Attaining Good Governance in the Philippines

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According to Thomas Hobbes, “man by nature is evil” because people have its diverse interest and selfishness that makes the world became a chaotic ground. Thus, people form a leviathan in which they surrendered their rights to the state particularly to the government to have not just simply equality, but merely justice and security. The government is the one who is capable and responsible in making and implementing laws and policies that must obey by all people to be able to live in peace and order. However, as we give our consent to this entity to serve as a mediator and tends to be the one who will balance and solve the conflicts among people, it became a great field for those opportunistic people to achieve power that they are using to expand their influence. That is one of the problems that the Philippine government is facing today, our constitution has a lot of loopholes simply because the elites and those political dynasties only have the power inside the government and the capacity to form laws which is basically favorable to them. But what will be the remedy to solve this problem? On the latter part of this paper, we will suggest a solution that will be a possible answer to the problem and help to attain the true meaning of good governance in the Philippines.
Because of the feeble institutions and disproportionate representation, it made the state poor so the amendment of laws or charter change is one of the things that we consider and many people also think as the solution to the problem. The people in the system are eating the mere system and not the system itself eating the people. Through charter change, the soul of the Philippine constitution will have a more concrete direction into fulfillment of its full sense and effectivity at the same time; it will make the system move on its primary function. Amending the constitution will lead the Philippines a lot of advantages such as much efficiency, economic viability, higher transparency, less corruption and provide governance that most people want. One of the possible indicators that can make change is amending the laws through the use people’s participation and initiative to achieve the core essence of good governance. Hence, the good governance will reflect to its policies and laws implemented by the government.
Justice is the ear to let the deaf hear the two sides of the story and reveal the truth that is not seen by the blind to make their ailments to be healed.

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