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Nobody is Free from Corruption

..but there is a difference in the degree of guilt

By Apolinario Villalobos

To corrupt the mind is to pollute it, an act which is a deviation from what is universally accepted as good. In other words, such act is not only about stealing money from the government coffer or people’s money. It is also about influence-peddling, showing of pornographic films to minors, etc. In this view, practically, everybody is guilty of corruption. However, the degree of guilt differs as regards the situation, environment and objective. That is the reason why Mr. Webster came up with such comparatives as, “bad, worse, and worst”.

An ordinary government clerk who stole a petty cash worth Php200.00 cannot be fairly compared with his boss who accepted “grease money” worth Php1million. Simply put, ordinary Filipinos who are guilty of stealing groceries because of hunger, cannot be fairly compared with rich politicians who are habitually accepting commissions from projects at 30-60 percent, instead of the tolerable and traditional 5 to 10 percent. What they are pocketing are people’s money, yet. Although, the acts of theft are the same, the degree of guilt and objectives are different. In this regard, ordinary Filipinos who themselves, are also guilty of corruption should not be viewed with culpability or hypocrites when they are accusing their fraudulent congressmen and senators, or anybody in the high hierarchy of the government of such act.

It is wrong for others to insist that since nobody is “clean”, no one has the right to accuse a corrupt politician. If that kind of reasoning is followed, then mankind might as well, do away with the “justice system” in any form. Instead, every man should be allowed to apply justice as he sees fit, and the norm, “innocent unless proven guilty” should be done away with, too. Justice should be done on the spot, soon as the culprit is caught without the benefit of a trial.

Today, the world is bereft with greed, and corruption in the government is one of the clear manifestations. Those who sit on the fence and view the happenings around them, one of which is the hurling of accusations to suspected government officials, should not get “hurt” and insist on the familiar and already mentioned line, “innocent unless proven guilty”. They should open their mind and be analytical to understand the situation, instead of bringing out narrow contentions that tend to be one-sided.

Those who are courageous enough to even mentally admit that they are corrupt, should be thankful if their commission is in a lesser degree compared to others, especially, those in the government. But it should not stop them from telling the latter to change their ways or vacate their position…and in bringing out what are in their mind about the matter so that others may know.

Wrong Judgment Call, pero walang kasalanan daw si Pnoy

….sabi ni de Lima ng DOJ

Ni Apolinario Villalobos

Ano ba, ate Leila?...wrong ang judgment call ni Pnoy pero sasabihin mong walang kasalanan? Wrong na nga, pero walang kasalanan? Ano yon?....nahihilo na rin yata ang magaling na kalihim ng “Hustisya”.  Hindi ba dahil mali ang desisyon ni Pnoy, kaya nagkaroon ng masaker….kaya dapat lang sabihing siya ay may kasalanan? Magtiwala ba naman siya sa isang suspendidong tao na malabo pa sa tubig-pusali ang kredibilidad! ANG KASALANAN NI PNOY AY RESULTA NG KANYANG PAGKAKAMALI SA PAGGAWA NG DESISYON!.....ganoon lang kasimple ang analysis – dahil mali, may kasalanan. Hindi na kailangang maging abogado, mag-Masters, mag-Doctorate o magtapos sa kung anong mga unibersidad pa upang maisip ito. Ang desisyon ni Pnoy ay galing sa sarili niyang utak, hindi sa ibang tao, kaya hindi sana siya nagtuturo pa ng iisang tao, habang nag-aabsuwelto naman ng kanyang best friend.

Wala daw “chain of command” ang PNP sabi pa ni de Lima, dahil pang-military lang ito at ang PNP ay ahensiyang sibilyan. Ilang mga respetadong tao na ang nagsabi na ang chain of command ay kapareho lang ng “flow of responsibility” na malinaw na pinapakita ng isang organizational flow chart ng lahat ng mga ahensiya o kumpanya. Malinaw na kinausap ni Pnoy si Purisima at Napeῆas, prerogative man niya man ito na sinasabi ng iba, dapat ay panagutan niya (Pnoy) kung ano ang resulta. Bakit pinipilit ni de Lima na maging “literal”, makadulot lang siya ng kalituhan? Dapat tumigil na siya sa kanyang trying hard na approach upang magpakita ng “galing” kuno.

Ang dapat gawin ni de Lima ay payuhan si Pnoy na bigkasin naman nito nang malinaw ang pangalan ni Purisima na isa sa mga may kasalanan din, tuwing magbukas siya ng mga bibig upang magsalita tungkol sa Mamasapano masaker, hindi yong si Napeῆas na lang palagi. Hindi naman tanga ang mga Pilipino upang hindi maunawaan ang mga nangyari dahil sa dami ng mga katotohanang lumulutang, salamat sa media.

Ang mali ni de Lima ay ang panggatong niya sa isyu. Tumahimik na lang sana siya, pero atat yata sa media mileage, kaya halos hindi ina-analyze ang mga sinasabi. Pinipilit na nga ng mga Pilipinong kahit papaano ay unawain si Pnoy sa ugali nito na hindi marunong mag-sorry, nanggatong na naman siya kaya lumaki na naman ang naglalagablab na galit ng mga pilit nilang lokohing mga tao. Nagdrama pa ang Malakanyang upang maawa ang mga Pilipino kay Pnoy – may sakit daw ito….wow namang strategy yan – hindi nakuha sa panloloko ang mga Pilipino, kaya dinaan nila sa kurot sa puso!!!