The contributions and Accomplishment of Rodridrigo Roa Duterte Administration

In his six years term.

A Term Paper

College of Criminology

New Era University

Ma. Daniela Segundo.

November 2021
1.0. Introduction

The President is the Head of the state and Head of Government, and functions as the

commander- in-chief of the Armed forces of the Philippines. As chief executive, the

President exercise control over all the executive departments, bureaus, and offices. The

President of the Philippines is like other countries it is elected by direct vote by the people

for a term of six (6) years. He may only serve for one term, and is ineligible for re-election.

For the past nearly six (6) years of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte Administration, since he

was elected as the President of the Republic of The Philippines last June 30, 2016. And

became the sixteenth (16th) president of the Philippines. There were people that always been

against of him people that still critic the way he led.

This term paper subject is to gather information regarding the satisfaction of Filipinos

towards President Rodrigo Roa Duterte Administration for the Past six (6) years of his term.

In this Term paper includes the contributions and accomplisment that made by the President

within only his term, intelligent information about the Filipinos remarks towards the

President with in his term.

2.0. Related Literature

2.1. Presidency of Rodrigo Duterte

Duterte is the first president from Mindanao[1] and the oldest person to be elected

president of the Philippines.[1] He is also the first Philippine president to have worked

in the three branches of the government.[1] Duterte was the mayor of Davao City at the

time of his 2016 presidential election victory, garnering over 16 million votes or about

39% of total votes, beating his closest rival by over 6.6 million votes.[2] Duterte's

approval rating has been relatively high throughout his presidency despite criticism and

international opposition to his anti-narcotics drive.[3][4]

Duterte started a nationwide campaign to rid the country of crime, corruption, and

illegal drugs. The war on drugs saw about 6,600 persons linked to the illegal drug trade

killed as of July 2019.[5]

Duterte prioritized infrastructure spending, initiating the massive Build! Build! Build!

Infrastructure Plan.[6] He enacted the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education

Act which paved the way for free college education in all state universities and colleges

nationwide,[7] and the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Law (TRAIN Law),

which lowered personal income tax and increased consumption tax on non-essential

goods.[8] He signed into law the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) which established

the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region.[9]

Duterte has pursued an "independent foreign policy", pursuing improved relations with

Russia and China, and lessening the country's dependence on its traditional ally — the

United States.[10] He has adopted a more friendly stance towards China compared to
 his predecessor and has set aside the previous government policy of using the

Philippines v. China ruling to assert the Philippines' claims over the South China Sea

and its islands.

Duterte resumed peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines in 2016, but

cancelled all negotiations in February 2017 following attacks and kidnapping of

soldiers by NPA members, officially declaring the CPP-NPA as a terrorist group.[11]

Following the Maute Group-led occupation of Marawi, Duterte has declared martial

law throughout Mindanao[12] which was later extended for two years until 2019 in a

bid to ensure order in the island.[13] The Battle of Marawi lasted for five months from

May 23 to October 17, 2017, the day after the deaths of militant leaders Omar Maute

and Isnilon Hapilon, with Duterte declaring Marawi as "liberated from terrorist

influence".[14]

2.2. Campaign against communist insurgency: Communist rebellion in the

Philippines.

In July 2016, Duterte directed his peace process advisor for the communist rebellion in

the Philippines, Silvestre Bello III, to lead a government panel in resuming peace talks

with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), the New People's Army (NPA),

and the National Democratic Front (NDF) in Oslo, Norway, expressing hope that a

peace treaty between the rebellions would be reached within a year.[134] The first talks

began on August 22–26, 2016, in which the parties agreed upon "the affirmation of

previously signed agreements, the reconstitution of the Joint Agreement on Safety and
 Immunity Guarantees which 'protects the rights of negotiators, consultants, staffers,

security and other personnel involved in peace negotiations',[135] and the accelerated

progress for negotiations."[136] In February 2017, due to recent attacks and kidnapping

of soldiers by members of the NPA despite the imposed ceasefire by the government

and the rebel groups, President Duterte cancelled all negotiations with the CPP–NPA–

NDF and signed a proclamation declaring them as a terrorist organization.[11] He also

ordered the arrest of all NDF negotiators.[137] Military offensive against the group

resumed after Duterte's cancellation of ceasefire.[138]

2.3. Anti-corruption efforts : Corruption in the Philippines

A key policy of the Duterte administration is corruption eradication.[139] Barely a

month after his inauguration as president, Duterte issued Executive Order No. 2 or the

Freedom of Information order,[140] which allows Filipinos to obtain documents and

records from public offices in a bid to promote transparency in the government.[141]

[139] On October 4, 2017, Duterte issued an executive order creating the Presidential

Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) tasked to eliminate all forms of corruption and

red tape in the executive department.[142][143] On May 28, 2018, he signed the

Republic Act No. 11032 or the Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government

Service Delivery Act of 2018,[144] which enhanced the Anti-Red Tape Law of 2007,

[139] and aims to reduce processing time, cut bureaucratic red tape, and also eliminate

corrupt practices.[145] The law also created the Anti-Red Tape Authority, which is

under the Office of the President, as key implementer of the said law.[145]
 Amid the corruption allegations within the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation

(PhilHealth), Duterte on August 7, 2020, issued a memorandum directing the

Department of Justice (DOJ) to create a task force that will investigate the widespread

corruption and irregularities within the PhilHealth.[146] On October 27, 2020, Duterte

ordered the Department of Justice and a newly created mega-task-force to investigate

allegations of corruption in the entire government.[147][148]

2.4. Support for death penalty: Capital punishment in the Philippines

During the 2016 election, Duterte campaigned to restore the death penalty in the

Philippines.[149][150][151] Duterte, who won the election in May 2016, supports

restoration of the death penalty by hanging.[152] It has been reported that he wants

capital punishment for criminals involved in illegal drugs, gun-for-hire syndicates and

those who commit "heinous crimes" such as rape, robbery or car theft where the victim

is murdered.[152] Duterte has theatrically vowed "to litter Manila Bay with the bodies

of criminals".[153] In December 2016, the bill to resume capital punishment for certain

"heinous offenses" swiftly passed out of Committee in the House of Representatives; it

passed the full House of Representatives in February 2017.[154] On March 7, despite

fierce criticism, especially from the Catholic Church, the House of Representatives

approved on 3rd and final reading the controversial bill.[155] However, the law

reinstating the death penalty stalled in the Senate in April 2017, where it did not appear

to have enough votes to pass.[156][157]