Tags: Legislation, Politics
By loQal.ph
QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA— The country can easily win its fight against graft and corruption by solving basic problems such as traffic.
According to Ramon G. Barredo, a lawyer and member of the Batas Barangay Development Foundation, Inc., vehicular and pedestrian traffic is the easiest show arena for chasing out graft and corruption.
“To Filipinos, next to television, it is the most visible, it is the most real,” he said.
In an essay, Barredo said the display of a decent enforcement of laws, all laws, out in the open, in plain sight and with the honest feel of everyone, is an irreplaceable lesson-example learned on the country’s largest stage.
This could be just a taste, it first has to be piloted and prepared, he said. The lawyer added that to address graft and corruption, one must note that it is necessary to have dedicated and incorruptible personnel.
“This faithful patriotic few will do when led by a determined leader and those still practicing graft and corruption, like cancer cells, will have to be incarcerated, penalized and cut off,” he said.
The lawyer further said if this scheme is to work, the change “must, has to, and should begin” with Filipinos themselves.
The Philippines continues to suffer from graft and corruption despite having anti-graft laws.
Barredo,in the same essay, noted that Republic Act 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corruption Practices Act, is often “unenforced.”
Graft, done by a government or private official, is the taking of illicit or unfair advantage of an office or a position for personal gain.
Corruption, performed by almost anyone, is the giving or obtaining illegitimate and/or immoral advantage through means inconsistent with one’s duty or with disregarded for the rights of others, the lawyer added.
He added that many have ideas on how to stem corruption and virtually all have their own separate views and opinions on what is and who are enveloped in graft.
“However, most seldom understand and know the root to be corruption,” he said.
Misunderstanding is mainly due the fact that most are themselves engaged in corruption of sorts, directly or indirectly, from paying off traffic cops and tax men to enriching cabinet secretaries, politicians and judges, the lawyer said.
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Barangay officials being front-liners can easily play a major role in solving our traffic problem. They could start by clearing our sidewalks & roads with illegally parked vehicles. They need to protect the rights of pedestrians to use & walk on sidewalks freely & without obstruction. Double parking is also a major concern. Second, they can remove illegal PUVs terminals & use of roads as “talyer” or repair shops & car wash. All they need is a strong political will, desire & determination to succeed. Ty