The culture of impunity

The culture of impunity

We have real issues that need attending to should we maintain a sustaining freedom with this democracy. The past election unfortunately provided extended mandates to many making matters worse with dynasties metastasizing on the national levels. It is no longer confined to local government where fiefdoms have ruled for decades but now with senators and their families ruling the country. Then there are the convicted, the felons and many with existing graft and corruption cases that were not only allowed to run for office but won. Congress as it is is full of politicians with dynasties. How are we to correct this impunity of corruption and the violations towards a constitution they are supposed to up hold with direct reference to Article II Section 26? The answer is we do not especially with this lot.

The problem most say stems from the President whose dynasty has been made the supreme example. The politicians have followed the example of the President coming from a dynasty himself. We have regulators supposedly created to place a check on abuses by government officials; problem is today they too run scared of these powerful politicians who are now above the law. Violations towards our laws are commonplace and the courts are running scared with their tails between their legs. Ergo, the culture of impunity!

The masses are indifferent to all this with their issues of having to feed themselves considering the rising prices for food, water, security from the police, increasing utilities and government taxes. There is no sustaining program for mass housing with jobs disappearing for less money to boot. Incompetence has made matters worse with no infrastructure and development other than the boast of Malacanang that the economy is improving due to the stock exchange which has tumbled and the perceptions of the outside world that the Philippines has turned the corner. The problem is which street is this corner? Ask any decent Joe on the street and he will be quick to point out his misery. There are no social nets and none in the offing. The people have spoken and their decisions we suffer the next three years. And should all things remain the same after another three, we continue to suffer another three. The biggest losers of course are the poor. Blessed are the rich in this scenario who can idly stand by and criticize and do nothing. What they don’t realize is they have carved out a future unfit for their children and children’s children. These selfish attitudes have increased the securities in their village enclaves to keep the poor sobs out especially in their country clubs. But hang on isn’t this the same everywhere else in the world? The rich take more and more and the poor, give them their religions. This is what the culture of impunity will result to… in-equitability for sure.