Several Netizens and social media personalities countered President Duterte’s statement that it is impossible to have a clean government.
In his recent statement, the President said he would do everything to address corruption in the government. However, he also said that it would be impossible to ‘perfectly’ rid the government of corruption.
“I would dedicate the last remaining months of my stay in the office of the President going after corrupt people,” he said in his latest public address.
“Do not expect me to entirely clean, pristine clean the bureaucracy. That is impossible, and cannot really be achievable,” said Duterte.
Netizen @markizophrenia disagreed with Duterte by citing the example of Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto.
In his tweet, the Netizen said Mayor Sotto proved that a clean government is achievable and that other leaders can do it, too.
“No, Duterte. Clean government is achievable. Mayor Vico Sotto did it. If he can do it, then other leaders can do it, too. That’s why we have to #RegisterToVote #Halalan2022 “
No, Duterte. Clean government is achievable. Mayor Vico Sotto did it. If he can do it, then other leaders can do it, too. That's why we have to #RegisterToVote #Halalan2022 ❗❗❗ pic.twitter.com/e1a22nYEqn
— #SOGIEEqualityNow #TayoAngLiwanag (@markizophrenia) February 25, 2021
Kapamilya journalist Chiara Zambrano also reacted by retweeting Duterte’s statement alongside Mayor Vico’s tweet regarding the US State Department‘s recognition of him being one of the Anticorruption Champions in the world.
— Chiara Zambrano (@chiarazambrano) February 25, 2021
Netizen @rryyyaaaannnn also mentioned Mayor Vico in his rebuttal to Duterte’s latest statement.
“Kung si Mayor Vico Sotto ay isa sa 12 recipients ng International Anticorruption Champions Award si Rodrigo Roa Duterte naman sa nalalapit na panahon ay magiging convicted ng International Criminal Court.”
https://twitter.com/rryyyaaaannnn/status/1364435799698145286
The US State Department has recently recognized Mayor Vico as one of the anti-corruption champions around the world.
Congratulations to Victor Sotto from The Phillippines on being selected as an Anticorruption Champion! @USEmbassyPH
Read more at https://t.co/0sWpYVsLbF pic.twitter.com/3rC1mzKFv0
— US Dept of State INL (@StateINL) February 23, 2021
According to the write-up, Sotto is a standard-bearer for a new generation of Philippine politicians who prioritize aanti-corruptionand transparency initiatives in their election campaigns and in office.
Sotto in 2019 has been hailed for breaking the decades-old rule of the Eusebio family. He also quickly picked-up admiration of people both in Pasig and many parts of the country for his trailblazing leadership style.
