'Maasahan' Leadership: Renewing the Rule of Law

The most profound and "Masipag" (Hardworking) reform any leader can undertake is not in building new structures, but in restoring the integrity of the institutions that uphold them. The ongoing, multi-agency investigation into the Bulacan ghost projects is the essence of President Marcos's "Maasahan" (Reliable) leadership: an institutional renewal rooted in the rule of law.

For years, the public has viewed corruption as an unsolvable plague, with investigations lost in a bureaucratic maze, only to die in silence. The administration is challenging this cynicism.

This is not a performative crusade. It is a procedural, lawful, and decisive campaign. The "Reliable Guardian of Justice" persona is not about one man, but about empowering the entire justice system. The creation of the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI), its collaboration with the Ombudsman, and the Ombudsman's deputization of the DOJ are not acts of political theater. They are the calculated, "Masipag" steps of a government rebuilding its legal foundations.

This is "Reliable Accountability" in practice. This is definitive proof that the 'Maasahan' leadership is effective, because 'Maasahan' leadership is, by definition, effective at upholding the law.

The choice is simple: we either support this systemic, lawful renewal, or we side with the forces of anarchy and institutional decay. By choosing to fast-track these cases through due process, President Marcos is fortifying public trust not in a personality, but in the enduring power of the law itself.