Summer is about to end and
in few more days, rainy season will commence.
However, the political arena is still reeling hot if we base it on the
current viral topic right now which netizens are either rejoicing or
debating about. One year from today, Filipino
voters will troop again to their respective precincts to elect the next
president of the republic. Indeed, 365
days is not exactly far away and politicians and campaign strategists know this
well and some have already made actions to make rivals clip their moves. The first victim is VP Jojo Binay as the
Court of Appeals has ordered freezing his bank accounts and surprise of all surprises
included in the order are his insurance policies too.
The court order includes
more than 240 accounts of the Binays, accounts of former Vice Mayor of Makati
Ernesto Mercado who turned whistle-blower, associates of the Vice President
headed by Gerardo Limlingan who is Binay’s chief of staff and currently in
hiding. The Inquirer website reported that this story has already accumulated
nearly 30,000 shares as of Wednesday afternoon and predicted that the numbers
will grow.
Netizens were indeed
rejoice, prompting some of them to proclaim that the feeling is the same when
Pacquiao won and some thanked God and viewed this news development as a
blessing from heaven. For President
Aquino’s supporters, they applauded him for manifesting that he is indeed serious
with his “Daang Matuwid” pronouncement. Supporters
of Binay on the other hand cried foul and insisted that this move is just pure
political in nature.
Politics is dirty not just
in the Philippines but even in other countries. This is the natural path; talk
dirty and act dirty. If you want to be
objective with this frozen asset issue, think of it as a welcome idea and a
good precedent and hope that this move will deter “in your face” graft and
corruption. By freezing their assets, the
Binays will naturally make a move and such move will hope to reveal the real
nature of this account and answer once and for all the sources of their wealth.
The best move here is that
in order to prevent a huge campaign spending which is part of the cycle of
political graft and corruption, all politicians running for high offices from
President to Congressman should be included in the order of freezing the assets and
insurance policies and shall only be lifted after the term of office is
finished or the politicians will lose the election. This can only mean that the politicians and
the rest of their gang will live according to their means. At the same time, this will separate earnings
before, during, and after their terms.
Yes, the idea is naïve, but, who knows there might be someone out there who can expound on this idea and
find more benefits. Let us be fair to Binay by freezing all the assets of other
politicians as well. What do you think?
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