Norberto Gonzales’ Platforms & Accomplishments | May 2022 Elections

Former Defense Secretary Norberto Gonzales’ Platforms If He Wins President & Accomplishments

NORBERTO GONZALES’ PLATFORMS – Here are the accomplishments of former defense secretary Norberto Gonzales and his plans if he wins the May 2022 Elections.

According to the Commission on Elections (Comelec), there are 10 candidates that remain in the official ballot for the May 2022 Presidential Elections. The bets are coming from different walks of life. Some of them are people who have held previous posts in the government – like former defense secretary Norberto Gonzales.

Norberto Gonzales
Photo Credit: The Manila Times

Personal Background:

Norberto Borja Gonzales was born on April 17, 1947 in Balanga, Bataan. He is a popular persona in union organizing, peace talks negotiation, and as a national security adviser under the term of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. He is the chairman of the Philippine Democratic Socialist Party.

Accomplishments:

He was one of the primary advisers on matters of national security under the term of former Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. He was also part of the talks with the Moro National Liberation Front under former President Corazon Aquino. He chaired Oplan Bantay Laya, “a wide-scale counter-insurgency program of the government”.

Former Defense Secretary Norberto Gonzales’ Platforms

  • reformation of the Department of Agriculture to boost food production and raise the income of farmers
  • modernize rice production
  • boost overall healthcare system in the Philippines
  • address medical supply needs and vaccine issues by boosting the pharmaceutical and drug industry in the country
  • clean up of urban areas
  • push for decongestion of urbanized areas
  • national mobilization to increase reserve security forces to 10 to 2 million Filipinos amid sea dispute in the West Philippine Sea

Vice-Presidential Running-Mate & Senate Slate

  • Political Party
    • Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista Pilipinas
  • Vice-Presidential Runningmate
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  • Senate Slate:
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