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MANILA’S MAYOR: YORME

A POLITICAL TERM PAPER

January 2020
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Abstract

Many have been mayor of the city of Manila, there is "Erap" and "Lim" who is still
arguing over who maybe the mayor of Manila. Manila will see a three-way race among
reflectionist Joseph “Erap” Estrada, former Mayor Alfredo Lim and Francisco “Isko” Moreno
Domagoso, social welfare undersecretary. All three officials have expressed their desires to bid
for the local seat in previous months. So far, only Lim and Moreno have filed their certificates of
candidacy at the Commission on Elections office in Intramuros., but everyone is surprised that
Isko Moreno won the 2019 election for Mayor in Manila. Isko Moreno defeats Manila’s old
mayors, Moreno expressed his gratitude to Manila voters for their trust and support. He said his
victory was a huge “challenge” for younger politicians like him. During the time of the former
mayor many were doing illegal activities in the city of Manila such as fake diplomas, I.D fakes
and much more. You have not been able to clean Manila before because of the bad running of
the former Mayor of Manila. But now the table has turned the city of Manila into a state of good
and orderly administration as Mayor Isko Moreno recently launched a massive cleanup operation
in his first month on the job, organizing informal hawkers that used to crowd the streets and
public places and ordering a more efficient garbage collection system, among other efforts.
Moreno also claimed that what he actually sought to stop is the illegal business of so-called
“organizers,” that is to extort money from street vendors in the form of rent. Moreno met with
members of the Manila City School Board to inform them of his plans to install solar panels and
rainwater collectors at the rooftops of the school buildings for energy conservation. Mayor Isko
Moreno knows how the street runs; he said that when he was a child he pick up recyclable
gargabes and bring it to the junk shop for him to provide his needs. He became infamous when
he once used “balbal” languages or street language on one of his works. These is one of Mayor
Isko Moreno’s edge to his opponent, he experienced all this stuffes and he did not want his
fellow mans to experience that’s why he make way for them. All of these problems that the city
of Manila faced is solved by this young mayor. He fulfilled his once promise when he was
proclaimed as the new mayor of Manila he said that “"Mas aasenso ang bayan 'pag bata ang
mayor. [Translation: This city will be better if the mayor is more youthful.]”. His brilliance in his
leadership was become popular in the whole nation. In fact, some of the mayors and different
individuals in different cities are idolizing him and his works. They were so inspired by his
works so that they also do what Mayor Isko does and eventually, all the other mayors of our
country continue doing this for the betterment of our country.
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INTRODUCTION

Moreno started his political career when he elected and sworn as councilor for Manila’s
first congressional district in 1998 and reelected in 2001 and 2004 respectively. In 2007, he later
became vice mayor of the city. He took a crash course in Local Legislation and Local Finance at
University of the Philippines. He then studied public administration in Pamantasan ng Lungsod
ng Maynila (University of the City of Manila) while fulfilling his alderman duties.During his
election campaign, he criticised what he called a “black propaganda” by opponents, but did not
pursue any charges.Domagoso eventually won the elections, beating the closest rival by about
80,000 votes. Moreno also serves as vice chairman of the Manila Historical and Heritage
Commission and studies Law in Arellano University. In May 2012, Joseph Estrada, the former
President of the Philippines, announced his intention to run for Mayor of Manila but only for one
term in 2013. He intends to run with Domagoso, who is running for re-election as Vice Mayor.
Domagoso said Manileños welcome Estrada and his wife, adding that they will try to make their
stay in Manila comfortable.“We are humbled that the former president of the Philippines will
live and stay in Manila,” Moreno said. “We are thankful he had chosen Manila,” he added.

The 44-year-old mayor of Manila has barely warmed his seat at city hall and it’s too early
for him to be distracted from his plans and programs. When asked by reporters on Saturday if
seeking the presidency in 2022 has ever crossed his mind, Moreno – Francisco Moreno
Domagoso in real life – categorically said that he had no plans to seek higher office and that his
focus was on his mandate to serve the people of Manila. What he wants to do after his term, he
said, is to share his experiences in local governance from which others may draw lessons.

Similar to other local officials, Moreno’s office as chief of Manila started on July 1. He
defeated long-time mayor and former president Joseph Ejercito Estrada in the midterm election
last May. Similar to other local officials, Moreno’s office as chief of Manila. Moreno’s first
cleared the chaotic Claro M. Recto Avenue in Manila’s large Divisoria commercial district
where the four-lane road was previously packed with street vendors Manila Mayor Isko Moreno
Domagoso cleared up the busy streets of the country’s capital, moved to restore its cultural
heritage and warned schools on class suspensions after just a few days of working as mayor. The
new mayor of Manila was hands down the most visible local chief executive in his first week of
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office, seen in public, on TV, and on social media holding a loudspeaker to dialogue with street
vendors one day, and wielding a sledgehammer the next to destroy things that sullied his vision
of a clean, vibrant Manila. Filipinos who went there after the operations posted photos online of
how clean and passable, they are. Moreno then led his first command conference at the Manila
Police District where said he wanted "order in the streets," better results in the fight against crime
and illegal gambling, and also illegal drugs, but stressed he wanted the latter carried out "with
respect to human rights." “Umpisa na 'to ng tunay na pagbabago”said by Isko moreno

The First 100 Days in Manila

A crisis hit Isko Moreno’s schedule before midday that Monday, September 23. A
building has collapsed, and two men are missing. Lights, camera, action. He was being paid a
courtesy call by pastors, but the conversation about God had to be cut at an unexpectedly
ungodly time. He bowed for their prayers, and, with his entourage of aides, ran to his mayoral
car – a shining white SUV with inch-thick windows. People had spilled to the streets when he
arrived, sweating under a clear sky. They attempted to snatch details where the sound of a
tsunami of rocks earlier came from: a Hotel Sogo undergoing demolition, covered in green nets,
its facade intact, while the rest had been reduced to rubble. Cops, medics, and firemen told him
the situation didn’t look promising, and he strode to an Angel’s Pizza store, one of the few
restaurants open, and asked the staff to close off the store for the day. “This will be our command
center,” he said, telling the police, fire, and hospital officials to huddle over plastic chairs and
tables. When he came out of the make-shift base, he refused to grant interviews to reporters for
the first time. They were trying to save lives, he said. He didn’t have time. By the end of the
afternoon, two construction workers were pulled from the mountain of cement, dead. But the
mayor couldn’t allow a sad ending. His voice breaking after announcing the deaths, Moreno
ordered aid for the bereaved families, and directed the city engineering office to review
demolition works with the assurance that the city wouldn’t lose more of its men to its ruins. And
cut!
In the capital, every day is a story, and so far, it has starred and has been directed by the
one-man show that is Isko Moreno. But in Moreno’s first 100 days as mayor, he has seen that
managing a city requires more than just the showmanship he has masterfully executed in his
campaign. There are body counts to work with, and buildings do not crumble on their own. And
there was a system, an oversight of a government that he now leads that has allowed it to happen.
The mayor has to act. "The City of Manila is really challenging. There is tyranny all over, and a
certain level of anarchy in our streets and some agencies, chaos, and a lot of disorder," Moreno
said.
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Want to know where Isko Moreno is? Just open his Facebook page. He's always live. His
Facebook live videos have become his main connection to his constituents. It even paints his
schedule more accurately than the advisories released by his public information team the day
before, as he often goes on inspections unannounced, and then cancels his attendance to events
when he feels the need to be in an urgent operation, say, the dismantling of a gambling den.
Rappler charts his broadcasts – all 263 of them – ever since he assumed office on June 30
up to October 7. The statistics show the mayor’s priorities in his first 100 days.

Figure 1: The reason why Mayor Isko Moreno uses Facebook Live.

Moreno has gone live for a total of 10,706 minutes. Half of the time, he stays inside the
city hall, and half of the time, he’s out. Each broadcast on average is 40 minutes long, with the
shortest live clip just 10 seconds for a pray over, and the longest live marathon 225 minutes
during the Hotel Sogo fall. Including weekends, Moreno on average goes live two to three times
a day. The two activities with the most broadcast minutes were both done outside his office:
speaking engagements with 2,424 minutes, and inspections with 1,863 minutes. These are then
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followed with activities held inside the city hall: city programs with 1,507 minutes, meetings
with 1,474 minutes, and his weekly The Capital Report program, which totals to 1,174 minutes

Figure 2: The schedule of Mayor Isko Moreno for going live online.

As expected, most of his broadcasts are within workday hours. But he also went live at
night frequently, with 28 evening broadcasts, and 21 late-night broadcasts. His latest live video
was up at 1:49 am on September 16 to announce to the public personally that there were no
classes in the morning. He has also gone live 13 times even before office hours – as early as
4:13 am, for example, for a random inspection on October 6. Moreno’s live broadcasts have at
times gone beyond the normal ambit of officials, as he also went live for 4 minutes on August 13
during a tooth operation. On July 20 at 11 pm, he spent 24 minutes telling Manileños where to
watch the Pacquiao-Thurman boxing bout the next day. The broadcasts are all in accordance
with his first executive order: that Manila will have an open government, which to him includes
self-imposed surveillance. That Moreno spent most of his time in speaking engagements is not
surprising. When he steps into a room, he knows everyone looks and falls in line for a selfie.
When he speaks, he knows everyone listens. Some have called it Iskomania.
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When President Rodrigo Duterte said he was impressed with Moreno, he first praised him
for his charisma, saying that he watches Moreno's speeches. “Ito, lesson learned ko talaga, meron
kaming ginagawa with regard to our communication: to change the mindset. Tingin ko lang, ha?
Kasi mura eh, libre. Kasi laway lang ang puhunan,” Moreno said in a Rappler Talk interview.
(This is what I really learned, and it’s what we’ve been doing with our communication: to
change the mindset. I think this is the right approach. It’s cheap, and it’s free. My mouth is my
capital.) There’s a certain method of choosing which speaking invitations Moreno accepts. He
prioritizes Manila-based organizations, and business and professional organizations. He has
spoken to business organizations such as the Philippine Chamber of Commerce & Industry, IT
and business process association forum, the Catholic business forum, the Foundation for
Economic Freedom, GoNegosyo forum, and the Metrobank Foundation. These do not include his
meetings with the country’s tycoons. He also delivered speeches to influential organizations,
such as the Philippine Judges Association National Convention, the International College of
Surgeons, the Rotary Club, and Junior Chamber International. On average, he speaks for 63
minutes per engagement, and with 41 delivered, he has mastered the delivery of his invitation for
the audience to hope in Manila again. He begins by lamenting how the capital has fallen over the
past administrations. Moreno usually uses the word “chaotic” and “dugyot (dirty)”, then shifts to
describing it simply as “sleeping” and “napabayaan (neglected).” Then comes the invitation to
help him in his commitment to restore their crumbling city to its old glory. “I want to do a lot of
things, but I cannot do it alone. We cannot do it alone,” Moreno has repeatedly said in his
speeches. Moreno is not a detail-oriented speaker. When he speaks to businesses, he only talks of
having “incentives” for them to set up in the capital. When it comes to Manila’s debt, he does not
give a point-by-point presentation on how to diminish their P4.4-billion account. Once in a
forum, he was asked what Manileños could do to beat traffic, he only said, “It’s a fact of life.”
Yet these speeches have produced tangible results. The returns come in the form of donations
and partnerships, most notably with top fast-food chains agreeing to employ senior citizens in
Manila. Meanwhile, the Manila Lions Club donated 120 wheelchairs, and the Inner Wheel Club
of Rizal turned over 300 bottles of dextrose for Manila’s hospitals. His meetings with the
country’s wealthiest, he said, resulted in commitments for donations and even promises to set up
business headquarters in the capital. Pressed to disclose more information, he said: “Ayaw ko
silang pangunahan. Maghintay lang kayo at mag-abang.” (I don’t want to pre-empt their
commitment. Just wait and see.)

On his first full day as mayor, Isko Moreno went on overtime. At 6 pm on July 1, he
walked out of the City Hall across the Bonifacio Monument and toward mountains of garbage.
Dubbing the historic area as having deteriorated into a “new Smokey Mountain” – in reference to
the actual garbage dump in Tondo – he ordered that the monument be cleared within the day.
“Kung hindi natin kayang linisin ang sarili nating bakuran, ano pa kaya ang Maynila?” Moreno
said. (If we cannot clean our own backyard, then how else can we fix the entire Manila?) Since
then, he has led at least 45 inspections around the capital, taking around 42 minutes each. The
earliest started at 4:13 am, and the latest began at 12:28 am, prompting people to ask, “How does
Isko Moreno sleep?” “Mahilig talaga siya sa aksyon (He really likes action),” said Cesar Chavez,
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Moreno’s chief-of-staff, who tags along on his inspections. Prior to President Duterte's order for
mayors to clear the roads across the country, Moreno had already conducted at least 16
inspections. Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año
described him as a “model mayor” in an interview with Rappler. “He’s a man of action and
conviction. Kung ang mga mayors ay gagayahin si Mayor Isko, for sure, wala silang problema sa
elections,” Año said on September 17. (If mayors can copy Mayor Isko, for sure, they wouldn’t
have a problem in the next elections.) The Bonifacio Monument – where during his first week as
mayor he spotted scattered human feces and plastic cups brimming with piss – is now water-
blasted and swept clean, repainted, and lit by lamps hanging from trees. True to his statement
upon assumption, he has cleaned his own backyard. He struggles with the rest of the vast city. He
followed the President’s orders to take down all road obstructions, even the livelihood of
thousands of street vendors who had made a living in those areas for generations. While the
roads are clean, Moreno now has thousands of constituents jobless and starving – a problem that
would force the mobile mayor to sit down with his city council. At the flag-raising ceremony on
September 21, a frustrated Moreno announced to reporters that he had ordered the council to
abolish the Manila Tricycle Regulatory Office. He said he had been fed up with the office’s
corruption, and abolition was the only way. Although they knew in advance, the council still
needed to study whether it was doable. The office had 51 plantilla positions, posts that were
occupied by employees whose work was protected by laws. With an order, Moreno ordered for
them to be jobless. It was just another day for the city council. “Sanay na kami kay mayor,” said
Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna in an interview with Rappler. (We’re used to the mayor already.)
While Moreno stands out as the ever-visible figurehead, it’s the city council that has been
working silently to pass his dream policies and sweeping orders. Even Moreno’s meetings with
them are not broadcast live, but they have been meeting at least twice a week, walking one by
one in barongs and knee-length dresses into Moreno’s office in City Hall. Most recognizable of
them is their presider, Vice Mayor Lacuna, the woman who wears her ash-grey hair in a pixie
cut, her look complemented by her lips painted blood-red. Lacuna is Moreno’s longtime ally, and
the daughter of his political counselor, longtime Manila vice mayor Danny Lacuna. Behind
closed doors, he simply calls her his "ate" – his big sister whom he trusts to watch over the
council. Just like the office of the mayor, the council has been on overdrive. “It’s been a
whirlwind romance,” Lacuna said.
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Figure 3: The Manila city council’s ordinance.

Lacuna described the current council as “revived” under Moreno. She worked as the vice
mayor under Estrada too, and recalled the council as a rubberstamp for the former president and
dethroned patriarch. Staffers Rappler spoke to described councilors under the Estrada
administration as frequently walking in late and skipping sessions when a drizzle aggravates
traffic. Lacuna recalled Moreno’s first order after they were proclaimed winners in the 2019
elections: “Ate, gusto ko walang a-absent sa council.” (Big Sister, I don't want absentee
councilors.) Under Moreno, the council has been forced to work the same odd hours, ready just
in case the mayor makes sweeping policy statements that need the backing of local laws, like his
welfare programs and tax amnesties. Within 100 days, they have passed 8 ordinances. “If he’s
working with his 110%, then we are expected to do the same,” Lacuna added. During his break
time, Moreno finds solace with a lit cigarette in a room adjacent to his office. It has a long
wooden rectangle table, where, according to Vice Mayor Lacuna, he is visited by councilors and
Lacuna herself to listen to his frustrations. He talks of the capital as an overwhelming feat for
one man.
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“Madaling ma-frustrate si Mayor kapagka hindi nangyayari the way he wants it na

mangyari. Napu-frustrate siya doon,” Lacuna said. (He gets easily frustrated when things don't
go the way he wants.) Sometimes he wonders why illegal vendors continue to return to the areas
they were driven away from. At other times, he blows off steam about offices where corruption
persists despite his weekly address about public service means. According to University of the
Philippines Political Science Department chair Maria Ela Atienza, Moreno’s frustrations can be
traced back to his obsession to be hands-on with his programs. “He still has the sense that he has
to do it every day. Of course, he has a lot of plans he has to do, but he has to pace it. He cannot
do everything by himself,” Atienza said. Moreno should consider delegating more of his tasks to
his deputies, according to Atienza. This would have lasting returns. When he shares the spotlight,
he would have enough stars to handle the show in case he moves up to higher office. And he has
been approached by many parties for their 2022 ambitions. “All the success of Manila now
depends on him, which is not good. It’s not sustainable. It’s also not fair, because he cannot do
all this by himself. He already has a core group. He can begin grooming them,” Atienza said in a
mix of English and Filipino. Is the mayor going through burnout? Without hesitation, he
reiterates where he came from. “Burnout? Hindi siguro. Alam mo kung bakit? Mas mahirap
magtulak ng kariton, mas mahirap mag-drive ng sidecar,” Moreno said. (I don’t think so. You
know why? It’s harder to push a cart, and to drive a sidecar.) He added: “After those two decades
of me being on the fence and watching somebody leading the city, then we ended up where we
are today, I think if I’m going to follow the same footsteps, no new things will come to Manila
tomorrow. So I have to do things differently.”

Making changes for students and schools. Moreno met with members of the Manila City
School Board to inform them of his plans to install solar panels and rainwater collectors at the
rooftops of the school buildings for energy conservation. “Having said that, I am now
encouraging the board to come up with environmental projects, programs to harness renewable
energies,” he said. The new mayor also warned private educational institutions such as the
administration of the University of the East over observing his orders on class suspensions.

According to Rappler.com (2019). The new mayor of Manila was hands down the most
visible local chief executive in his first week of office, seen in public, on TV, and on social
media holding a loudspeaker to dialogue with street vendors one day, and wielding a
sledgehammer the next to destroy things that sullied his vision of a clean, vibrant Manila. A day
after he took his oath before Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin at City Hall, Mayor Isko Moreno
buckled down to work, eager to give a preview of the "Bagong Maynila (New Manila)" that he
promised during the election campaign.
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Basend on Masigan, A. (2019). Numbers Don't lie. Let me be direct about this. I support
Isko Moreno not only for having the advantage of youth but also for coming to the table with a
vision and a working plan. This is a basic requirement for any aspiring chief executive. Isko is
not pedigreed. As a former garbage collector, pedicab man and later on, actor, he is often
dismissed by intellectuals as an opportunist who took advantage of his popularity to get into
politics. I thought the same — at least until I engaged him in hours of conversation and peered
into his thinking process. Outside having finished public administration courses at Harvard and
Oxford University, the man is clearly well read. Throughout our conversation, he quoted Lee
Kwan Yew, Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Albert Einstein and even Adolf Hitler on numerous
occasions. It was no put on. It came out naturally amid speaking with disarming honesty. As an
economist, I did not want to be impressed by an actor — but I was. Lessons derived from
studying the ways of political luminaries and 21 years of public service has turned Isko into a
thinker. He maintains a pragmatic view of Manila’s situation, something that I think is very
important. He offers no quick fix solutions as he admits that it would take 15 years to bring the
city at par with likes of Pasig or Pasay today. He is committed, however, to lay the foundation of
urban renewal from day one. At the heart of his urban renewal plan are three pillars:
Infrastructure development, attracting businesses and urban housing. In infrastructure, Manila is
unfortunate in that it is bereft of open spaces wherein a new CBD can be built. What it has,
however, are sites that can be repurposed. Among them is the 12 hectare Pandacan oil depot,
strategically facing the Pasig river. The property is presently dormant and owned by Petron and
Shell. Through a joint venture or PPP arrangement with the petroleum companies, Isko proposes
to build a new CBD called the Pandacan Greenfield City. It is foreseen to be a vertical township
that will house knowledge-based businesses and those involved in research and technology.
Special incentives will be given for those who employ graduates of Manila-based universities. A
15-year tax holiday on land and business taxes will be given to the developers and its locators.
On the northwestern side of the city, a skydeck and pedestrian skywalk will connect the
planetarium in Luneta to Liwasan Bonifacio and onwards to Escolta. This will mark the urban
renewal of the old town. The idea is to convert Escolta into a retail and entertainment hub similar
to Clark Quay in Singapore. Owners of buildings in Binondo will be given a 10-year property tax
holiday should they renovate or rebuild. The idea is to increase gross leasable areas so as to add
tenancy capacity in Binondo. Vertical parking buildings will be built in properties owned by the
city along with pedestrian lanes to connect Binondo and Escolta. Encouraging pedestrianism
should minimize PUV congestion. As for the bohemian quarter of Malate, Isko hopes to attract
artists, writers and the theater community back to the district. Malate is the artistic soul of the
nation and it deserves to thrive, he asserts. A modern city hall will be built on an adjacent site of
the existing one through funds derived from a long-term lease of the old building. The historic
city hall will be repurposed into a museum, cultural and retail center. It’s all about creating new
landmarks for the city — landmarks that add value in terms of the city’s image and income, says
Isko. In housing, the city owns numerous properties in Baseco, Vito Cruz, Valderama del Pan
and even in the city of Marikina. These will be the sites for which vertical mass housing
complexes will be built. The financing scheme is not ironed out yet, but suffice to say it will be
patterned after the socialized scheme adopted by the Home Development Board of Singapore.
These initiatives, taken collectively, are seen to attract capital, generate jobs and increase the tax
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base of the city while a new CBD on reclaimed land is being constructed. Isko is well aware that
none of this will come to fruition unless the city gets its operational act together. Operational
efficiency will be realized by automation and becoming ISO certified. The move will also
eliminate human contact in tax collection thereby minimizing, if not eliminating, corruption. The
infrastructure plan is grand and it will require massive funding. To this, Isko plans a general
amnesty program where taxpayers with obligations in arrears can pay the principal without the
weight of interests and penalties. The amnesty will allow the city to collect taxes it could not
otherwise collect. It is a scheme designed to raise capital through bad debts. The city of Manila
needs a new Mayor to arrest its free-fall and set it on the right path. Isko Moreno is the better
option among the three contenders.

TO SUM UP

To sum up all of the data, as of now we concede the majority of works of Mayor Isko
Moreno also known as "Yorme" are terrific outstanding and wonderful among the succesor, a
good example of a predecessor. A millennial or should I say "manillennial" a compromise leader
between the generations of our ages. Remember what these words imply? You might make it odd
that these texts exist, in fact Filipino—well, Manila City street slang’s translation to be correct.
Lately, Manila’s mayor Isko Moreno has been having attention with his use of bright
conversational jargon, reminiscent of how locals really use the word. Read in pure Filipino, the
languages over average “kuwarenta” (forty), “eh di siya” (who else but him), and politician.
Most of these texts are produced by just turning or jumbling these syllables, aptly named
“tadbalik” (“baliktad” or in reverse). This is the common knowledge not only in the Philippines
but different nations, too. However, some represent culture-specific. While you sure you can’t
have spoken in some places, it shouldn’t be frowned upon. Slang is an indication of these
people’s ability and ability to make words from being words—a proof that word is vital,
developing along with the people and those times. While these texts are birthed in these streets
and are generally employed in spoken conversations, this now-common use of text messages, e-
mails, and different kinds of social media have made slang creep in written forms of
communication as well.

Against all expectations, politician Isko Moreno is demonstrating all and sundry that with
powerful political intention and decision, the seemingly impossible task is likely. From the
decaying and chaotic city, Manila is being transformed into a neat and peaceful city within an
incredibly short period. With his no message way, Yorme Isko is handing back these streets to
these people by removing criminal sellers who lorded it at these “bangketas”, streets and this
underpasses for so long, removing illegal terminals, Leaving the city a room or “pinaliguan ang
Maynila ” and rehabilitating historic memorials completely throughout the city. In the leadership
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of this Manila City administration named Francisco M. Domagoso, more popularly known to this
Filipino people as Isko Moreno. In his past months, he has also assumed that nickname “Yorme,”
the turn on the Bible politician and apparently part of his social media team’s attempts to make
him appear more accessible to the electorate. Wherin Yorme was formally proclaimed as Mayor
of Manila on May 14, 2019, getting won nearly 150,000 votes more than his nearest competitor
within these elections, once chairman and so incumbent Manila City Mayor, Joseph “Erap”
Estrada. And he has also been on Facebook Live everytime he wants to inform the public on the
happenings and more updates.

Simultaneously, it is reductive to reason that Isko Moreno does not get what it gets to
make. As the former councilor and vice mayor, Yorme has surely moved in those times for
Manila City. Furthermore, he has somehow discovered a means to get himself as obvious as
public politicians, despite serving on the local level. Would he be able to identify himself with
term proposals and the governmental orientation that are aligned with people’s interests? Can he
go to work on the structure as vague as “for the people… immaterial of kind of government?”
Isko Moreno’s period has just started, and the coming years would consider him. Despite his
ascension to strength, where Yorme stands in terms of governmental orientation stays nebulous.
In the interview conducted right after the local elections, Isko Moreno identifies his perfect
political fashion as sacred. He claims that this occasion he belongs to and of which he cost the
former party leader, “Asenso Manileño”, is distinct from different governmental companies at
that it concentrates on “the people,” specifically to those people of Manila.
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- Isko Moreno: Filipino Actor-politician - Biography, Life, Family, Career, Facts,

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