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Pls. Pls. Summary this article: Anti-Corruption and good Governance?

March 16, 2010 by  
Filed under Asian Programming

The Anti-Corruption situation enumerates the following problems:
Bureaucrat’s lack of autonomy from big economic interests
Low pay of civil servants
Low social awareness of the deleterious effects of corruption
High tolerance for corrupt practices
The need for greater transparency, integrity and accountability in government transactions
Anti-corruption strategies are categorized into the following:
1. Punitive, which include lifestyle checks and strengthening the investigative capacity of the Ombudsman and making it like HK-ICAC
2. Preventive, which include procurement reforms, simplification of procedures in frontline services, opening up government projects to public scrutiny, and the enactment of the whistle-blower law.
3. Promoting Zero tolerance for corruption, which include values formation and mobilizing media and civic organization to deliver the message of societal reforms.
4. Bureaucratic reform strategies include government reengineering under EO 366, rationalizing the pay of government workers, promoting meritocracy through the recruitment of the best and the brightest, and capacity building for the government work force.
Still under the National Harmony theme is the chapter on Defense Against Threats to National Security which contain the following strategies:
1. The Philippine Defense Reform Program
2. Measures to upgrading the capability of the AFP over 6 years
3. Ensuring the observance of the ceasefire
4. Enhancing the ability to fight terrorism
The next chapter under Good Governance is Responsive Foreign Policy. The main goal of Philippine foreign policy is to protect the interest of the country by responding to the eight realities in the global and regional environment:
1. The United States, China and Japan are the determining influence of East Asia
2. Philippine foreign policy decisions have to be made in the context of ASEAN
3. The international Islamic community will become more important to the Philippines
4. The role of multilateral and inter-regional organizations in promoting common interests
5. The defense of the nation’s sovereignty and the protection of its rights over maritime territory
6. The country’s economic growth will continue to require direct foreign investment and trade promotion
7. The Philippines will benefit most quickly from international tourism
8. Overseas Filipinos will continue to play a critical role in the country’s economic and social stability
The final chapter of the Plan covers Constitutional Reform. Constitutional reforms intend to address the following problems:
1. Obstruction and delay in legislation and policy-making
2. The highly centralized system of government
3. Personalistic politics
4. Lack of accountable and functional political parties
5. Lack of domestic capital resources
The goal of constitutional reforms is to create more effective political institutions and more relevant and accountable political parties and to enact more liberal economic policies and encourage the entry of more investments and minimize judicial interference in economic decisions which has scared off investors.
The constitutional reforms needed are as follows:
1. Shift to a federal form of government
2. shift to unicameral parliamentary system
3. Reforms in the electoral and political party system]
4. Defining political dynasties and make its prohibition self-executory
5. Changes in the restrictive provisions on national economy and patrimony
The Plan’s specific programs shall also be fleshed out in more detail with the publication of rolling medium-term public investment programs, beginning with the 2005-2007 MTPIP. The Plan shall also be complemented by Regional Development Plans/Investment Programs which will come out before the end of the year.
The successful implementation of the Plan rests on the support of all sectors of society – the Legislative, the Judiciary, the local government units, the business community, responsive civil organizations, the media, and all sectors of society. In the President’s words, everyone must share the responsibility of moving this country forward.

Pls. pls. pls. do not joke on your answer I really need the answer asap
Thank You!!

Comments

2 Responses to “Pls. Pls. Summary this article: Anti-Corruption and good Governance?”
  1. P?nny Proud says:

    Sorry, I don’t do other peoples homework for them. I’m not joking.

  2. wild-man of Borneo says:

    Look in the real world.
    With Code of Honour of the Ten Commandments.
    With “In God we trust”
    In doing the work of God .
    To make this world a better place to live in time.
    While trying to be a “Better man” in time.
    Passing by as time-traveller with two hands
    But temptation is too great in having two bags at work.
    “One for you and one for me”
    No one will know about it in time.
    While the loots were glaring under the sun,moon and stars even on cloudy and rainy days too in own backyards
    1 Timothy 6.7.
    Luke 6.39-40,41-45,46-49
    What do you think?

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