Press secretary says timeline for accountability set for ‘sometime after the election, ideally’

Patience Is a Civic Virtue

MANILA — The Office of the President issued a statement Thursday assuring the Filipino public that “all outstanding issues of governance, accountability, and basic service delivery” are scheduled for resolution by the next administration, which officials described as “a fresh set of hands with no legal exposure to the current situation.”

Press Secretary Delfin Mamayang called the timeline “realistic and frankly generous, given what we have been working with.”

The Issues in Question

The statement listed forty-three outstanding matters including unresolved infrastructure contracts, a pension fund shortfall described in internal documents as “a number we try not to say aloud,” and the locked government office referenced in a previous Commission on Audit report that has now been unlocked to reveal a second locked door.

“These are complex problems that require sustained attention,” Mamayang said. “That attention will be sustained by whoever wins in 2028. We are building the foundation for their urgency.”

Opposition Responds

Opposition senators called the statement “a masterwork of managed expectations.” Senator Catalina Exasperated noted that the current administration had, upon taking office, promised to resolve issues left by the previous administration, which had made the same promise, creating what she called “an accountability conveyor belt that has never delivered anything.”

The Official Gazette confirmed the statement had been filed under “government commitments,” a folder that, sources say, is very large and rarely opened.

SOURCE: https://bohiney.com