Philippines has been faced with yet another corruption scandal! As I was looking through the papers from November 1, I found out that the Senate was preparing an arrest warrant for Jocelyn Bolante. This was to compel him to testify in an investigation into allegations that 728 million pesos in farm subsidies were diverted to President Gloria Arroyo's 2004 election campaign as he was alleged to have handled the payments. This will bring allegations of President Gloria Arroyo's rigged 2004 elections into the spotlight yet again, which have bedevilled her presidency.
Not only that, a member of a delegation of police generals attending an Interpol conference in St Petersburg was caught by Russian Customes with 105,000yen in undeclared cash meant to buy intelligence equipment. This is contradicting to the police force trying to improve its public image and uproot corruption.
Corruption seems to be rifle in Philippines and uprooting will pose a big challenge to the government. Here are some photos I found that shows the resentment of the Filipinos towards President Gloria Arroyo:
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