Leaders of the Catholic Church believe that President Rodrigo Duterte did well in his first 100 days in office.
Though the Duterte administration is "not perfect," church leaders said they feel his sincerity to bring change to the country.
“I think he is doing well. Although sometimes he has a way with words and he is very loud... you can see that he has an objective,” Lipa Archbishop Ramon Arguelles, a member of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), said in an interview.
Arguelles mentioned Duterte's campaign against illegal drugs in the county as an example.
“That was his promise. Is there rape now that are drug-related? Maybe there still are but not that many unlike before. Do you feel more safe now when you walk in the street or do you feel safer before?” asked the Lipa prelate.
Though not in favor of the President, Arguelles admitted he appreciates Duterte's defense of the poor.
“He wants to improve the lives of the poor and I want him to continue doing that,” he said.
On the other hand, Bishop Noel Pantoja, national director of the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches also believes that Duterte's campaign promise "change is coming" is now coming little by little.
"It's not perfect, but the promised change is coming despite challenges," Pantoja said in a separate interview.
Source: Manila Bulletin
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