The poor know that it is corruption that made them poor and keeps them poor
The Crying Need For Honesty
By Jose Ma. Montelibano
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“Politics, like business, is also profit-oriented for many of its players. If a candidate can spend millions or billions for positions which pay their occupants only hundreds of thousands a year, it means that there is profit to be made in some other way than mere salary.” “Money being spent for elections mostly come from the people themselves, “fried in one’s own lard,” as they say. The people do not know this, of course. Only the thieves and their hired lackeys are fully aware that the money being spent to win, or lose, an election has been sourced from illegal money, usually from gambling or drugs, or dirty contracts with fat kickbacks.“ “When international watchdog agencies including the World Bank keep monitoring corruption in the Philippines and estimate that a third of our national budget is lost to thieves in government, it becomes a desperate need to elect only honest people in government. The poor know that it is corruption that made them poor and keeps them poor.” “In a country where every major problem and challenge is rooted to corruption, any topic that does not directly tackle corruption before it attempts to take on side issues only serves to distract us from the core concern – honesty or the lack of it. In the vernacular, it is expressed with greater clarity and effectiveness as the choice between “kawatan versus di-kawatan.” Honesty versus dishonesty. Good versus evil.“ “An honest man will try his best to choose and appoint honest people to the highest government positions. He may accidentally appoint a less than honest person but it will never be done intentionally. And in a setting of honest officials, the dishonest one will more quickly be exposed and terminated, if not prosecuted.” “Let the honest man in government service do as all other Filipinos of power and position do. When he is sick, call the doctor. When he needs to design and build a house, call an architect and an engineer. When he wants to invest, call a financial consultant. When he wants to file his income tax, call an accountant. The most technical of work can be assigned, but honesty cannot. Only the person in office can take on the challenge of honesty; that is his heroism, that is his patriotism.” “Honest officials will awaken the honesty of the Filipino, the higher the position, the greater the influence. More jobs, more opportunities and more income are possible only when we are governed by an honest President, an honest Senate President and an Honest Speaker of the House, and an honest Supreme Court Justice.”
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reynz is one Uragon and a Filipino-American, has many years of public accounting & auditing, broadcast investments, housing tax credits and equity investments as his background. Based in the US, he maintains his personal and humor blog at reyna elena dot com. A graduate of Aquinas U, he went to GWU and Temple U in the United States.
Alam mo Reynz, I like what I am reading these days. Lumalabas ang mga honest views ng mga magagaling na journalist. Ngayon, lalo nilang ibinubakas ang ating mga mata sa mga katotohanang dapat nating bigyan ng pansin. Nag dudumilat ang katotohanan pero hindi natin ito pinapansin nuong mga nakakaraang panahon…pero dahil ang mga Pilipino ay sawang sawa na sa mga pangako na aahunin ang mga mahihirap sa kahirapan, ito ay ayaw ng bilhin ng masang Pilipino, at palagay ko’y mas may common sense na ang mga Pinoy sa panahon ngayon. At sasabihin kong bigyan natin ng malaking karangalan iyan sa mga libo-libo o milyon milyon nating mga kababayan na OFW, dahil sila ang nag susumikap na i-ahon ang kani-kanilang pamilya at kamg-anak sa kahirapan. OFW din ang nag bibigay ng pawis at dugo para ang kanilang mga anak at kapatid na mag karoon ng magandang pinag-aralan, itinataguyod nilang makatapos ang kanilang mga mahal sa buhay ng sa ganuon ay may pag-asa rin umasenso balang araw. Gumising na po tayo mga kabaryo, piliin natin ang taong honest na mamumuno ng bansang Pilipinas, afterall, Honest tayong nag papatulo ng ating mga pawis para kumita ng pera sa loob man ng ating bansa o sa labas man.
Yeah Annie,
PAGOD NA PAGOD na akong pakinggan ang mga kalechehang PARA SA MAHIRAP EVER EVER! Panahon pa nang tatay nang Macapagal ang mga lecheng mahirap campaign na yan and to this day, parami nang parami pa rin ang mahirap. All they do is use and abuse them and do nothing! PWEDE BA! Tigilan ako nang mga kalechehang para sa mahirap crap?! Pano ang mga middle class pinoys who have been suffering na kung tutuusin sila ang nag-pupush nang small economy sa ating bansang naghihirap despite da in your face kurapsyon?! TSE!
Corruption is a killer…
Just imagine: say to build a good, durable road, govt budgets 100% (amount it deems it can allocate) but agency uses only 35% and members of that agency pocket the rest for their own personal/family use.
What happens next? Road gets destroyed and needs to be re-constructed; becomes highly critical that road must be re-hauled. Govt then budgets some more. But if govt only has so much, what can it do to supply needed fund for repair, etc? It withdraws funds from other line items, eg., health care, education, or others… So instead of maintaining those funds to use where they should be used that should benefit the rest of the “populace”, what happens? There’s less money now to spend for health care, education, etc.
In the end, the ordinary Juan and Juana get doubly jeopardised. They have to suffer the brunt of corruption.
Despicable.
In a country well governed poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed wealth is something to be ashamed of. — Confucius
That said, Filipinos, “rich” and poor alike must learn not to compromise.
We all hate corruption but corruption comes in all forms, big, mid-sized and small. The changing of hands of small bribe monies is corruption too.
The culture of corruption is so endemic in the Philippines. Bribery, big and small, is the order of the day in any institution in the Philippines, even in private run companies, eg., banks, telephone companies, etc.
If Filipinos want to do away with corruption, they should start by not giving small bribes and not receiving bribes.
In Europe, corruption exists too but it’s not cultural. Those who are caught are put away in jail. Members of cabinet, children and relatives of presidents have gone to jail. The son of the late Pres Mitterand of France has just got out of prison for influence peddling which in France is a crime that falls under corruption. The Vice-governor of Ile de France (Metropolitan Paris) has just been sentenced to 8 years in prison for receiving 20,000 euros in bribes (imagine, just 20,000 Euros!!!!)
And nakikita lang ng mga mahihirap ay ang korupsyon.
Ang hindi nila nakikita ay ang depekto ng pangakasalukuyang sistema na kung saan ang ang mga oligarkiya (ang mga Cojuangco, Aquino, Lopez, Ayala, Tan, Roxas, Tan ) ay siya lamang ang totoong nakikinabang sa kayamanan ng bansa.
Ang paglisan ng mga OFW ay nagapakita ng kakulangnan ng mga negosyong maaring magbigay ng trabaho sa mga Pilipino. Subalit ang protectionist constitution na hinimok ng mga oligarkiyang kakampi Aquino ay siniguro na ang mga kompanya ng mga oligarkiya lamang ang kumikita – ang mga kompanyang ngayon ay nagiisponsor sa mga gasto ng kampanya ni Noynoy. Kaya maari ngang lumabas na mababa ang gastos ni noynoy – dahil hindi naman inilabas kung magkano na ang minudmod na pera ng mga ganid na oligarkiya at ng kanilang mga alipores na Hyatt 10.
Hindi lamang honesty ang issue, kundi honesty AT kakayanan.
Ewan ko na lang paano maging honest ang isang taong walang pakundangang tumanggap ng sweldo ngunit wala namang ginawa – aba’y corruption din yan. Kung akala ng mga mamamyan na yan ay honest – sila’y nahihibang – at mauuntog pag muli nilang dadaanan ang pamamaraan ng mga dating tauhan ni Cory Aquino na puro pulpol at mangmang.
kahit anong kaka-oligarki mo, saan at papano babawiin ni manny villar ang ginagasto niya sa ngayon? iyan po ang katanungan. sino man sa kanila pwedeng pwedeng maging presidente. ang tanung SINO ANG HINDI MAGNANAKAW? (Basahin po dito: http://barriosiete.com/hindi-ako-magnanakaw/)
cno ang d magnanakaw at sino ang may magandang plano? lets say di magnakaw ang presidente, pano ang nakaupo sa paligid nya simula sa senado pababa sa brgy kagawad? whoah…la lang ulit….
sana wag lang tayong maghalal ng honest na president, sana maghalal din tayo ng honest na sendaor down to brgy kagawad. eh sa brgy nalang namin usong uso korapsyon pati sk chairaman noh! porke kaibigan at kamaganak ninong ninang ihahalal na. walang kwenta din kahit honest president kung tayong mga pilipino ay paiiralin na porke kakilala mo yun, yun na ihahalal mong puno ng iyong bayan o brgy. afterall, hindi kayang tanggalin lahat ng president ang mga hindi honest sa upuan kaya dapat tayo din gawin ang part natin sa pagboto ng tama sa bawat posisyon!
may punto ka sa sinabi mo, pero magagawa lang nating alisin ang kurapsyon kung sa presidente mismo magmumula ang initiative. political will lang talaga ang kailangan. ihalal ang mga honest at i-appoint ang mga honest. lead by example.
Well, we can’t aspire for a perfect government. But having an honest president is a good start.
Ang kakayahan o experience ay parang sex lang yan eh. Lahat marunong nyan kaya lang iba’t ibang degree(Ang iba ay mas magaling kesa karamihan). Pero iilan lang ang marunong magmahal(ito na ang katumbas ng honesty). Kung may asawa kang honest na at may kakayahan pa, ang suwerte mo kid. At kung nahihirapan kang maghanap ng asawa na marunong nang magmahal at meron pang kakayahan eh di lalo na sa president na may ganyang katangian.
Ang tanong ngayon ay, kung sakaling ang mga presidentiables natin ay walang ganyang pinagsamang katangian, sino ang mas pipiliin mo? Iyong may kakayahan or iyong marunong magmahal! Alalahanin natin, ang kakayahan ay natututunan pero ang magmahal ay hindi.
@delta – tingin ko naman kung talagang magiging seryoso ang susunod na presidente tungkol sa corruption ay susunod ang mga nasa gobyerno…dun na rin natin malalaman kung sinu-sino ba talaga ang taos-pusong magseserbisyo o gusto lang ng pondo ng gobyerno.
“pangakasalukuyang sistema na kung saan ang ang mga oligarkiya”
Parang tunog nga mga kwan to ah….Satur Ocampo hehehe. Kay Villar ito, at kauntugan ulo ng mga tira tira ng Diktador Marcos. Mga kawatan ng pera ng bayan para gastusin sa mga pumapatay sa taong bayan (NPA).