Dear Presidential Aspirant,
The Former Senior Government Officials (FSGO) hereby offers to share with you, among intending candidates for President, our proposal for good governance reform, entitled, “A Do-Able Blueprint for Good Governance Reform: What a Good President and His/Her Cabinet Can Do Within the First Year of Office.”
FSGO is composed of individuals who served in government as senior officials at Cabinet and sub-Cabinet levels under six presidential administrations over the past forty years. Our members became drawn to band and to work together, pro bono, out of a shared commitment to the welfare and future of our country and people.
While knowing that many challenges will face the country’s next president, there are do-able, concrete and practical actions that could be pursued immediately by the next President if he or she is serious about instituting reforms. FSGO’s Do-Able Blueprint outlines some critical reforms to be undertaken by the new President and his/her cabinet within their first year. The specific reforms proposed in this Blueprint take an open bias for issues that provide the base for other reforms, have a direct beneficial impact on the poor and aim to strengthen basic democratic institutions.
In light of your possible bid for presidency in the May 2010 elections, we offer the Do-Able Blueprint as a set of directions that you may covenant with the electorate. The Blueprint does not include changes in economic policy, foreign relations or national security. We suggest the next President's creation of task forces to critically assess options for change in these strategic areas. There are no strings attached with this invitation to consider the Blueprint as you prepare and finalize your campaign platform for the elections.
We have enclosed the introductory section of the Do-Able Blueprint for your review. Should you be interested, we would be happy to provide you a copy of the full document and to brief you on our reform proposals.
The following FSGO members are available to brief you about the Do-Able Blueprint:
Angelito Banayo
Former Presidential Adviser
on Political Affairs
Mobiline 0917-743-1722
Leonor Briones
Former National Treasurer
Office of the National Treasury
Mobiline 0917-535-9884
Karina Constantino-David
Former Chair
Civil Service Commission
Mobiline 0917-834-3733
Vicente Paterno
Former Minister of Industry
Mobiline 0917-795-7974; Tel. 727-6877 (Len)
Teresita Quintos-Deles
Former Presidential Adviser on
the Peace Process
Mobiline 0917-807-0864
Please feel free to contact any of us directly to arrange a meeting.
Thank you.
With best wishes for our country,
In Behalf of "Former Senior Government Officials (FSGO)"
Vicente T. Paterno (FSGO)
Chairman, Board of Investments, 1970-1979
Minister of Industry, 1974-1979
