The pork barrel scam was a “sad story repeated again and again in the history of governments.” ... more disquieting is how the money was misused against the people’s interest.” “It was misused for political patronage; to buy the loyalty of people whose politics is for sale; to corrupt our system of making laws; to corrupt our systems of enforcing our laws; to corrupt our system of election; to perpetuate poverty; in other words, to violate the dignity of our people, to demean our democracy, and worse of all, to defy the sovereignty of God,” - (from former Chief Justice Reynato Puno as published by Phil. Daily Inquirer)
Posted on: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 23:31:27 +0000
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