Hello again, corruption
| FRONTLINE |
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| Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
It looks more and more like a crooked path being treaded by the new Malacañang tenant and his cronies and political allies, what with the huge P21-billion Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) not only being kept intact, despite the impossibility of the pro-poor program’s effective implementation, but also with the deliberate removal — by just two congressional allies of Noynoy Aquino — of the protective clause that was inserted earlier by the minority members of Congress.
Goodbye, hopes of good government. Hello again, big time government corruption!
Because the removal of the protective clause covering the P21-billion CCT funds, which called for any savings from that fund to be given for education and health, means that the CCT savings would now go into the pocket of the Chief Executive, to do as he pleases. In other words, the savings will now be added to his already fantabulous pork barrel, which is already in the tens of billions.
From reports, only two members of Congress deliberately removed the protection clause: Sen. Franklin Drilon and Rep. Jose Abaya, both staunch allies aand lapdogs of Noynoy Aquino..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101217com2.html
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