“It will be a little comfort for the people to see those investigations come out publicly with the names of those who will be incarcerated and be behind bars”
WITH all the investigations going on, led by the ICI (Independent Commission on Infrastructure), the Ombudsman, and the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, it looks like most, or at least some, of those mentioned being involved in corruption of flood control projects and in nonexistent or “ghost” flood control projects, will be spending their Christmas behind bars.
It is a little comfort, my gulay, to the Filipino people whose money has been stolen, to see that some of those mentioned in anomalies will go to jail, Santa Banana!
The next thing people would like to see is those corrupt people involved in graft and corruption remain there until they are finally sentenced. The problem now is how long they will stay there, till after the Christmas holidays or after New Year?
It’s a little comfort to see them behind bars, but will the people not have their money given back to them? Santa Banana, how much of those billions and trillions of pesos stolen from the people can be retrieved?
I cannot predict how long this will take but since they will be behind bars it would do well for the government to throw the book at them.
It will be a little comfort for the people to see those investigations come out publicly with the names of those who will be incarcerated and be behind bars.
President Marcos Jr. said they will be spending their days in a not-so- Merry Christmas atmosphere behind bars. But how long will they stay behind bars?
I cannot predict the final outcome of all the incarcerations of those people involved in the graft and corruption scandal of public works projects and how much of the stolen money will be retrieved and returned?
I have seen all kinds of anomalies and corruption happen in government in the past 70 years. It would do well for President Marcos Jr. to give a little comfort to the Filipino people whose money has been stolen from them by those linked to graft and corruption and infrastructure anomalies by restoring the faith and confidence of the people in building government projects.
JPE
Juan Ponce Enrile has left a legacy in the nation’s history, not so much as having reached 101 years old, but for having been a public servant for several decades, first as National Defense Secretary of then President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. and as an implementor of Martial Law from 1972 to 1981.
I had the distinct privilege of having known JPE, as he is well known, as a student when he first attended a pre-law course at the old Ateneo, then among the ruins of Padre Faura.
I had the privilege of being his classmate in some of the pre-law subjects when I was taking my degree in Bachelor of Arts. When I graduated with a Bachelor Arts from the old Ateneo, I continued my studies at the Philippine Law School and JPE continued his law studies at the University of the Philippines.
The personal history of JPE is something that historians should not forget. Although in his early life he struggled for himself because he was a child out of wedlock, he joined the law office of his father and later on formed his own law office. He was elected senator for two consecutive terms and became the Senate President.
No doubt about it, JPE has entrenched himself not only as part of Philippine history but as an elected public servant.
There are many others who claim they knew him personally.
My claim to JPE is that we are both Ilokanos.
He lived his younger years in the Cagayan Valley. In fact, he spoke Ilokano more fluently than I do. If there is one thing I praise him for, it is his concern for the public service and public good.
