Arroyo gov't fails US aid firm's 'control of corruption' test
abs-cbnNEWS.com as of 10/19/2008 4:11 AM
The Arroyo government stands to lose future US government assistance due to its worsening corruption record, Senator Mar Roxas warned Saturday.
According to a report recently released by the Washington-based think-tank, Center for Global Development, the Philippines, for the first time in three years, failed this year the "control of corruption" indicator set by the US-funded Millennium Challenge Corp.
Most of us disagree with ousting this government prior to 2010, but if we continue having a government like this, how would we be able to say that we can weather the global financial storm, having a government such as this, controlling our affairs?
Corruption is just one of the worsening problems. More disturbing is the obvious fact that government has this propensity to bend the law, as a capricious way of getting what they want. With the palace having control over literally all levers of power, how would we possibly fight this scourge that's costing us billions of pesos?
Do we still need a foreign think-tank group to show us how corrupt our government is right now?
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