19 Jan

Reasons to Vote or Not to Vote for Duterte

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Election is the most significant day for year 2016. It is the when people should maximize the right to vote, especially for the highest position – Presidency.

Who is Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte? Why should Filipino citizens vote for him?

Let’s check his background and achievements, as an overview his service started in 1988 which is  more than 20 years now.

Elected Mayor Davao City Present

Mayor Duterte was able to handle a city which is four times the size of Metro Manila. The total square size of Davao City is 2,444 sq.km with the population of 1.5 M or can be the total population of Makati, Pasig and Taguig. The recorded economic growth of the city in 2014 is 9.4%. Lastly, the most famous recognition attained as 2nd Lowest Crime Rate in Southeast Asia next in Singapore.

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Source: rodrigoduterte.com

Davao City became the 4th Safest City on Earth,June 2015 and 2nd in ASEAN and also first in the Philippines to have Emergency 911  established in 2002 to where within 5 to 10 minutes residence can expect police, fire or medical response after their call through telephone or mobile phone.

People can tell the performance of their mayor.  In a City-Wide Social Survey on Davao City by URC Ateneo De Davao in cooperation with the SWS last 2014 most of the respondents were satisfied on the following categories:

  • Mayor’s Performance
  • Happiness Index
  • Peace and Order
  • City Budget Priorities
  • Economic Growth
  • Women’s Rights
  • Treatment of Lumads
  • LGBT Rights
  • General Cleanliness
  • Ease of Finding Job
  • Traffic System

His Landmark Policies are:

  1. Children Welfare Code of 1995
  2. Women’s Development Code of 1995
  3. Watershed Code
  4. Anti-Smoking Ordinance
  5. Rescue 911
  6. Anti-Discrimination Ordinance

You may also watch this video below to know what are the achievements of Davao City Mayor Duterte in the beginning and while serving.  For more details, you may  visit his website at www.rodrigoduterte.com. You would also like the following articles:

Pia Cayetano describes Duterte – Click here!
Only Duterte can reform PNP – Click here!

Here are the reason why you should not vote for Duterte

  1. Death Penalty – Duterte is known to be pro-death penalty and there’s a big chance that death penalty will be imposed again if Duterte wins. If you believe that life is precious and criminals also has the right to live then Duterte is not the one for you.
  2. Fire Cracker Ban – Davao is known to be fire cracker free city and they are strictly implementing this law. If you enjoy fire crackers especially during new year and believe that the accidents are because of careless people then do not vote for Duterte.
  3. Harsh mouth/Womanizer – One of his bad habit is saying bad words and being a womanizer. If you care more on the pleasing personality of the president rather than what he can do to our country then do not vote for Duterte. He will always tell you what you need to hear and not what you want to hear. He doesn’t mind showing you his true color. He is not a traditional politician that says only what you want to hear. He won’t deny deny being a womanizer just have a good image(many politicians do this despite of many floating evidence).
  4. Liquor Ban – If you love liquors and believe that road accidents that involved drunk drivers are just careless humans. This is possible if Duterte becomes a president because it is already implemented in Davao.
  5. Smoking ban – If you enjoy smoking and doesn’t care about the health of the people around you who also inhale the smoke of your cigarette then you may hate Duterte if he impose total smoking ban nation wide which is already being implemented in Davao.