February 27, 2009
BUTUAN CITY- First, it was the World Bank who in their report claimed widespread corruption by way of collusion among Philippine influential politicians, the DPWH and favored contractors, now no less than the United States State Department came up with another startling revelations that corruption and inefficiency is widespread in the Philippine Judiciary.
What else is new? How about corruption at the Philippine Churches? Where name of God is being used to peddle votes of its church members and sold it to highest bidder amongst crooks in the Philippine politics?
Leaders of said church organization claimed that the proceeds of their sanctified, glorified unified voice in selecting political leaders are biblical ergo what the Pastor will say and vote the flock will follow or else. They reasoned that whatever benefits taken from politicians they voted will be used anyway on church activities and fund in building beautiful churches. Plus the too much influence the church and their members they get from the government.
The vicious cycle goes on and on and all started on the corrupt, full of fraud and deceitful Philippine elections.
But why it took foreigners to tell us point blank right smack in our faces that our judicial system is corrupt and inefficient? This is so because we are maybe afraid even of our own shadows.
I was right and felt vindicated again when I said in my previous articles/columns that corruption in this country start day one on election campaign period and will spread to all system of governance. Come to think of it, if a Judge, Prosecutor owe their position from a certain politician or group of politicians who has whispering power to the ears of powers that be, who can stop them in committing injustice after injustice?
I was right also when I said that Senators should not blamed the For Your Eyes Only World Bank report about widespread corruption in the bank’s funded road projects in this country instead make the report as basis of an honest to goodness inquiry.
Oww c’mon Virginia, isn’t true that the reasoned why RP politicians are dying to be elected to public office ergo buy votes of willing Filipino voters and alleged corrupt RP election manipulators because they want a pie of the 20% commission from millions of public works projects?
I have even personally saw documents how bidding process at the Department of Agriculture being rigged in favor to already favored contractors and suppliers?
Although, it is only of public knowledge as no FIXCALS and hoodlums in robes have been incarcerated or hanged yet despite of so many innocent lives have been victims of injustice of the justice system here in our country, we, Filipinos have been accepting these harsh realities for so long time now.
Either we feel helpless or just go with the rotten system all along these years thus Philippine politicians are fighting like dogs scramming for a single bone, it succeed because good men in this country do nothing to stop these vicious cycle of corruption.
I remember a local prosecutor in Agusan province who was once caught making rounds or visits to the houses of a rape victim and rape suspect because he wanted he allegedly settlement. Why do that unethical thing Oh my Gossh, this Fiscal should have been hanged upside if happens in the U.S..
What happened to the case of a Prosecutor caught in the act from allegedly extorting money from a Estafa case complainant? The prosecutor in many instances have been asking free airline tickets from the complainant who admitted in her sworn affidavits that the FIXCAL has been asking her money and when fed up already she called an entrapment by the National Bureau of Investigation? Ergo, the fixcal got caught in flagrante delecto at a mall here in Butuan City in board daylight. What a shame!!
The latest I have heard in the case is that the money evidence with serial numbers recorded got lost that when Sandiganbayan justices was asking where the money evidences are, the representative from a local court presented the money. But when inspected, the serial numbers are no longer the same. Tsk.Tsk Tsk what a shame again!
An honorable RTC Judge (who actually lost his tooth) was once boxed in the face by a Muslim complainant because the complainant who allegedly paid a certain huge sum of money to reverse resolution to their favor was denied by the Judge of having received when in fact in the presence of some witnesses it alleged the Judge got it.
But some of these horrible court experiences including untold ones that are more scandalous were not made public by the local media for obvious reasons. Me, I made stories all of these, one or two were published in a national newspaper I was writing then.
Here are some of the public reactions on the story that appeared at the Philippine Star in February 27, 2009 issue titled “US report: RP judiciary corrupt, inefficient” written by PIA LEE-BRAGO that appeared in the on line version: I will quote in toto for the readers’ perusal.
Pinoy 2 comments; “Like the WB report, the big somebody will say this US report is all hearsay and no evidences. Again, the smart alect will say, , show me! No wonder crime pays in the Philippines, .cause Lady Justice is not blind folded and her measure is defective”.
Anti corrupt wrote: “Who didn’t know this was a fact of life in the RP? Where else can you steal millions, murder, plunder, and get away without any punishment. If you have the peso you have the say so in any court. How many millionares are in prison? How much did Erap steal again? Full pardon and he is still filthy rich from all his stolen moneys. 6 year trial, are you kidding us, how much money do you think was paid out during this time frame?? The only reason he was convicted is he would not give up enough of his ill gotten money.
The judicial system and justice in the RP do not belong in the same sentence. “
MEKABA comments “ Nothin’ is new with the US State Dept report….we knew them since Marcos time, that in this country justice is for sale….and ( with apology to Manong Joe de V for the quote ) “congressmen are for sale” , too….so, who’s not for sale, then? (lol) Do we blame FG and GMA, again? Over-beaten na ang First Couple, let’s give both a breather this time, and direct the tirades to the resilient Pinoys, who never the mind what’s happening around them as long as they got the Vet Stimulus of Obama, the Eco Stimulus of GMA, the 500php VAT juice, the VAT electricity subsidy, and the prospect of free tsibugs with some pocket money comes every election time, among others.
Seriously, who are truly to blame then for what these meddling Clinton’s State Dept slapped on the brown faces of never the mind Pinoys.
Maybe our Senate should subpoena US Sec Hil Clinton to explain before the justice committee of Sen Lapid (as member) the damaging report to the integrity of the members of the judiciary in particular and to the resilient Pinoys, in general. Let Sen Lapid question Clinton in Filipino language. (lol)
Sinmehae said “America is the milking cow of beggars parasites and leeches, that’s why their judgement and estimate are not to be taken lightly by nations like the Philippines. Filipino politico even sell their own mother if need be just to get extra cash to satisfy their insatiable lust and appetite for money, so how much more do you think are we worth to them and country for them not to sell us. To them everything is up for grab for a few pieces of silver. I am sick and I am going to through up, somebody help.”
And the long list of comment is not enough to fill up spaces here. So how about you, what’s your take? Wake up, 81-M Filipinos, wake up before it’s too late, consider your little children’s future that if will not act soon they will be the same, victims like us of these corrupt rotten system.
Is there hope for us? Yes, we do but I believe not in my lifetime. The coming May 2010 national elections will still be marred by vote-buying (actually vote-selling), fraud, deceit Philippine style.
The opposition is all the same like the administration, says a tribal leader I talk lately saying “they keep on attacking on attacking the Arroyo administration because they wanted her out of office and wanted to replace her thus they will be the ones to steal and steal more. Tsk..Tsk..Tsk ..Tsk..
All I told him in reply was “AMEN and AMEN with matching chuckle and loud laugh.”
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