PRESIDENT PHILIPPINES

PARTIDO DEMOKRATIKO SOSYALISTA NG PILIPINAS

In response to a question posed by the mother of a football player reportedly killed by the NPA in a blast in Masbate, Gonzales wrongly claimed during a debate that the government had already repealed the law defining the crime of rebellion.

Gonzales classifies the COVID-19 pandemic as a “real threat” to the country’s national security. He wants health experts and scientists to lead in decision-making and provide recommendations to the government regarding pandemic response. He promises to ensure sufficient supply of vaccines throughout the country and implement a nationwide vaccination program. 

Virtual press conference, January 12, 2022

Gonzales seeks to strengthen the country’s pharmaceutical industry so that it can self-produce drugs and vaccines rather than rely on importations. He also wants to reorganize the medical community to give them more decision-making powers in handling health crises in the country.

Gonzales also proposes the concept of “sovereign wealth,” where the government will regulate the utilization of the country’s natural resources. This, he said, helps ensure that profits from these resources would not go to just a few people. 

Gonzales is promoting a more inclusive economy by encouraging the public to engage in self-employment and form micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). He says his government would provide opportunities to unemployed Filipinos and capital assistance to MSMEs. He would invite large corporations to further their businesses to provide more jobs in exchange for government incentives. 

Candid Dates 2022, Ateneo de Davao University, February 14, 2022

To address what he sees as an educational divide between the rich and the poor, Gonzales proposes a “uniform standard of education” for all schools nationwide. He is also pushing for a scholarship program for teachers to improve their quality of teaching, along with ensuring sufficient salary for them.

In terms of modernizing the country’s crop production, Gonzales proposes the classification of “strategic crops,” such as rice, in which the government shall guarantee its profitability for the farmers. He said that he would ask local officials to negotiate with landowners with large, unused spaces to lease their properties as additional housing locations for people living in congested areas.

Gonzales’ priority is attaining food security through what he calls a massive reform and reorganization in the Department of Agriculture (DA). He would see to it that DA employees will be working outside their offices in Metro Manila so they can assist and guide farmers in increasing food production.

Gonzales seeks to continue the whole-of-nation approach adopted by NTF-ELCAC in addressing the communist insurgency. He urges various stakeholders, including different government agencies, to support the military in negotiations with the rebels to peacefully end the conflict. He also wants to pursue localized peace talks. 

SMNI Presidential Debate, February 15, 2022

He is against the current war on drugs and proposes to negotiate with the leaders of countries that are the primary sources of illegal drugs, as an effort to prevent the entry of drugs here.

Once a citizen's army is in place, Gonzales sees that the Philippines and China will come to exercise “mutual respect” in connection with their dispute over the West Philippine Sea. 

Gonzales plans to increase the country’s reserve forces to anywhere between 10 to 20 million by mobilizing the youth and able-bodied Filipinos to participate in mandatory military training. As he sees that defending the country is the responsibility of every Filipino, Gonzales said that his national mobilization program will create a citizen’s army that will protect the country from external threas. 

Gonzales looks at governance problems as systemic. He wants to streamline processes in the bureaucracy to prevent corruption, and will ask government officials to adopt a transparent lifestyle. 

Gonzales’ primary advocacy is to change the political system – from presidential to a hybrid parliamentary form – through charter change. He also wants to convert all regions in the country into autonomous regions.

Bernard Austria

Milo Ibrado Jr.

Make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory?

EuroTV Aspirante: The Presidential Spotlight, February 6, 2022

Implement mass testing for COVID-19?

End contractualization?

Set a national minimum wage?

Allow ownership of corporations by foreigners?

Increase wealth tax?

Privatize utilities?

Provide pandemic stimulus for SMEs?

AdDU Candid Dates 2022 interview, February 14, 2022

Continue Build Build Build?

Allow return to face-to-face classes?

Allow military presence in schools?

Set mandatory return service for beneficiaries of Free College Tuition?

Make ROTC mandatory?

EuroTV Bilang Pilipinas interview, January 29, 2022

Continue the current design of the K-12 program?

Allow open-pit mining?

Allow land reclamation projects?

Recommission BNPP or nuclear power?

Push for passage of National Land Use Plan?

Continue war on drugs?

Prosecute Duterte in the ICC?

Allow ICC investigators to conduct a probe in the country?

Return PH into the ICC?

Abolish NTF-ELCAC?

Abolish PCGG?

Lower age of criminal responsibility?

Resume peace talks with CPP-NPA-NDF?

Restore death penalty?

EuroTV News video report, January 31, 2022

Review of China contracts?

Joint exploration with China in WPS?

Raise Hague Ruling at the UN?

Focus on bilateral talks for WPS?

Payment of damages for Gem-Ver fishermen?

Pass proposed baselines law?

In favor of abortion?

In favor of divorce?

CNN Philippines Presidential Debate, February 27, 2022

Total Election Results Processed

GONZALES, NORBERTO (PDSP)

PRESIDENT PHILIPPINES

NATIONAL

MARCOS, BONGBONG (PFP)

ROBREDO, LENI (IND)

PACQUIAO, MANNY PACMAN (PROMDI)

DOMAGOSO, ISKO MORENO (AKSYON)

LACSON, PING (PDR)

MANGONDATO, FAISAL (KTPNAN)

ABELLA, ERNIE (IND)

DE GUZMAN, LEODY (PLM)

GONZALES, NORBERTO (PDSP)

MONTEMAYOR, JOSE JR. (DPP)