Jueteng – daang matuwid – jueteng VIEWPOINTS Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz 09/15/2011

Jueteng – daang matuwid – jueteng

VIEWPOINTS

Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz

09/15/2011
There is something not only interesting but also intriguing — if not downright suspicious — about the above tripod wherein strangely enough, the so called “daang matuwid” has jueteng precisely before and after it. The former supposedly stands for integrity and honestly. The latter openly represents corruption and deceit. And yet, what is supposed to be the incarnation of integrity and honestly, is precisely infected by the gross reality of corruption and deceit. To better understand this blatant contradiction, it might help to look into the significance and implications of the following two pairings.

The pairing jueteng — daang matuwid — jueteng was rampant and incisive — before the proclamation of the upright way of governance. It also proved to be fatal with the disappearance of a good number of “unfaithful” cobradores and cabos. There was even that well known convert from being a jueteng operator to a strong anti- jueteng crusader who was mercilessly gunned down in a well known Manila boulevard..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110915com7.html