Some lawyers observe non observance of Artiicle 59 of Rome Statutes on DU30 arrest

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Some legal experts observe that procedures in serving of Arrest Warrant vs FPRRD was not observed:

1.  The custody of local competent court of the accused;

2    Rights of due process including the right to bail.

Did FPRRD trick the arresting team to make this error and thus nullify the arrest.  (He was not given custody of competent local court, including the right to bail)?

The currrent President reversed himself -  he initially said ICC cant execute the arrest warrant if it comes, and then later on declared that it is duty of Philippine govt to cooperate with international bodies.   We can not understand the flip flopping, and or what is he saying now.  For being inconsistent.  Well this a convenient way to eliminate enemies.  (Not even the hair of Sen de la Rosa)   One can always change his mind.

More trouble ahead.   What happened to their team, to their legal consultants and have not drawn out scenarios clearly for consequence of action?

More protest rallies held vs sudden DU30 arrest; will unsettle the financial markets

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More and more protest rallies are being held across the countries especially in Visayas and Mindanao against the sudden arrest of FPRRD.   It is hoped that these are sporadic and spur of the moment.   Prolonged sustained protest can cause damage to Philippine financial markets and could deter the country from reaching its economic targets.   Says a former deputy governor of BSP

The number of protest could be a gauge for people support to the former President and impact the result of elections of Senators and congressmen.  The arrest timing sucks for many.  

Who are most likely to be elected winners in 2022 Pres election

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Before the October deadline for the  filing of COC, a lot of names have come out as Pres VP tandem:

     1.   Duterte Duterte

     2.   Pacquiao Robredo

     3.   BBM  Duterte

     4.   Ping Vic

     5.   Go Duterte   x

     6.   ____Isko Moreno

 

Is Dick Gordon running too.

Early on mud is thrown in various directions:     Du vs Isko;   Du vs.   Pacquiao,   Opposition vs Go and Du.

Today I am watching on TV the launch of Ping Vic tandem.  All ready I see repeat of demagoguery - of speeches with very vague words:    "pagbabago",  liwanag vs dilim, pag asa.   How we wish leaders can be more specific.   Most posturing are anti.  We cant go forward with anti, or backward vision.   

How we wish we can see many changes - real changes.   

But if you are not connected with the administration, you stand a slim chance of winning.  They have consolidated their foothold with the grass roots  with the barangay with the ayuda.   They shared power and php with their officials by having them handle most of the work during the  pandemic.    The senatoriables of the administration have an edge with the  use of govt media.   Those who stand to benefit are the senatoriables.   

Good luck to those  who do not have these advantages.

Most likely BBM and Du would win.     Ping, Vic, Robredo Pacquiao,, Moreno are not going to make it This is my fearless forcast.  

Can we eliminate corruption at the LGUs?

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Rizal Philippines
October 8, 2017

The good President want to end corruption in the country.  But can he really do it?  Especially at the LGUs.  He cant do it at BOC right in the heart of MM, very near Malacanang. How about corruption in 1,500 cities and municipalities scattered across the country.

Examples:

In the past:

1.  In Region 1V, our under the table arrangement to get SB resolution involved:

     a.  For a 4 hectare  project in island province -  P1 million.  It was surprising  that the hatchet man
          was a graduate of MPA from a Jesuit run school of good govt.

    b.  For a 7 hectare project, we gave out P3,000,000 to SB and the mayor.  The Barangay Council and chairman took a P300,000 grease money

    c.  For a 3 hectare project near MM, we gave P1 m to the mayor, donation of 100 units apartment which he used to strengthen his hold on the urban poor, plus P300,000 worth of filling materials for a road project (which was not funded)

2.  For now:

   a.  An alteration of plans payola that was being charged us was P40.00/sm of a 16 hectare project or P6.4 million

  b. A five hectare project in NL (Region 1) would involve cheap  arrangement P500,000 only

How did we escape other grease money arrangement in other areas:   we had the chief  of the LGU be one of our stockholders (properly dummied of course)

How can you stop this?   No we cant.   I my books I do not like this form of dishonesty.   But if you dont, it will take you years before you get your permits and resolution.  Years back, my uncle who was with DAR told me not to come across people in his office who ask for P15.00 /sm facilitation money for conversion.  I did I followed him and our conversion came out 8 years later.

 You simply book this as CGS and you can wait for your permit. Considering the high cost of political patronage and of the election campaign, one may view this as a win win situation.  Walang sumbungan.

Telcos routinely cough up P300,000 for locational clearance of towers.

How about foreign business who allege to be Mr. Clean (eh  corrupt din sa ibang bansa:  USA, Japan, Europe etc)  Dapat on the level tayo.

Can we remove corruption at the LGU?

 SOP at the LGUs by Maganes

So we think as some solons think, we ought to abolish BOC to remove corruption. Ano abolish na rin LGUs?
Any Pres in his right mind will not antogonize LGUs now, the grass roots, or else, they will not win.

Fmr Senator Aquilino Pimentel, the author the LG code, ano po say nila?

LGUs tops list of corruption cases filed at Ombudsman

Has the Philippine leadesrhip lost its dignity stature?

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Rizal Philippines
October 3, 2017

                                            Will the President be shot several times?

From CNN -Trillanes on   Du30 alleged hidden wealth


This post was rooting and 100% for the current leadership of the country prior to the elections.   Now this post is wondering where did I go wrong. Prior to the attacks by Sen Trillanes vs the first family alleged unexplained wealth, the current leadership was doing fine.  He avoided "patol" with the former.   But things turned for the worse when the alleged offshore account turned out to be non existence and lately the alleged plan by the Ombudsman to investigate such hidden wealth as revealed by AMLA

The highest office threatened to investigate the said constitutional office and even challenged the Ombudsman the CJ to resign together.

Bakit kaya.

The country's highest official has gone haywire and no longer acting as cool, composed brave, and incorruptible.  Di kaya siya  tumagal bilang pangulo.?

The anti illegal drug war has gone kaput too;  the war on corruption is going to the dogs after the Senate investigation on BOC

Impeachment here and there. A lot of smokes. Sino si Samuel Uy;  ano yong P2 billion na alleged hidden wealth?

Duterte tells Reds: let us stop talking, start fighting

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Rizal Philippines
July 21, 2017

From Sunstar - NO more talks, let us start fighting

Pres. Duterte challlenged the Reds to fight for another 50 years;   to stop talking and start fighting.  He said it is a waste of time and money talking to the NDF making impossible demands, while at the same time the NPA attacking the security forces of the govt.   The NPA attacked the PSG at North Cotabato.   Joe Ma Sison, ,the founding chairman of CPP first challenged  DU30 to stop the talks because the latter is obsessed with martial law and mass murder.;

Let us make comments. Can we negotiate with the communists?

Was Joe Ma correct for judging DU30 and may be ordering the attacks?  Did he underestimate the resolve of DU30?  

Will DU30 be able to subdue the enemy this time  and end the 50 years trouble with CPP

Duterte appeals to PMA alumni to to build a nation worthy of Filipinos

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Rizal Philippines
February 20, 2017

The Pres. Speech at PMA homecoming last February 19, 2017

In  a speech before the alumni homecoming of PMA last Saturday, has urged the alumni to make a nation worthy of Filipinos.  It is sort of vague, worthy of intepretation  by Palace communication secretaries.  I would like to think that the Generals especially and other senior officers eschew money power and glory vs duty honor and country.  Many senior officers have figured in anomalies, and that do not make a nation worthy of Filipinos.

It was the first time Du30 set foot at PMA after 8 months stint as President

I have seen and heard many generals own vast tract of land, buildings and other signs of opulence.  I have seen many junior officers who fly planes immediately leave their  service to join commercial airlines because they feel the salaries they get are pittance vs their abilities.  I have met some colonels invite me to bid for 5% remuneration, merely use our construction license.

We know that there are honest and officers who are true to duty honor, country.   But there are also who stray and give bad name to the institution.

In the government bureaucracy, frat rules

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Rizal Philippines
February 16, 2017

In one of my classes at business school, a senior executive resigned as a result of his conflict with his subordinates who belong to a different frat (although they are from the same school in Quezon City.  I thought of that as odd ie that the rule of frat prevails over the admin code and the vision and mission of the government. I also thought that the said exec was petty.

At the Senate hearing on BI scandal of bribery, the good chairman pointed out that most of the members of the agency are frat mates:  the underlings, and the commissioners being investigated.  Some are not frat members but are sons of frat members (brads).  The chairman of the committee thought that is rather dangerous (to have the department run under the rule of frats)  When that happens there is corruption  What is corruption anyway but a system being over run by a virus, or a system that does not work.

We can not come close to the meritocracy of Singapore where they get the best and the fittest.  We get only the brads and they could be not necessarily the best.

I thought that under the DU30 admin, there would be a change.  Sadly this would not come under his admin.  His cabinet is full of brads and mga taga Davao.   And they could not necessarily be the best.  Wala rin....

Sayang

Scandal at DOJ?

What do Pres Putin, Trump, DU30 and of North Korea have in common?

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Rizal Philippines
Feb 13, 2017

What do Trump, Putin and Duterte have in common?

From Quora - What do Putin, Trump and DU30 have in common?

At the risk of being hunted or being sued for libel, I will not go straight from the shoulder.  I guess all of you know and they are all
 
1.  Macho
2.  Have devil may care attitude,
3.  Loquacious
4.  Will shoot first and aim later
5.  Strong willed
6.  Gung ho

Xi of China should be included but he is quiet and calculated.

Can Pres Duterte eliminate corruption in the govt?

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Rizal Philippines
December 14, 2016

                                                                     Dyahe!


I have often heard from my wife and children that DU30 and cohorts ay naisahan tayo, promising a better Philippines but it is turning it is not.  One of his promises is that there will be no corruption. But what do we see in the policemen whom he is siding now?  Corruption.

What do we see sa BI na kabrod sa na lawyers sa frat?   Di daw corrupt.  My plot daw to catch the bribers? Bakit di alam ng superiors at bakit nablackmail ng militar?

I hope we can still give the Pres the support he needs.  But the system we have the admin code, etc, the CSC code supports tenure and protection and the due process coddles corrupt people.  Dapat parang sa droga din yan.  Tokhang. Double barrel din.

I heard from a friend, classmate contractor of DPWH.  it is even worse that before at PNoys time.  He can not get a project.  CIA talaga (cash in advance)  Eh walang nang gustong magpa utang sa kanya.  Madami ng sabit.

Di na magtatapos ang corruption.  All words.  All DU... No Do

Pres Duterte explains once again his statement that he is severing ties with US

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Rizal Philippines
October 22, 2016

Pres Duterte Announces Military Economic Ties with US


For the nth time somebody is interpreting/paraphrasing the statement pf Pres DU30 made at a meeting in Beijing this week re"severing ties military and economic ties with US"  Several major dailies carried the same story, so with the videos This post was shocked and was careful enough to note what the the good President said..  This sent shock waves to the BPO industry with over 1 million employees employed and with revenues of $20 billion, almost equal to OFW remittance.

The US State department was concerned;   China Foreign Minister took the statement lightly (She knew what DU30 meant - probably joking or engaging in a balimbing talk.

He said it is not severance of ties  (but only a  separation of policy

Eh ano ba Mr President?  Sinabi mo SEVERANCE.  Make up Mr. President.  Say exactly what you mean.   Let us not confuse every one or be engaged in double talk.  It is not good for a President to engage in that kind of talk;  it weakens his leadership and stature and probably the support of 16 million voters has waned

With due respect, please say what you mean and mean what you say.  No double talk, no need for interpreters   You are our Preisdent.  We want you to succeed and lead us into your great promises.  Please do not confuse your nation

Very disturbing developments in the DU30 foreign policy

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Rizal Philippines
October  21, 2016

#shocking #breakingtieswithUS

This post has been a supporter of the DU30 govt and even an avid supporter. However, when he said without prior consultation and notice and announced that he would break military and economic ties with US  and join China and Russia this post was shocked.

At the end of the day, what did we get?  The revival of friendship between China and Phil?  $12 billion worth of trade deals (on paper).  Did we get the vaunted  Philippine sovereignty.  No that was not tackled.  At the end of the day we did not get much from China, who could be stingy with its former arch enemy.  Let us not forget the lifting of the ban on travel

On the other hand what can we expect:

1.   Possible departure of other US business from the Philippines?

2.  More foreign aid from US? Or less or Zero?

3.  Our defense lies where?  Our US hardware will fit into the Chinese aid if ever?  Why break US military ties?

4.  Less foreign trade with US.  US is one of the biggest trading partners of the PHL and is  still the biggest economy of the world. Chinas and Japans economy is dependent on US economy that is why the two deal diplomatically with US.

Did DU30 do this on his own or in consultation with other cool heads?

At the end of the day we can say that DU30 did this to spite US and UN for trying to investigate his anti drug campaign (talagang ganun, gagawin nila tungkulin nila) and for having spat with Obama (imagined  - he did not have face to face spat with Pres Obama)   DU30 has made a big blunder and mistake and his 16 manok supporter is unravelling. Thsi time former FVR could be right.

Hinay hinay Mr President.    Let us be more circumspect for the nation.   You could be wrong too

In the meantime expect more rabid rallies from the leftist groups as what has happened at US embassy recently (DU30 will have problem whom to side? -  the police who helps in the drug war, or the rallyists?) and more leftist govt policies that could hurt the business.  This may foment instability

DU30 must be told; antics driving wedge vs allies and benefactors

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Rizal Philippines
October 1, 2016

Dutertes Antics...

Pres DU30s honeymoon with the press, allies, and supporters seem to be over.  The war vs drug is ok, the war vs corruption is ok but his outburst vs US, Pres Obama, EU appears to be exceeding the limits of propriety and good manners, if not to mention diplomacy and international relations.  We know that US imperialists did something unforgettable in the Philippines, but the summit was not the proper venue to ventilate this.

Some attribute the fall of the stock market and that of the peso to be caused by this misbehavior

He must be told.

Frats rule ?

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Rizal Philippines
September 12, 2016

I recently got into a conversation with a Senior Officer of a govt agency involved in mass health care of the country.  He had brilliant ideas being both a doctor of medicine and IT expert.  He is an expert in telemedicine and spent years studying this new field

However he could not get his ideas approved because most of his colleagues, he said belonged to another frat.  So I asked him, is this the way it is?  It is not the new President nor the law that rules.

Yes probably it is.  So frats rule the university;  they rule the country too?  So the San Beda  clan rule the country too?  Classmate ni Digong? He is not an exception.  Frats rule.

Another addiction to be cured?   Love of frats?  (Frat pins pain in the neck)

Bombing in Roxas District in Davao City kills 14, injures 60, DU30 declares state of lawless violence

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Rizal Philippines
September 4, 2016

There was a bombing in night market in Roxas district in Davao City that killed 14 and injured 60.  The bomb was alleged to be an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) made from mortar, according to Director General Bato PNP.  It was alleged to have been left by two women.

ASG who are under attack in Sulu claimed responsibility, probably as a ploy to relieve pressure on them as a diversionary tactic, to place PNP on defensive rather than offensive mode.


Pres. DU30 declared a state of lawless violence to heighten the awareness of PNP and AFP on security.  It is not supposed to suppress human rights, cancellation of the writ of habeas corpus, or warrantless arrest as being speculated by some congressmen.  All ready some solons are issuing alarmist statements that have many peaceful citizens to be worried

It has to be made on nationwide basis to protect centers of population in the country from further violence.  Thus there would be check points and frisking of vehicles to prevent travel of terrorists

Or it could be part of the scenario plot to weaken DU30 as envisioned and declared by former admin staff who said the plot was to focus electing the VP Robredo, have Duterte removed by various means that includes but not limited to stunting the campaign against drugs, shaming DU30 before the world (as D5) has done with CNN Friday.

Lady Solon now being cornered?

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Rizal Philippines
August 31, 2016

From DU30 news info

From Philstar

DU30 asked a lady solon, his arch enemy to resign and hang herself, for her connection with the illegal drug.  There are so many allegations that the lady should be ashamed of:

1.  Alleged Romantic liaison with at least 3 gentlemen (from the social media, not from this post)  (Was never denied) as a lady....

2. Alleged connection with the Ampatuan case;

3. Alleged links with Napoles (which is being denied)

4.  Alleged complicity in escape loss of witness for the newspaper man murder  case....(no wonder the one who got scot free is sympathetic to her)

for  person entrusted before to be in charge of justice

Witnesses are coming forward, inmates from NBP, friends, former staff from NBI (under the dept of the good lady) are turning balimbing against the lady.

That is too much embarrassment for thin skinned individual to be accued with such wrong doing. - transgression if you may.   But vengeance is not ours, not to the critics and pundits.  It belongs to the Lord and if we do not believe still in hell..... or the Bible....

The Lady Solon was noticeably absent today at the Senate when Sen Cayetano made his privileged speech vs the committee hearing on alleged EJ killings

SC Chief Sereno out to stop country's slide into anarchy; Duterte says advice by SC Chief to resist warrant less arrest dangerous

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Rizal Philippines
August 26, 2016

From Inquirer

SC Chief conducted a press conference yesterday saying that the courts are out to stop slide country into anarchy.  She is alarmed at the 1700 number of deaths that are drug related  perpetrated by the police and the vigilante.

Some reasons cited over the slow grind of justice are:    weak evidence by police, lack of personnel and courts to handle the ever growing number of cases especially from drug problems.

Sereno cited the independence of the judiciary and mentioned the courtesy call made by some justices to the President

In a speech today by Duterte at EastMinn command, he cautioned the chief justice for warning against warrantless arrest. He clarified as former prosecutor and as  a lawyer that arrest can be made when crime is to be committed and being committed.  To warn against such arrest can be dangerous.  He also disagreed that the incessant war vs crime and drugs is leading the country into anarchy.

We should be thankful that finally there is a leader who is focused to lead the country and its officials to do what is right:  to fight drugs and corruption.  The other do gooders can not think of other things to see the right from their own point of view, or simply go on doing what they thought was right (but have been corrupted) and /or defend the status quot.  In the words for former senator Enrile, PH won in a lotto for having Duterte

Ladies seem to be nemesis for Duterte:  Sereno and de Lima.

Pres Du30 is giving back respect and dignity to law enforcers - let us support this

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Rizal Philippines
August 26, 2016


Lucas Abelardo
For a long long time, we yearned for peace and order, for a police force that will serve and protect.  We have looked down on the police who are corrupt, kotong cops, rogue cops involved in crimes,who took care of criminals inside the jails.

Even police officers who are now solons were not able to raise the morale and standards of integrity in the police force.  Not even NAPOLCOM, and PLEB that were supposed to be check and balance for the police to be upright.

Now we have a President and Chief PNP who are sincere in their fight against crime, who seem to be honest and incorruptible, who are focused and dedicated to their promise and mission to have crime less Philippines.

Now there are the good ders who forgot about the rights of drug victims, and the crimes that follow after that - theft, domestic violence, murder, rape etc. not to mention corruption of the youth and moral fiber of the entire society.  It is better to muddle the issue, engage in more politics.  It is ok if they are Mr or Ms. Clean but one can puke at their behavior in the hearing (nakakasuka - pretending to be good especially if it can be finally proven that they are very much in cahoots with drug lord, and very much involved in Napoles (PDAF) case

This post is watching the movie of Lucas Abelardo starring Roi Vinzon, a police officer who crossed the path of a corrupt governor.   His superior the chief of police, the provincial commander all conspired to destroy Lucas Abelardo, an honest and dedicated police officer.  It seems to being repeated albeit on a national level and at the highest level, to castrate and render inutile the newly found goodness in the police.

Sana, the good will win over evil this time.  Sana manalo si Bato at DU30 Ba2 over D5.

Probers at Senate Hearing sympathetic to Bato on 2nd day of Senate Hearing on EJ

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Rizal Philippines
August 23, 2016

The Senators who questioned the various parties involved in EJ killing were more appreciative and  more sympathetic to PNP efforts to curb drugs.  Sen Gringo Honasan, Ralph Recto and Win Gatchalian asked questions that were friendlier to PNP and Chief Bato de la Rosa.  Chair Person Leila de Lima noted that the proceedings for the day were diverted from the drug related killing.

Sen de Lima in an unusual manner and out of order as Chairman asked leading questions and explained issues to the CHR head. regarding AO35; ie that the focus of the said AO was the killing of activists journalists and course oriented groups, hence the omission of drug killing from the list.   However it was an attempt to negate Cayetano arguments in labeling deaths from vigilante groups and in police encounters were Extra Judicial Killings, and thus the hearing was merely a ploy to embarrass PNP, DU30.

The AO was clear that killings that are related to other criminals or perpetrators of other crimes would be addressed differently (thus the killings that are drug related are also classified as EJ killings?  as if the former Sec was not very intelligent person and very methodical lawyer?)

In what appears to be scripted Q and A, the good senator tried to defend her position and thesis in holding this hearing.

That UN would intervene in case PHL do not act on this, and place PHL under its jurisdiction is uncalled for supposition.   Its an infringement on the sovereignty of the Philipines indeed as it deals with criminality.   Did UN intervene in the deaths in Colombia and Mexico that were drug related?

We should sympathize and support the Police and its chief Bato de la Rosa in this campaign, who admitted hirap na hirap na sila in the perforamnce of their duty and this negative reaction from top govt officials.   But many people at the grassroot expressed their gratitude that soon drugs and criminality will be over.

Tama na mga hearing that look like lobbying by drug lords

Longest SONA in history delivered by Pres Duterte today `1:32 hours and very practical and pro Filipino

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Rizal Philippines
July 25, 2016

The longest SONA in history was delivered by Pres. Duterte his first to the joint Senate and Congress session.  The emphasis again of the President was peace and his unending drive vs drugs, criminality and corruption.  Analyst would say that many of the pronouncement of the President which are pro people and pro poor would place him to be socialist, left of center.

Some of the key issues he tackled:

1  Announcement of unilateral ceasefire with CPP NDF. Let us not love one another more but hate each other less. The armed struggle is going nowhere;

2.  Federalism to promote ending peace in Mindanao; said we must emulate the French model.

3.  Some practical moves that touch the lives of many people:

      1.  Five year drivers license

      2.  License plate at Point of Sale (car dealers)

     3.  All OFW clearances within one building

     4.  Ten year passport;   more satellite offices for DFA for passport issuance

4. Relocation of Airport to Clark, for private jets and helicopter to Sangley

5.  3 day processing of docs both at local and national level.  He will follow the Davao template and even shame offices who will fail in this.

6.  More trains, extension of LRT services;  train tickets available at Malls and other locations

7. No demolition without relocation.  Businessmen who bought land can chip in for the relocation

     1. Rice subsidy to the very poor

8.  Environmental policies must not prevent industrialization

9.  Processes to be speeded up to encourage business coming in.

10  Human rights must not destroy the rest of the Filipino nation

11.   We need power to industrialize and coal is cheapest so far;  we cant agree to Kyoto protocol on carbon emission

12.  This is going to be a clean govt.   Even a whisper will merit investigation

13.  The drug lords are not here.  They are abroad

14  Full implementation of Reproductive Health law to limit size of families, make people workers more productive in their work

15  Faster internet:

     1.  Strengthening the broadband backbone

     2. Free wifi in public places:  seaport, airport, parks, libraries

The President clearly addressed the needs the issues of common people.  He advised Congress to pass the law that will give him emergency  powers to address traffic problems and make changes to merit approval of federalism

He needs the support of every one to make his drive vs drugs, crimes and corruption a success

He who is the cause is the cause of the cause.