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Marcos to focus on 'immediate solutions' following midterms results

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. welcomes U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth during a courtesy call at Kalayaan Hall, Malacañan Palace, on March 28, 2025. Yummie Dingding, PPA pool

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Katrina Domingo

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/174771859910820250328bbm-hegseth-visit-HO5.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. welcomes U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth during a courtesy call at Kalayaan Hall, Malacañan Palace, on March 28, 2025. Yummie Dingding, PPA pool"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. welcomes U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth during a courtesy call at Kalayaan Hall, Malacañan Palace, on March 28, 2025. <em>Yummie Dingding, PPA pool</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — The government will now rush to deliver “immediate solutions” that will be “felt by the public,” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Monday.</p><p>Marcos issued the statement a week after the Philippines’ 2025 midterm elections, where only 5 of the 12 candidates in the administration ticket won seats in the Senate race.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/19/ayoko-ng-gulo-marcos-jr-open-to-reconcile-with-duterte-family-1650">&#x27;Ayoko ng gulo&#x27;: Marcos Jr. open to reconcile with Duterte family</a></div><p>The recent midterm elections showed that only 5 of the administration-backed senatorial candidates clinched seats despite the ruling coalition having big political names and machinery.</p><p>“Ngayon, talagang mamadaliin na namin ‘yung immediate solutions na puwedeng gawin kaagad at ‘yun ang aming – ‘yun ang mararamdaman ng taong-bayan mula ngayon,” Marcos Jr. said in the first episode of his podcast.</p><p>“Lagi kaming nakikinig sa kanilang hinaing, sa kanilang nagiging problema at hinahanapan natin ng long-term solutions,” he added. </p><p>In the same video, Marcos Jr. admitted that the election results showed that the public is “disappointed with the government.”</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>POLICY CHANGE</strong></div><p>The government is set to change several policies to improve the peace and order situation in communities, he said. </p><p>The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) have been instructed to deploy more roving patrols and personnel in communities, Marcos Jr. said. </p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/19/marcos-jr-i-want-to-be-respected-but-maybe-fear-is-better-1909">Marcos Jr: &#x27;I want to be respected but maybe fear is better&#x27;</a></div><p>“‘Pag may pumutok dito, may tatakbo na ‘yan – wala pang five minutes, may tatakbo na rito diyan na tinatanong kung ano ‘yung nangyari dito,” the President said. </p><p>“‘Yun ang dapat na mangyari… Visibility,” he added. </p><p>Marcos Jr. said he has also ordered for queues in transportation hubs to be shortened by removing several bottlenecks in entry points of train stations and airports.</p><p>“‘Yung mga hindi na kailangan doon, ‘yung pinagpipilahan, mga security check, mga kung ano-ano, wala ng – hindi na kasama sa ano ‘yan pagsakay... Tinanggal niya (Transportation secretary) lahat. Oh ‘di nabawasan ‘yung pila,” he said.</p><p>“So ngayon, in the same vein, iyon na nga part of the lesson of these elections, let&#x27;s go back to – ‘yung sa grassroots level na  kung inaalala ng tao, sinasabi, nagbabalikan dito, asikasuhin natin,” Marcos Jr. added.</p><p>A performance review is underway to assess if high-ranking officials in the administration are delivering results, the President said.</p><p>“Tama na ‘yung mga magagandang paliwanag with the good statistics at ‘yung mga kung ano-anong mga drawing. Basta gawin na lang,” he said. </p><p>“Yun ang – ‘yun actually, that&#x27;s the lesson we learned from this election. Don&#x27;t explain it to us anymore. Just do it.”</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YTRYu9bvxk8?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. admitted that the election results showed that the public is “disappointed with the government.”</p>

President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. admitted that the election results showed that the public is “disappointed with the government.”

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Marcos vows to focus on 'immediate solutions' following midterms results

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Published May 20, 2025 01:41 PM PHT

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