Dalawang daang milyon! Ito daw yung pera na sabi ni COMELEC Chairman Abalos na ibibigay kay Sec. Neri kung maaprubahan ang NBN-ZTE. Nahihilo ako sa laki ng pinag-uusapang pera dito. Kay Secretary Neri pa lang iyan, di pa natin alam kung magkano ang mapupunta kay Chairman Abalos, o kung magkano ang mapupunta kina Mike Arroyo, kung kasali nga siya. Paano pa yung mas mabababa ang posisyon sa kanila? May parte din kaya sila? Kung susumahin natin, bilyong piso siguro ang aabutin ng suhol para lang maaprubahan ang proyekto na ito
Nakakahilo, ni hindi ko maarok kung gaano kadaming pera ang 200 milyon. Ni hindi pa ako nakakakita ng 200 libong piso, paano pa kaya ang 200 milyon. Ini-isip ko pa lang nasusuka na ako. Kung may 200 milyon ako puede na akong mag retiro, maski ibangko ko lang siya at maski na 2 porsiyento kada taon ang kita nito, mayroon akong 4 na milyon taon-taon. Hindi ko na kakailanganing maghanap ng bargain na libro sa booksale, puede ko nang bilhin lahat ng librong gusto ko.
200 milyon, putsa.
Showing posts with label corruption. Show all posts
Showing posts with label corruption. Show all posts
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Thursday, September 20, 2007
What's the deal with ZTE?
I did not intend to post something on the ZTE-NBN deal, I don't have the motivation to analyze the deal. But like most Filipinos, I am following the unfolding of the secrets, mostly by reading MLQ3's serial posts, DJB is also covering the story. Between the two of them and the newspapers, I feel the story is fully covered.
But I came across this post from Rick Bagahue at Tek for the Pipol and he cites a UP study by Raul Fabella and Emmanuel de Dios that
Update: September 24, 2007
The paper by Professors Fabella and de Dios can be downloaded at the Action for Economic Reforms website.
But I came across this post from Rick Bagahue at Tek for the Pipol and he cites a UP study by Raul Fabella and Emmanuel de Dios that
"...debunked economic rationales it determined beforehand. It provided reasons why the following can not be the basis for the NBN project; supposed savings that the government will get, anticipating congestions, back-up inadequacy and pre-empting predatory behavior of private providers. In addition, the paper sees the government as incapable of keeping up with the rapid technical changes. It has also advised the government to just concentrate on "core competencies" and leave all "non-core competencies" to the private sectors.It seems that we are not only dealing with a project that is financially disadvantageous to the the Philippines and financially advantageous to some, but worse, we are being asked to fund a project that is not needed.
The paper concluded that such a NBN project is not needed and all the government needs now is a moral backbone."
Update: September 24, 2007
The paper by Professors Fabella and de Dios can be downloaded at the Action for Economic Reforms website.
Friday, January 12, 2007
Global Integrity Index
A friend alerted me to the website of Global Integrity. The organization measured the effectiveness of anti-corruption mechanism in different countries. I looked at the country report of the Philippines.
My impression is that the overall score the Philippines garnered (73 - Moderate) is fair, based on the criteria they measured.
Of the 6 categories measured, the Philippines got the highest score in the Oversight and Regulation and Anti-Corruption and the Rule of Law categories. We got high scores in this categories because we have national agencies that deal with corruption (the Ombudsman and the COA) and we have laws against corruption. I urge people to visit the site and see for themselves, I found myself generally agreeing (with a few quibbles) to the scores given.
1. Civil Society, Public Information and Media - 72
2. Elections - 60
3. Government Accountability - 71
4. Administration and Civil Service - 73
5. Oversight and Regulation - 85
6. Anti-Corruption and Rule of Law -78
From a Filipino's viewpoint, the anti-corruption measures are poor, but this is why a comparative survey can be useful, it forces us to think differently about corruption in our country. This survey tells us that though we may view our country and government officials as hopelessly corrupt, from a worldwide perspective, we're not that bad, our plight is not hopeless.
From the specific findings in the survey, we can conclude that we already have the institutional mechanisms necessary to combat endemic corruption , we even have a vigorous civil society sector to help us, but we need, (1) Electoral Reform, the category that we scored the lowest, (2) An effective whistle-blowing process of the country (we may have the laws but as long as we cannot find credible witnesses against the perpetrators of corruption, we cannot effectively go after them) (3) Accountability, specifically, budget and legislative accountability.
Which is why it is imperative that we elect people with known probity. It is imperative that we elect people who will implement the laws against corruption to the fullest.
My impression is that the overall score the Philippines garnered (73 - Moderate) is fair, based on the criteria they measured.
Of the 6 categories measured, the Philippines got the highest score in the Oversight and Regulation and Anti-Corruption and the Rule of Law categories. We got high scores in this categories because we have national agencies that deal with corruption (the Ombudsman and the COA) and we have laws against corruption. I urge people to visit the site and see for themselves, I found myself generally agreeing (with a few quibbles) to the scores given.
1. Civil Society, Public Information and Media - 72
2. Elections - 60
3. Government Accountability - 71
4. Administration and Civil Service - 73
5. Oversight and Regulation - 85
6. Anti-Corruption and Rule of Law -78
From a Filipino's viewpoint, the anti-corruption measures are poor, but this is why a comparative survey can be useful, it forces us to think differently about corruption in our country. This survey tells us that though we may view our country and government officials as hopelessly corrupt, from a worldwide perspective, we're not that bad, our plight is not hopeless.
From the specific findings in the survey, we can conclude that we already have the institutional mechanisms necessary to combat endemic corruption , we even have a vigorous civil society sector to help us, but we need, (1) Electoral Reform, the category that we scored the lowest, (2) An effective whistle-blowing process of the country (we may have the laws but as long as we cannot find credible witnesses against the perpetrators of corruption, we cannot effectively go after them) (3) Accountability, specifically, budget and legislative accountability.
Which is why it is imperative that we elect people with known probity. It is imperative that we elect people who will implement the laws against corruption to the fullest.
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