Corruption in The Philippines

Jericho B.
Antonio 2nd year HS
CORRUPTION IN THE PHILIPPINES
Joseph Erap Ejercito Estrada
MANILA, PhilippinesHours before President Benigno Aquino III was to

give his State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Monday, former President Joseph
Erap Ejercito Estrada, Senators Jinggoy Estrada, Serge Osmena, Bongbong
Marcos, Loren Legarda, Pia Cayetano, Bong Revilla and Panfilo Lacson arrived
at the North Wing Lobby of the Batasan Complex and gave out their ratings
and assessment of the Aquino administration.
They also voiced out their opinions on what they thought should be
addressed by Aquino in his speech.
Erap Estrada said he expected Aquino to detail his achievements in

terms of addressing economic growth and anti-corruption drives. Erap added
that Aquino should focus on curbing extrajudicial killings, infrastructure
programs, and addressing foreign relations.
Marcos said that for the priorities they set for themselves, they seem to
have achievements, referring to Aquinos social programs like the Conditional
Cash Transfer programs and his anti-corruption drive.
Marcos added that Aquino needed to address problems of unemployment

and poverty.
Naghihintay pa rin ang taong bayan para patibayin ang ekonomiya para
magkaroon ng trabaho sa Pilipinas. Ang tanging problema sa ekonomiya ay
kakulangan ng trabaho, Marcos said.
Senator Jingoy Estrada, for his part, said that he wanted to hear from
Aquino if his promises during his past Sonas were fulfilled, and what were his
priority bills for Congress.
Legarda, meanwhile, said that good governance was at the core but that
there were problems in terms of job generation and putting food on the table.
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Kailangan makita kung paano ipapatupad ang tuwid ng daan. Kung

papaano makakapagbigay ng trabaho, solusyon sa gutom, solusyon sa
sakuna, Legarda said.
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
The Ateneo School of Government professors, the Makati Business Club

(MBC), and the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) made the denouncement
on government corruption.
Corruption is the gravest threat to Philippine democracy and society

today, they said in a statement.
Other groups that joined them in criticizing corruption in the

administration are Barug Pilipino, Bishops-Businessmens Conference for
Human Development, Caucus of Development NGO Networks, CBCPs
Sangguniang Laiko ng Pilipinas and its National Secretariat for Social Action,
Justice and Peace, Management Association of the Philippines, the National
Citizens Movement for Free Elections, and Transparency and Accountability
Network that all belong to the Coalition Against Corruption (CAC) as their
umbrella organization.
In the Millennium Challenge Corp.s recently released Philippine

scorecard for fiscal year 2009, the groups said the country failed to meet the
performance standard in the control of corruption category, with its percentile
ranking falling to 47 percent from 57 percent this year.
In the 2008 Corruption Perceptions Index released by the Transparency

International in September, the Philippines placed in the bottom quarter of 180
countries as it tied for 141st place with Cameroon, Iran, and Yemen.
The countrys poor performance in these corruption ratings is not

surprising given the litany of scandals that have hounded the current
administration since 2001, the groups said referring to the IMPSA kickbacks,
the Armed Forces of the Philippines comptroller hidden wealth case, the Jose
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Jericho B. Antonio 2nd year HS
Pidal scandal, the Commission on Elections-MegaPacific computerization deal,

the fertilizer scam, the North and South Rail projects, the cheating in the 2004
presidential elections, the distribution of cash gifts in Malacaang, the NBN-
ZTE bribery scandal, and the Philippine National Police euro generals
controversy.
No one has been held accountable. We have not witnessed corruption of

this magnitude since the years of the Marcos dictatorship, members of the
organizations said.
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Jericho B.

Antonio 2nd year HS

CORRUPTION IN THE PHILIPPINES

Joseph Erap Ejercito Estrada

MANILA, PhilippinesHours before President Benigno Aquino III was to

Erap Estrada said he expected Aquino to detail his achievements in

Marcos added that Aquino needed to address problems of unemployment

Kailangan makita kung paano ipapatupad ang tuwid ng daan. Kung

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

The Ateneo School of Government professors, the Makati Business Club

Corruption is the gravest threat to Philippine democracy and society

Other groups that joined them in criticizing corruption in the

In the Millennium Challenge Corp.s recently released Philippine

In the 2008 Corruption Perceptions Index released by the Transparency

The countrys poor performance in these corruption ratings is not

Pidal scandal, the Commission on Elections-MegaPacific computerization deal,

No one has been held accountable. We have not witnessed corruption of

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