Some 92 percent of Filipinos believe the government should strengthen anti-corruption laws and collective mechanisms to implement and fulfill its international commitment to combating corruption, a recent Pulse Asia survey showed. READ:
The same survey showed 36 percent of respondents believe that controlling corruption will benefit the country’s economic recovery and development while 22 percent believe it will improve the plight of ordinary citizens.
Then they become more responsive. The public would feel that this government is serving us,” Manhit said.“Considering that the majority of our people are poor, imagine the responsive governance system—they can basically uplift the lives of our people because resources after resources are placed in the bureaucracy. That’s money spent coming from people’s taxes,” he added.
The same Pulse Asia survey showed 91 percent of Filipinos believe that to effectively control corruption, the government should cooperate with the different forces and groups in society like the civil society, academe, private sector, mass media, and ordinary citizens. “Bringing in even people who might not normally be vocal like the private sector, like the business sector. So, a whole-of-society approach can ensure transparency, accountability, and a responsive public sector. We just have to work together, continue pushing it and making it a top agenda of the government and society as a whole group in the Philippines,” Manhit said.
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