MY EVERY POST HAS ONLY ONE MESSAGE TO THE GOVERNMENT: STOP CORRUPTION

 

FOR ME, CORRUPTION IS NOT DIFFICULT TO SOLVE. IT’S JUST THAT ALL PAST PRESIDENTS AND THE PRESENT HAD NO APPETITE TO DO SO. MY EVERY POST HAS ONLY ONE, ONLY ONE MESSAGE TO THE GOVERNMENT: STOP AND STOP AND STOP CORRUPTION IF YOU HAVE THE 'BALLS TO DO IT.' AM I BEING HEARD? AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO IS FIGHTING EVERYDAY SHOUTING TO HIGH HEAVENS THAT CORRUPTION MUST BE STOP IMMEDIATELY?

It’s an abomination to think that for 60 years of battling the rampant corruption in the government, and the problem still hung in limbo up to the present. 60 years is long enough period for various past presidents with its heart in the right place not to solve the problem of corruption, or at least, the scourge of corruption in the country would be curved. Well, what a fantasy that turned out to be. It’s hardly surprising that more public officials who corrupt are still at it than are caught. The machinery is all there, the question is are the past presidents up to the incumbent really want to solve corruption? I mean, you can spend billions and billions of pesos then catch nobody if you don’t want to catch anybody. The truth is, there is no general appetite to undertake the effort and expense of a successful solution to deliver Corruption-free Philippines. And without a will, where’s the way forward?

As long as the approach of the government in addressing corruption remains soft as it has been for decades, which is threats of imprisonment, and the law enforcement always gas out rather than going for it full range, it is almost impossible to see the decades-long agony and suffering of the nation and its citizens changing anytime soon; and the corruptors have always had their hands of victory raised at the conclusion. As it is said: If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.

I can’t imagine seeing the government taking this kind of punishment from these corruptors as if conceding to the fight. The government must turn fear into fire and land a punch that would stave off this stratospheric avalanche coming at us, and not all the time seen as kind of shrinking violet, shrugging shoulders, and the eyes are down.