An international website just noted how President Rodrigo
Duterte’s war on drugs made the lives of the Filipinos better than years ago.
Another foreign contributor to Forbes had noticed how effective
the President’s tactics when it comes to fighting drug addiction in the country.
Even other countries like US, Cambodia, Indonesia loud the administration’s
strict campaign against illegal drugs.
According to a column by Panos Mourdoukoutas; “President
Rodrigo Duterte’s harsh tactics in fighting the drug war may have terrified
some in the Philippines. But Filipinos are better off today than they were two
years ago”
This was also according to an international survey firm –
Gallup, which finds an increase in the percentage of the Filipinos considered
their lives more positive or “thriving” since President Duterte assumed office.
Data from Gallup showed that there was a 28 percent of Filipinos
who considered themselves as thriving in 2017, while there was only 26 percent of
them for both years 2016 and 2015, placing the Philippines up by one notch in
the ranking of Asian-Pacific countries.
The Forbes writer also cited that the Philippine economy
under Duterte administration has been doing great, and was even ranked as the
world’s 10th fastest growing economy in the world for 2017.
“Part of this strong performance can be attributed to luck.
The Philippines economy has benefited from a revival in other Asian Pacific
economies that has boosted exports, which account for close to a third of GDP.
Exports from the Philippines rose 12.1 percent from a year earlier to USD 4.81
billion in April of 2017.” Mourdoukoutas wrote.
“Still, Duterte has maintained a stable macroeconomic
environment of low inflation and low debt to GDP ratio, which has helped
sustain a healthy consumer spending growth.” He added.
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