This is what Pinoy politicians do during a tragedy By JustBeinReal | Posted 17 hours ago | Kowloon, Hong Kong 42K Share Dear people of the world, While we are all busy helping out the sorry victims of super typhoon Haiyan, guess what Filipino politicians and government officials, from the President all the way down the their ward leaders are doing? I got these photos from various sources in the Philippines. It seems like their President, Benigno Aquino, their Vice President, Jejomar Binay, the lady journalist and wife of that countrys Interior Minister who clashed with Anderson recently, Korina Sanches, and others are busy positioning themselves for elections there. In the midst of chaos and despair, they have the guts to shamelessly display their true political colors. Talk about corrupt politicians and their wives taking advantage of the dead and the injured, and the outpouring of aid into the country to advance their political causes. What is more appalling is that Filipinos are paying a blind eye on this fact. I understand that they are busy helping out their countrymen but their eerie silence while looking at their aid and money being stolen away by their corrupt leaders is amazing. What is even more incredible is that Filipinos even have the guts to defend their leaders here despite the glaring acts of corruption being all around them. I commend the United Nations for taking steps forward by preventing the Filipino government officials and politicians from directly accessing all forms of aid to the typhoon victims. I humbly suggest that this action should be further widened by totally denying them access to funds and the UN, backed up by soldiers from the US and other countries, handling reconstruction and relief efforts on its own. Such act is our only guarantee that the aid that we are giving to the Philippines will benefit Haiyans victims and not the corrupt politicians and officials and their allies and apologists. The world must see these images to enlighten us on how the Philippines really operates as a country and society. Thank you CNN and others in the international press for telling the truth about that country and for caring about typhoon victims. You are the only shield that they have against their leaders. TAGS: philippines, storm, haiyan, super, typhoon, weather GROUPS: CNN International, News, Weather What do you think of this story? Select one of the options below. Your feedback will help tell CNN producers what to do with this iReport. If youd like, you can explain your choice in the comments below.
Posted on: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 04:25:24 +0000
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