MANILA: President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr on Friday urged mayors to prepare for emerging challenges and threats faced by local governance and stressed the importance of partnerships with other stakeholders.
Speaking during the first-ever Mayors’ Forum organized by the Department of the Interior Local Government and the United Nations , Marcos said the Mandanas ruling and the Local Government Code of 1991 aimed to make localities “more efficient, more empowered, and more self-sustained.”But “there are new challenges in both local and national levels” which were not anticipated when the local government code was created some 30 years ago, said Marcos.
“So I welcome this forum which seeks to harness the power of innovation, digital governance, resiliency building, to ensure that the government can better respond to the demands of the times and when I speak of government, I speak of government at every level,” Marcos said. UN’s support in the forum will also allow to boost the capacity building of local government units, he said, and the exchange of ideas and issues must be maximised to help mayors prepare for the future. Daily Express Malaysia
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