Balisacan: ‘It all boils down to how we select our leaders’

MANILA, Philippines — With the 2028 national elections approaching, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said the country must reflect on the way it chooses its leaders and professionalize the bureaucracy to achieve faster economic growth and catch up with its neighbors. In a roundtable discussion with Inquirer editors and reporters on Friday, Balisacan cited a