In a commentary, Diwa Guinigundo, Member of the Advisory Panel of SMU’s Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics, opined that the Philippines does not need another political saviour but an integrity dividend. He stressed that this dividend cannot be produced simply by arresting a few prominent personalities or removing one political figure from office, adding that it requires institutions that work regardless of who occupy public office. Mr Guinigundo added that the Philippines needs a political and economic system that does not depend on saviours in the first place.
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