PBBM calls for digitalization, people participation in crusade vs. corruption

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00:00Tuesday afternoon to all, yours truly Joshua Garcia here for PDV News Now.

00:10Topping our breaking stories for this late afternoon, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.

00:14earlier today apprised his audience and the nation at large of government's latest efforts

00:19in its crusade against corruption, a two-pronged mix of greater people participation and digitalization.

00:25In his address at the 5th State Conference of the United Nations Conference Against

00:29Corruption Implementation and Review, the President stressed streamlining and digitizing

00:34government transactions and work methods will discourage and deny corrupt practices in the

00:39bureaucracy with more public access and transparency.

00:42For the digitalization part, the President cited the New Government Procurement Act,

00:47which standardizes electronic bidding and payment by way of government's electronic

00:51procurement system.

00:52On greater public participation, the President cited more people engaging in good governance

00:56by way of the electronic freedom of information platform.

01:02Yesterday's announcement of the President's pardon of his son, Hunter, on his two felony

01:05reps, illegal gun possession and income tax evasion stunned the Washington, D.C. establishment

01:11and drew immediate flack from both sides of the political aisle.

01:15With mouths still buzzing and tongues still wagging in disbelief on and off Washington,

01:20D.C., the fact is the President is mulling more people to grant the presidential seal

01:25of absolution for their federal and or criminal transgressions before the clock strikes midnight

01:30on the 21st of next month.

01:32Otis Biden has issued 25 pardons thus far before Hunter's yesterday.

01:36Meanwhile, former President and boss Barack Obama granted executive clemency to over 1,900

01:42individuals during his two-year term.

01:44George W. Bush, Jr. issued 200 pardons at the end of his term in presidency in 2009.

01:51For his part, President-elect Donald Trump pardoned 237 individuals in his first term

01:56as U.S. President, and one better believe the President and his staff are in review

02:00of the cases of people serving time right now and could well be free before America

02:06begins its appointment with the Trump 2.0 presidency over the next four years.

02:12The exiled Russian opposition group mulls a unified strategy ahead of Trump's official

02:16inauguration as the 47th President of the United States.

02:20The group looks to Trump to fulfill his campaign promise to end Russia's war in Ukraine,

02:25even if it meant losing American support for Ukraine's efforts against Russia.

02:30VOA special correspondent Elizabeth Cherneff narrates this report from Ricardo Marquina.

02:37After nearly three years of full-scale war in Ukraine, the Russian opposition to President

02:42Vladimir Putin is at a difficult crossroads.

02:45With the movement's prominent figures in exile and those left behind forced to remain

02:49silent or face imprisonment, the opposition finds itself with no clear leadership.

02:55One of Putin's main opponents, Ilya Yashin, welcomes us in Berlin, where he resides after

03:01being released from a Russian prison as part of a historic swap in August.

03:07The Russian opposition had a leader, Boris Nemtsov.

03:11He was killed.

03:13The Russian opposition had another leader, Alexei Navalny.

03:17He was arrested and poisoned in prison.

03:20Today, there is no current task to join around one person.

03:25It seems to me that it is much more important to consolidate around common values.

03:31The values of freedom and justice underpin the opposition's demands at a big November

03:36demonstration in Berlin, namely the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukrainian soil, freedom

03:43for political prisoners in Russia, and bringing Putin to justice.

03:47The transfer of power in Washington next month is cause for concern among Russia's opposition

03:52in exile, which is waiting to see whether Donald Trump's pledge to quickly achieve

03:56peace in Ukraine will represent a radical change in military and political support for

04:02Kiev.

04:03Putin has pledged to end the war before he takes office, but not said how.

04:07During a campaign debate in September, he refused to say that he wants Ukraine to win.

04:12Until now in the U.S. Congress, both Democrats and Republicans agree that Ukraine must be

04:19supported and that Putin is an aggressor.

04:21Now another president will come, but we think the Congress continues to allocate money and

04:27will continue to allocate money to Ukraine.

04:30But focusing solely on the actions or desires of the new administration is misguided, say

04:35some observers who consider it naive to think Putin wants peace.

04:40From Putin's point of view, the Russian army is advancing, the economy continues to hold.

04:46Now, for the Kremlin, there is no need to compromise.

04:49So I would say that Trump will really try, but sooner or later, most likely, the United

04:54States will return to help Ukraine, the war will continue.

04:58The war in Ukraine has been escalating ahead of the coming changes in Washington.

05:02Trump takes office January 20th.

05:05Meanwhile, exiled members of Russia's anti-war movement are trying to find a way to address

05:10a new reality.

05:12For Ricardo Marquina in Berlin, Elizabeth Cherneff, VOA News.

05:20And that's a wrap for this afternoon's breaking stories.

05:22Join us anew later on for the evening newsbreakers.

05:25Remember always to stay connected by catching the news right here.

05:28This is Joshua Garcia, and thank you for watching PTV News Now.

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