The government wants to ensure that inclusive growth benefits everyone in 2013 through job generation and pro-poor programs, a Palace official said Saturday.
A recent Social Weather Station survey showed that nine out of 10 Filipinos are looking forward to 2013 with hope. In a radio interview over state-run dzRB Radyo ng Bayan, Deputy Presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said the administration is still focusing on job generation as well inclusive growth.
“We see that the GDP (gross domestic product) has been surprising everybody; it seemed to be candid about it in the sense na the third quarter was really a very pleasant surprise for everybody,” she said.
The survey results indicated that 92 percent of those surveyed were hopeful rather than fearful of the coming year. This was the predominant sentiment among respondents in Luzon (96 percent), Metro Manila (93 percent), and the Visayas (93 percent).
The survey was conducted from December 8 to 11. Mindanao residents, however, were less enthusiastic about the coming year’s prospects. Only 85 percent of those polled in Mindanao said they were hopeful.
Also, with 2013 being an election year, Valte said the administration wants to do away with too much politicking so it could focus on governance. “On the part of the executive, while it may be an election year, the work in government still goes on. The work in government will continue despite the fact that it is an election year,” Valte said.
The Commission on Elections (Election) has already come up with the list of the dates that are important particularly the start of the campaign period for the local and national levels. [PNA]
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