Showbiz Government Government is no longer concerned with what it does with tax moneys because it has the weapon of a failproof method on how to win elections regardless of its incompetence or the graft it commits. In the rash of events that exposed what CJ Puno calls “the worst evil in government” we may have missed an important detail. We do not have a lawful government because officials assumed office through preprogrammed machines. What we had in 2010 and 2013 were failed elections but we go merrily along with the myth of an elected government as sanctioned by the Constitution. Therefore it would be folly for citizens to think that they can expect justice or fairness from a government that has wrested sovereignty from them by stealth and dishonesty. Jerry Ocampo Chit Pedrosa: It is with great joy that this column announces [Reynato Punos] acceptance to become the symbol and advocate of “crowdsourcing a new Constitution for a new Philippines.” The new Constitution would encompass many issues including the disgust of people against the pork barrel scams and all forms of the misuse of public moneys at the officials’ discretion. But none is more important than that we return our society, — the state, its institutions and the people to a high moral plane. philstar/opinion/2013/10/19/1246875/former-chief-justice-puno-lead-crowdsourcing-new-constitution-movement
Posted on: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 00:00:51 +0000