Programs
Education
- We will not disregard the needs of our students.
- We will begin by addressing the glaring shortage in classrooms and educational facilities
- Quality education, including vocational education, so that those who choose not to attend college or those who cannot afford it can find dignified livelihood.
Infrastructure Development
- We will lessen the lack of infrastructures for transportation, tourism and trade.
- From now on, mediocre work will not be good enough when it comes to roads, bridges, and buildings because we will hold contractors responsible for maintaining their projects in good condition.
Employment Program
- We will revive the emergency employment program established by former President Corazon Aquino.
- This will provide jobs for local communities and will help in the development of their and our economy.
Good Governance
- We will not be the cause of your suffering or hardship.
- We will strengthen collections by the Bureau of Internal Revenue and we will fight corruption in the Bureau of Customs in order to fund our objectives for the public welfare.
- Improved public health services such as Philhealth for all within three years.
- A home for every family, within safe communities.
Peace and Order
- We will strengthen the armed forces and the police, not to serve the interests of those who want to wield power with impunity, but to give added protection for ordinary folk.
- The armed forces and the police risk their daily so that the nation can live in peace and security.
Agricultural Services
- Today there will be security for farmers.
- We will help them with irrigation, extension services, and marketing their products at the best possible prices
- We are directing Secretary Alcala to set up trading centers that will directly link farmers and consumers thereby eliminating middlemen and opportunities for corruption.
- In this way, funds can be shared by farmers and consumers.
Economic Recovery
- We will make our country attractive to investors.
- We will cut red tape dramatically and implement stable economic policies.
- We will level the playing field for investors and make government an enabler, not a hindrance to business.
- This is the only means by which we can provide jobs for our people.
- Our goal is to create jobs at home so that there will be no need to look for employment abroad.
- I am ordering the DFA, POEA, OWWA, and other relevant agencies to be even more responsive to the needs and welfare of our overseas Filipino workers.
Feedback and the Right to Information
- We will strengthen the process of consultation and feedback.
- We will strive to uphold the constitutional right of citizens to information on matters of public concern.
- You are the boss so I cannot ignore your orders. We will design and implement an interaction and feedback mechanism that can effectively respond to your needs and aspirations
Due Process of Law
- There can be no reconciliation without justice.
- When we allow crimes to go unpunished, we give consent to their occurring over and over again.
- Secretary de Lima, you have your marching orders. Begin the process of providing true and complete justice for all.
- Chief Justice Hilario Davide accepted the challenge of strengthening and heading a Truth Commission that will shed light on many unanswered issues that continue to haunt our country.
- We shall defeat the enemy by wielding the tools of justice, social reform and equitable governance leading to a better life.
Mindanao Program
- We are committed to a peaceful and just settlement of conflict, inclusive of the interests of all – may they be Lumads, Bangsamoro or Christian
Insights from P-noy
- With proper governance life will improve for all. When we are all living well, who will want to go back to living under oppression?
- If I have all of you by my side, we will be able to build a nation in which there will be equality of opportunity, because each of us fulfilled our duties and responsibilities equally.
- This is what democracy means. It is the foundation of our unity. We campaigned for change. Because of this, the Filipino stands tall once more. We are all part of a nation that can begin to dream again.
- To our friends and neighbors around the world, we are ready to take our place as reliable member of the community of nations, a nation serious about its commitments and which harmonizes its national interests with its international responsibilities.
- We will be a predictable and consistent place for investment, a nation where everyone will say, “it all works.”
- No more junkets, no more senseless spending. No more turning back on pledges made during the campaign, whether today or in the coming challenge that will confront us over the next six years. No more influence-peddling, no more patronage politics, no more stealing. No more sirens, no more short cuts, no more bribes. It is time for us to work together once more.
