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SONA 2020 Promise Tracker: Corruption and Good Governance

By Klaire Ting | Jul 22, 2021 12:27 PM

Ending corruption in three to six months is one of President Rodrigo Duterte’s most well known promises. After five years in office, Duterte, during a Feb. 24 pre-recorded Meeting on COVID-19 with cabinet members, admitted that fulfilling this vow was “impossible.”

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SONA 2019 Promise Tracker: Corruption and Good Governance

By Klaire Ting | Jul 24, 2020 2:44 PM

Ending government corruption is a campaign promise and an oft-repeated commitment of President Rodrigo Duterte since he took office in June 2016. However, most of his anti-corruption efforts had been marked with sacking and recycling of officials.