(Eagle News)—The Palace on Saturday, March 2, welcomed the Philippines’ improved ranking in the World Justice Project’s 2019 rule of law index.
“The Duterte administration has been tirelessly working on these since Day One and we are pleased of the Philippines’ improved global rank in 2019 (from 88 out of 113 countries in 2017-2018 to 90 out of 126 countries in 2018-2019) as a result of our initiatives. We will not rest and continue exerting efforts on this aspect,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a statement.
According to Panelo, the WJP’s criteria to determine effective rule of law–“reducing corruption, combating poverty and disease and protecting people from injustice large and small”– are “all embodied in the Duterte administration’s Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022 with the following strategic outcomes: enhancing the social fabric; inequality-reducing transformation and increasing growth potential.”
He said, however, that the executive branch “cannot do it alone.”