No to wang-wang; yes to jueteng
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| Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz |
There is something not only quite strange but also very wrong when someone proclaiming himself as the incarnation of honesty and integrity, wants no wang-wang in the streets in Metro Manila, yet allows jueteng to thrive in many parts the country. The tabooed sound merely inconveniences some motorists every now and then. But the illegal numbers’ game continuously exploits the poor millions of the population, and incessantly corrupts a big number of local officials plus their Philippine National Police counterparts.
No to wang-wang! It is hard to wake up in the morning to be on time for a given occasion. It is taxing to arrive on time to be present at a public event. Arriving late is thus readily justified because wang-wang is not used. It has to be conceded that this scheme is not only convenient but also ingenious.
Yes to jueteng! Why? It is downright illegal, yet on and on it goes, all the days of the week, all the weeks of the year. Money is consistently taken precisely from those who have less in life. And the money infallibly goes to the big and deep pockets of those precisely tasked to stop the illegal activity.
The previous administration said something and did exactly the opposite as far as jueteng is concerned. It even had a special law enacted supposedly to stop the illegal numbers game. Among the many and impressive penalties supposedly for imposition against the violators is not only cash but also imprisonment. And the law was dead the moment it was signed..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110113com5.html
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