All bark, no bite
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The results of Transparency International (TI)’s recent Global Corruption Barometer report revealed more than the already unflattering figures on Noynoy’s ascendancy to power that is supposedly based on the eradication of corruption anchored on the tenet “Kung walang corrupt, walang mahirap” (No corruption, no poverty).
Already reported was that 48 percent of Filipino respondents of the survey that TI stated was the most extensive survey done yet globally on corruption, considered the government ineffective in the fight against corruption.
The survey was undertaken by pollster Gallup International covering mostly 1,000 respondents and was conducted between June 1 and Sept. 30, which was the period well into the Aquino administration that started July 1.
In Asia-Pacific, the median was 44 percent believing their government ineffective against corruption and the Philippines was one of seven countries above the average..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101213com1.html
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