Pork Barrel Scam : A Reflection of Philippine Government’ Non-transparency

One of the most controversial event in the Philippine history at the present time is the intriguing “Pork Barrel Scam” being accused to Janet Lim Napoles as the Pork Barrel Queen. This issue reflects that there is no transparency and harmonized system of government in the Philippines. Rizal once sacrificed his life for our country to ensure that a form of democratic government will be emblem by its people but this Pork Barrel Scam seemingly shows that there is still no reformation in our government. What is the worth of Rizal’s suffering if the Philippines will be doomed by corrupt officials who were chosen by the masses to be part of changing the lives of them? What is the essence of Rizal’s dying if the Philippines will be engraved by politicians who serve not because of their loyal and dedicated concern for people but because of their own self interest? What will happen to our nation if this anomalous controversy will not unfold the truth?

Rizal exerted a full effort by writing different nobles and poems to enlightened the mind of Filipinos about the brutality and unscrupulous form of government that Spaniards entreated with us. He sacrificed his life just to ensure that Filipinos will be illuminated about the brutal activities that Spaniards sown in our country. Because of his extreme nationalism and patriotism, he said in his final farewell book “Mi Ultimo Adios” that he wanted to scatter his dead body in every part of the Philippines just to ensure that even if he already dead, he can still be a contributor to the Philippines in a way of serving as a fertility of our ground. In connection with Napoles Scandal, the accused politicians seems to be a contrary of what Rizal fought for our country. The Senators, Congressmen an...

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...ady on the legal age. We are stupid if the officials who are involved in this anomalous Pork Barrel Scam will be elected again on the next election. We must bear in our mind that it is a clear indications that if they were elected again, there is a strong possibility that our country will suffer more because the corrupt and ambitious mind is inherent and cannot be removed from these kind of government officials.

The government officials who are being accused of this scam must be jailed and imprisoned to ensure that they will be sentenced and they will realized the tragic feeling of the poor Filipinos who was strived and become an orphanage of real progress and success of our nation. We must unite to each other to make them feel that we are ready to revolt against these corrupt officials because the power of democracy and independence is really with ourselves.