Rizal Park flag pole already has cracks and damages?

It was only last year that the new flagpole in Rizal Park was built and it cost a whooping P7,865,425.03!!! So now,  it's already looking like this?

What happened? Can someone from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the National Parks Development Committee (NPDC) explain this?

[Photos by Jesse Ernest de Guzman]