Davao City
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has vowed to end corruption by abolishing Congress, as
well as increasing the salaries of government employees, if he is elected
president.
Duterte
however, clarified that he has not decided yet to run in 2016, saying he is
still waiting for divine guidance.
“I will not
run if I think I can’t make significant changes or reforms in our country.
That’s why I am still awaiting for a sign from God,” he said.
The Davao
mayor said he would replace Congress with a parliamentary federal form of
government.
“If we will
follow the presidential form of government, it will take us 40 to 50 years
before we can achieve the needed reforms,” Duterte told guests during the
Federalism Forum here last Thursday.
He also
promised to streamline the bureaucracy, privatize the Bureau of Internal
Revenue and other government collection agencies, and put an end to insurgency.
He said
private and government workers earning P25,000 per month and below would be
exempted from paying taxes.
The tax
collection system will be simplified to avoid corruption.
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