{"id":203734,"date":"2019-02-24T19:17:37","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T00:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=203734"},"modified":"2019-02-24T19:17:37","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T00:17:37","slug":"all-campaign-promises-fulfilled-except-edsa-traffic-duterte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/02\/24\/all-campaign-promises-fulfilled-except-edsa-traffic-duterte\/","title":{"rendered":"All campaign promises fulfilled, except Edsa traffic: Duterte"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his speech during the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-LABAN) campaign rally at the Alonte Sports Arena in Bi\u00f1an City, Laguna on February 23, 2019. (Simeon Celi Jr.\/Presidential Photo via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— President Rodrigo R. Duterte said that he has fulfilled almost all his campaign promises in 2016 except solving traffic congestion on Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA).<\/p>\n

Duterte said that halfway into his term, he already fulfilled most of his promises including the signing of notable measures into laws such as the free tuition, universal health care and Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlam mo… ang TRAIN…nangako ako sa inyo. Wala akong pangako na hindi ko natupad except ‘yang Edsa (You know, TRAIN\u2026I made promises to you. I never made promises I couldn\u2019t keep except Edsa),\u201d Duterte said i<\/em>n a speech during the PDP-Laban campaign rally in Bi\u00f1an City, Laguna.<\/p>\n

\u201cNangako ako na<\/em>\u00a0free tuition,\u00a0nandiyan na ang batas. Nangako ako na<\/em>\u00a0free universal health care,\u00a0pirmado ko na ang batas<\/em>\u00a0(I promised for free tuition, the law is signed. I promised free universal health care, it\u2019s also signed),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Duterte noted that his administration has also increased the wage of soldiers and policemen and will soon adjust salaries of teachers.<\/p>\n

He also promised to negotiate with the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), the faction of Nur Misuari.<\/p>\n

Moreover, Duterte renewed his vow to end the illegal drug trade in the Philippines in the remaining three years of his term.<\/p>\n

He also \u201cpleaded\u201d to the public, especially the youth to stay away from illegal drugs.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Duterte asked the crowd to tell him what other promises he failed to keep so he could fulfil them.<\/p>\n

\u201cAno pa naman gusto<\/em>\u00a0(What more do you want)?\u201d Duterte asked.<\/p>\n

Emergency powers?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last year, Duterte admitted that the country\u2019s worsening traffic crisis cannot be solved without money involved.<\/p>\n

Duterte said his request for emergency powers would have sped up transport projects that would help mitigate traffic.<\/p>\n

\u201cEdsa, right at the beginning, we raised the possibility of being granted emergency powers. You cannot improve on things without money nowadays,\u201d Duterte said in a televised t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate with Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo at the Malaca\u00f1an Palace on September 11, 2018.<\/p>\n

Duterte said he would no longer push for emergency powers and leave Edsa \u201cas it is\u201d since some legislators doubted the integrity of his Cabinet members and his promise to lead a government that is free of corruption.<\/p>\n

\u201cKung wala kayong tiwala sa\u2019kin, di \u2018wag na. Ako na ngayon ang tumanggi, ayoko na (<\/em>If you don\u2019t trust me, then never mind. I\u2019ll be the one to refuse, I no longer want it),\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

He further said he respected the independence of Congress but if he could not mitigate traffic in Metro Manila and other urban areas, perhaps \u201csomebody else\u201d could.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet it be done by somebody else. (It\u2019s) somebody else\u2019s turn not mine,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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