State of our nation

PERCEPTIONS

- ARIEL NEPOMUCENO

Where we are as a nation needs no further debate. Neither do we need an advanced degree in economics and political science to sense where we are heading. In the global stage, are we progressing in the highly competitive environment of nations who naturally pursue the welfare of their own citizens? Internally, do we walk in cadence towards a common strategic agenda that will deliver the proverbial better future for everyone?

Just keep seeing the conditions in most of our streets, not those in BGC or the business side of Makati or Ortigas Center. And continue listening both to the repressed frustration and open clamor for change by our people who resiliently survive the daily challenges of financial insecurity, traffic woes, inflation, endless reports on government inefficiencies and corruption.

No less than President Bongbong Marcos Jr., during his recent address to the nation, expressed his exasperation on the alleged abuses committed in flood control projects. He resented the years that took to finish the needed infrastructure and the wasted funds that were used to build them. He called for an end to these and demanded accountabilities.