How has the conversation about dual citizenship and the ability to vote in Philippine elections evolved?
I came to San Francisco when I was senator and talked about the bill that I had filed on overseas voting, and I wasn’t the only one who filed that bill; there were those who did it before me, there were those who did it after me. Through all that time, those bills never got beyond the committee level, they never got to the floor for debate. When I became president, in my first state of the nation address, I talked about 15 priority measures, including the Overseas Voting bill. In my second state of the nation address I did the five most urgent measures, which still included the Overseas Voting bill and the Dual Citizenship bill. Just before I left Manila, both the House and the Senate passed the Overseas Voting bill on third and final reading. We must now pray that the conflicting versions of both Houses can be ironed out soon because the moment they do that I will sign the bill into law within 24 hours. Q: What are you doing to address corruption? A: I became president riding on the c
