The Unfainess of the BIR
Posted on Thursday, 9 October 2014
The
Unfairness of the BIR
By Apolinario Villalobos
The headlined statement of the Bureau of
Internal Revenue (BIR) that it will not investigate the lifestyle of Gen. Allan
Purisima, leaving such instead, to the National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM)
and the Department of Interior and Local Governments (DILG), smacks of gross
favoritism, and devious unfairness, not expected of a supposedly remaining lone
and trusted agency of the perceived immoral government that overflows with
personas whose venal desire for the
people’s money is bottomless. The hardworking Chief of the said agency seems to
have been suddenly doused with cold water in her almost untiring quest to
corner tax evaders, most of whom are corrupt officials with their ill-gotten
wealth. Was there an instruction given to her? From who?
It is a public knowledge that the Secretary
of the DILG has greatly lost his credibility and so with the NAPOLCOM, what
with police scalawags who still report to duties despite their conviction for
cases that range from “hulidap”, “kotong”, absenteeism, as well as, the thick
pile of other cases that are crying for attention. Now, she wants the two
agencies with questionable repute to check on a colleague, not just smeared,
but covered with a thick muck of dishonesty.
The BIR has the temerity to supposedly run
after tax evaders…unfortunately, hardworking individuals whose faults are dots
compared to the disgusting dishonest declarations of big corporations. The
agency is opposing the exemption of the Christmas bonus of lowly employees from
the regular tax deduction, despite its being their only consolation at the end
of the year for teeny-weeny luxury to celebrate the season. And, its shallow
reason is that, the exemption will “greatly” affect the revenue collection. Revenue
that goes to the pockets of corrupt officials and politicians? The agency
Chief’s lack of sympathy to the plight of the downtrodden Filipinos is just
unthinkable. And, now with the loud and popular clamor for the investigation of
General Purisima, with a twinkling glint in her eyes and matching smile, she
declares a “hands off”…..
With her inhuman indifference, she added
her own link to the chain that is continuously strangling the Filipinos who are
now, pitifully chocking to death…
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