Mr. President, you became our leader by a tragic twist of fate. The death of your mother, democracy icon Cory Aquino, thrust you into the highest office in the land. In a way, this makes you an accidental president. You’ve always said that you never sought this position; you were called to do your share in building our nation and you rose to the occasion. Today, you find yourself face to face with another accident. Greed and infighting in a criminal syndicate has led to a whistleblower’s shocking revelations of corruption in very high places. But you are in a position to make this accident a game-changer. You always say that you are shaking other people’s rice bowls in your anti-corruption campaign. It’s time to shake the legislators’ rice bowls. By this single act, you will remove that P word (patronage) in Congress and pave the way for politicians who have the public interest, more than anything else, in mind. Mr. President, don’t let the shine come off your “daang matuwid.” Don’t let this be the dead end. - Rappler
Posted on: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:12:18 +0000
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