Friday, November 23, 2012

"The Reign of the Classmates: The culture of impunity exists even in boardrooms

Three years and still the trial against perpetuators of the Maguindanao massacre remain in chains, some still enjoying their freedom. Those who are closely monitoring the progress of the case said that the defense team is really employing all legal and dilatory tactics to further prolong the trial and neutralize many of those who testified against the Ampatuans. For sure though, the Ampatuans will get what they deserved when they masterminded this gruesome murder, if we are to ask the relatives of the victims. The very society which they protected through the strength of their arms is also the one who condemned them eventually. The brutality and senseless inhumanity of it all will forever be etched in history.

The State has shown no mercy to the likes of Ampatuans and the Arroyos for their alleged thievery, but , how about those who work under the shadows? How about those who act with impunity but are never punished nor put under the spot by the State and the Powers? Will, these people, too, get the punishment they deserve?

Those who are nearest the Power are now muscling themselves and getting their wallets and bank accounts fatter, what with the prevailing smuggling activities at the Bureau of Customs, the alleged irregularities happening at the PAGCOR and deals in other agencies, such as the DOTC are being talked about in cigar houses and cafes. As they say, when there is smoke, there is fire. Of course,these tattle tales will surely not compromise their friendships with these "classmates" of Noynoy, seeing that doing so, will eventually attract retribution.

The almost nonchalance of Malacanang insofar as the PAGCOR OKADA deal is concerned, is worrisome, since this is a business deal gone sour. Some businessmen thinks that there is still a culture of impunity when corporate games are concerned and those who think mightily about things are those closest to the center of power.

This explains why even corporations now need "padrinos" or "lobbyists" to get their message relayed to the palace. Every single time someone had a hair-brained idea of tinkering with laws and existing jurisprudence, they need to send a representative to the palace along the river.

Anyway, the second chapter of this Aquino administration is expected to be the "reign of the classmates". Deals will be made in the name of securing the future, and several political decisions will be undertaken in the name of liberalist economics. What is good though, civil society has not abandoned its avowed

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