Warning: Jueteng-STL tandem a formidable political force
Now it can be openly and publicly told what was probably already known before but remains unsaid and/or underestimated. There was strong and solid reason behind the fact that all the post-martial maw administrations in the past shamelessly danced with the jueteng lords. Now, there is more forceful and cogent cause why even the present administration — with anti-corruption and pro-integrity as its loud and repeated battle cry — expressly and officially declared that eradicating jueteng was not and remains not a “priority.” And as a matter of course, much less does the PNP together with local public officials look at neutralizing jueteng as anything relevant. In fact, recently a former President at that, fervently and loudly proclaimed that jueteng should be “legalized” — in the spirit of the saying that if you cannot lick ‘em, then join ‘em. Simple yet devoid of principle, and wherefore ethically flat broke. If by itself then, jueteng was not only a national shame but also a fearsome social cancer, very much more it is during these times since Small Time Lottery (STL) became its intimate buddy, its bosom partner — making themselves an awesome and fearful paring. In case there are people who are still unaware of it or who miss the sinister significance and foreboding consequences of the jueteng-STL tandem, let them know the following on-the-ground realities..... MORE Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100812com6.html |
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