PCOO Chief: Duterte legacy a norm in reporting gov’t actions to people
MANILA – Presidential Communications Secretary Martin M. Andanar said on Monday, September 6, that the Duterte Legacy campaign is now a norm in informing the public of what the government is doing for the people.
“Duterte Legacy
will become the norm of the government, kumbaga dapat nagrereport tayo sa ating
mga kababayan [we should report to our countrymen],” the PCOO chief said in
radio interviews with Radyo Bandera 95.7 FM Antique and 88.7 Oragon News FM.
“Noong mga
nakaraang administrasyon, wala naman talagang legacy campaign. Obvious po na
under the Duterte administration, hindi lang kapag mayroong SONA, hindi lang
pagrereport ng isang accomplishment ng isang ahensya. [During previous
administrations, there was really no legacy campaign. It is obvious that under
the Duterte administration, we don't only have the SONA and it is not just
reporting the accomplishments of one agency],” he added.
He mentioned that
the Presidential Communications Operations Office and its attached agencies are
in full force in setting the standard on how things should be done in
communications campaigns.
"Para makita
rin ng ating mga kababayan na pwede palang gumawa ng legacy sa kanilang lugar.
Hindi ito pagmamayabang kundi isang reporting system na kailangan talagang
gawin natin sa gobyerno. [So that our countrymen can see that a legacy can be
done in their area. This is not about bragging but a reporting system that we
really need to be doing in government]," Sec. Andanar pointed out.
Laging Handa and Duterte Legacy
Campaigns
According to Sec.
Andanar, the good relationship of the PCOO and Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng
Pilipinas (KBP) helped a lot in airing the Laging Handa Crisis Communications
through TV and radio stations who are KBP members.
He also expressed
his confidence in the streamlined government communications instrumentalities
through a much-improved social media presence of the government at present.
The PCOO chief
emphasized that these communications campaigns were able to successfully inform
the public of what the government is doing and its response in this time of the
pandemic. The Laging Handa campaign has been implemented since July 2016 until
now.
Under the Duterte
administration, the Build-Build-Build Program has been one of the biggest
projects, having generated 6.5 million jobs for Filipinos and contributed
almost 5 percent of GDP spending is allocated for infrastructures. This is why
the Duterte administration has been called the Golden Age of Infrastructure.
As of August 30,
2021, this flagship infrastructure program has constructed 29,000 kilometers of
roads, over 4,900 bridges, more than 450 seaports, over 214 airports, and more
than 150,000 classrooms nationwide.
Appeal to the public
The remaining 10
months of the Duterte administration is important and crucial to all Filipinos,
according to Sec. Andanar.
“Suportahan po
natin si Pangulong Rodrigo Roa Duterte for the remaining 10 months. One of the
most important months of our lives dahil gumawa na po ng roadmap si Presidente
on how the country will recover from the damage of the onslaught of COVID-19.
[Let us support President Rodrigo Roa Duterte for the remaining 10 months. One
of the most important months of our lives because the President has already
made a roadmap on how the country will recover from the damage of the onslaught
of COVID-19],” he said.
He appealed to the public to work together hand in hand with the President in the remaining 10 months so that he can build a strong foundation for the country to recover quickly after the pandemic. ###
