The benefit of the doubt has expired
The government must urgently start turning its authority into results to fulfill the promises made to the people in 1945.
The government's "benefit of the doubt" has run out after a year and a half of unfulfilled promises. In September 1961, 1,961 people fell ill after consuming food from the state's free nutritious meal program. Prosecutors seized the assets of the program's former head, including $240,000 found in a pickup truck. Smoke from Kalimantan caused schools in Malaysia’s Sarawak state to close and Manila's air to become unhealthy. The government's failure to turn authority into results has left the public feeling disappointed.
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