By and large, Sen. Jinggoy’s speech seemed to tell a lot of things, in the same sense that it told us nothing. It has been a foregone conclusion that corruption thrives in Congress as well as in all nooks and niches of government offices. What he revealed was not there to surprise us, but to reaffirm our distrust towards our public officials. It vaguely traversed on the aspect of honesty, disclosure and transparency. In fact, it compounded our skepticism about the government’s ability to be truthful. He could have defended himself against the charges hurled against him when he took the floor and assert his innocence. After all, that’s what everyone else expected. But he opted to take an uncommon way of admitting guilt by showing that he is not alone to be condemned.
Posted on: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 21:41:31 +0000