00:00A government that exercises transparency in its work and welcomes public scrutiny is one
00:06that holds itself accountable to the people and empowers them through participatory governance.
00:12Virtues or ideals, the president asserts, his government has committed itself to a mind
00:18and practice that shapes his administration's policies and has borne fruit as a result of
00:24an international poll show.
00:26He stressed in his address to the convention.
00:29After his keynote speech to officially open the forum, the president was mobbed by an
00:35eager throng of 800 officers and delegates who expressed appreciation for his speech
00:41and posed with him for a photo op alongside officials of the Marcus Jr.'s cabinet.