By Prince Golez
President Rodrigo Duterte sees democracy in the Philippines as a “work in progress.”
Despite one of Asia’s oldest democracies, Duterte said the country’s governance system is “not perfect” as corruption, poverty and peace and order issues remain as challenges.
“They weaken our institutions and deprive many Filipinos of democratic agency,” the President said during his intervention at the virtual Summit for Democracy Friday.
A democracy, he added, needs peace to survive and progress to be sustainable.
Meanwhile, Duterte promised to institute more reforms in the remaining months of his term, which will end in June 2022.
“Hard but necessary reforms needed to be made. Deep wounds of divisions needed to be healed. And stark inequalities needed to be redressed. All difficult undertakings – but we did what we could and should,” according to him.
“We will forge ahead with reforms ensuring that no one is left behind as my country recovers from the pandemic,” he added.
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