Good Governance

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Introduction

This critique paper is about the Policy on Good Governance and the Rule of Law, Chapter 7 of the Philippine Development Plan 2011-2016 of the Aquino Administration, published by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).

The Policy on Good Governance and the Rule of Law tells on how the Aquino Administration addressed the needs and rights of every Filipino citizens including the importance of having an open, efficient, transparent, and accountable government that will paved the way to a better-administered and corruption-free country.

In the World Justice Project Rule of Law Index 2011 report, out of 66 countries evaluated, Philippines ranks as the 31st, 33rd, 39th, 40th, 46th, 34th, 56th, and 47th, respectively, in terms of limited government powers, absence of corruption, order and security, fundamental rights, open government, regulatory enforcement, access to civil justice, and effective criminal justice, respectively. Therefore, the governance and the practice of rule of law in the country are relatively weak.

With the Strategic Framework of Aquino Administration, the researcher is interested in the developmental status and the level of implementation of the new and/or revised policies, procedures, systems, and programs, in response to the above-cited issues.

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In connection to the first strategic framework, which is to ensure high-quality, efficient, transparent, accountable, financially and physically accessible and nondiscriminatory delivery of public service particularly, the creation of a single portal, aside from online version of the Official Gazette, which is the country's official main publication, online Philippine Information Agency (PIA) was also created as the country's ...

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Saint Louis University (SLU) website: http://www.slu.edu.ph/index.php/headlines/294-2012-bpi-dost-science-awards

Official Gazette website: http://www.gov.ph/2012/02/08/dbm-sets-terms-of-engagement-for-civil-society-orgs-in-2013-budget-preps/

Department of Budget and Management (DBM) website: http://www.dbm.gov.ph/issuance/issuance/invitation%20to%20participate.pdf

Department of Budget and Management (DBM) website: http://www.dbm.gov.ph/index.php?pid=2&id=426

Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) website: http://www.dilg.gov.ph/news.php?id=497&newsCategory=Central

Paunan, Jerome Carlo R. (January19, 2012). 90 percent of LGUs practice transparency-Robredo from Philippine Information Agency website: http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=1&pdp=3&article=261326953355

Department of Justice website: http://www.doj.gov.ph/?page=38

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