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July 5th, 2014 11:31 AM #2091
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July 5th, 2014 12:33 PM #2092
Hindi niya gagawin ito, mawawalan siya ng mga taga pagtanggol after his term.
Church dares Aquino: Let go of corrupt allies
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MANILA, Philippines—Catholic bishops challenged the Aquino administration on Friday to “let go” of corrupt officials in its ranks.
Archbishop Socrates Villegas, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), said the investigation into the misuse of state funds should not be selective and should not spare administration allies.
“A government that professes to tread the straight path must remain true to that profession and must be willing to let go of the corrupt in its own ranks,” the Lingayen Dagupan archbishop said in a statement.
Reiterating Church calls for accountability, Villegas was referring to President Benigno Aquino III’s tuwid na daan (straight path) slogan.
Villegas made the call after the Supreme Court on Tuesday declared unconstitutional the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP), striking down the presidential budgetary prerogative.
The CBCP head also called on the Commission on Audit (COA) and the Office of the Ombudsman to tell the nation where the DAP funds went.
“While, indeed, in many cases, it would be impractical, unhelpful even, to undo every project funded by what the high court has ruled to be unconstitutional means, we must nevertheless know how these monies were used, for where there was an illegal and immoral application of funds, there must be restitution,” Villegas declared.
According to him, “there is no reason to direct our ire only at the three senators, or at those presently accused.”
Different treatment
Critics have slammed the administration for treating Mr. Aquino’s allies implicated in the PDAF and DAP scandals differently from those linked with the opposition.
Filipinos “must humbly recognize that the propensity to make use of what is not ours to better the lives of our families or to gain access to luxuries that would otherwise be beyond us will be found in all of us,” Villegas said.
“We are all guilty by attitude and by our disposition,” he added as he renewed calls for national conversion not only of individuals but of institutions as well.
“We must pray together for the grace of conversion, because the prosecution and punishment of a few will not rid the nation of the propensity to corruption that is found in us all,” Villegas said.
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July 5th, 2014 01:04 PM #2093
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July 5th, 2014 03:50 PM #2094
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July 5th, 2014 06:31 PM #2095
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July 5th, 2014 06:40 PM #2096
Iniba na nya naman ang label. Fanboy, Dilaw, ngayon Band-wagoner.
Alam namin lahat ng issue fanatic.
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July 6th, 2014 10:52 AM #2097
walang HIMALA
hindi na babangon ang PATAY..matagal ng patay si macoy
kung bumagon man yan ay zombie na yan, bulok na ang utak nyan, hindi na sya kasing talino dati
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July 6th, 2014 10:02 PM #2098
The thing is nag-start ng thread dito against Marcos, humaba din yung thread at hindi naipasara. Now, meron nag-standup, nagsabi rin ng mabuti din naman nagawa si Marcos to have a more whole perspective tungkol sa kanya. Hindi naman yata healthy ang palitan ng kuro-kuro dito kung lagi na lang iisa ang ating side, in my honest opinion.
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July 7th, 2014 09:34 AM #2100
Lipat na lang tayo sa Antarctica para walang politika
Damn, son! Where'd you find this?