Why is the philippine government so corrupt
Corruption in the Philippines
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the Philippines is considered one of the
most corrupt countries in the
asia-pacific region and has caused many
problems to the country through the
years this is according to the research
of the transparency international index
2018 transparency international index is
a global civil society organization that
leads the fight against corruption and
is the organization that releases the
corruption perception index the
corruption perception index ranks
countries and territories based on how
their public sector is perceived to be
it is a collection of Paul's composite
index and drawing a corruption related
data collected by various international
reputable institutions in the
transparency corruption index in 2018
the Philippines ranked 99th out of 180
countries
jumping to have levers from drunk 111 in
the 2017 index the Philippines scored 36
out of 100 which is far below the 44
score of the region come and join us as
we trace the historical background of
corruption in the Philippines identify
the difference between graft and
corruption and enumerate the forms and
methods of corruption in the Philippines
this video will also help us assess and
evaluate different policies against
corruption and we will try to propose
solutions that will eliminate or at
least reduce corruption
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in its simplest definition corruption is
a dishonest behavior and unlawful mean
usually done by people in authority or
have a high power corruption is present
anytime anywhere
there is corruption in houses there is
corruption in firms schools churches and
especially in the government let us
focus on corruption in the government as
this is a big problem that our country
has faced through the years we may often
hear the word graph together with
corruption and there is always a
misconception that graft and corruption
are the same but the truth is it is not
so let us not differentiate the meanings
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differentiated graft and corruption from
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2016 when cut about a governor Emmylou
Mendoza was charged by the Sandiganbayan
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an illegal gaming of
well corruption is the improper use of
funds graft and corruption are often
charged to high government officials who
abuse their powers when public funds are
used for their own benefits honesty
integrity principles of the officials
are compromised because of corruption it
can be hard to tell the difference
graft is a specific type of corruption
where one uses his position to benefit
from illegal transactions for example
when Filipino officials works in the
Armed Services Committee he cannot use
his advantage to buy stocks from a
defense company although graft and
corruption go together most of the time
we will only focus on corruption in the
government in the Philippines
particularly in this video
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David Prescott burrows who was a former
colonial official served as chief of the
Bureau for non-christian tribes and
colony superintendent for education in
the Philippine Islands
well world war 1 is happening he was in
an intelligence officer of the country
and then became the president of the
University of California from 1919 to
1923 throughout the span of his career
he wrote the 1905 history of the
Philippines and the 1914 a decade of
American colonial that showed his
interest to the country Burroughs didn't
trust the Philippine government
he believed in imperialism he admired
governor-general unite with who's Manuel
Quezon Sark nemesis the delayed
Philippines interdependence in tackling
the history of corruption in the
Philippines writings of the American
generals can be one of the basis
Burroughs despised regional principalía
up to national elite represented by the
caissons
he studied where corruption started
almost everywhere a great example is
dumped at once from Muslim Mindanao
anyone who read about the Moro province
being Koshka for war Lord Alice known by
the AMPA to ins and express it in Gloria
macapagal-arroyo Orville Wood who is a
devout administrator during the 1980
Todd burrows that public officials are
pocketing money from the municipality in
box 34 of Burroughs paper in the
archives of UC Berkeley there is big
talk being made in the Filipino papers
about the large amount of money being
spent in the department of Mindanao and
Sulu over its income for the uplift of
the Morris all of which is a farce it is
not being spent for Morris but for the
salaries of relatives of the influence
the northern provinces who have been
sent here these days when the government
sends money to Mindanao people see it as
a way of corruption we can assume that
the reason why Mara's hate the
government is because the government
itself has cheated to them since the
nineteen hundreds
according to borrows letters contained
in box for these small rows do not give
respect and ready to fight against the
Philippine government
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there are three types of corruption in
the public sector first is political
corruption this is the abuse of public
power office or resources by elected
government officials for personal gain
by extortion soliciting or offering
bribes the anti-graft and corrupt
practices criminalizes active and
passive bribery embezzlement extortion
abuse of office and conflict of interest
in the public sector bribery of public
officials and trading in influence are
also criminalized in the anti LED tape
app the app forbids office holders from
accepting any gifts or material benefits
in exchange for any government permit or
license under the revised Penal Code
gifts are classified as indirect bribery
an exception is made for gifts of
insignificant value given as a token of
friendship in line with local customs
one example of political corruption is
bought buying in 2018 nine people have
been arrested by the police for alleged
vote-buying
in the Baron guy and Sangguniang
Kabataan elections despite massive
reports of such election violation in
the region of calabaza second is
corruption among the police pacifically
it is a form of police misconduct
designed to obtain financial benefits
personal gain career advancement for a
police officers in exchange for not
pursuing or selectively pursuing an
investigation or arrest there is a high
risk of corruption when dealing with the
police the national police force is
widely regarded as one of the most
corrupt institutions in the country
reports of the police and military
engaging in corruption extortion and
being involved in local rackets are
widespread in one corruption case Police
Commissioner mr. sombrero is under
investigation for allegedly facilitating
50 million peso bribe from gambling
tycoon Jacqueline who tried to bribe
immigration authorities in order to
release approximately 1300 Chinese
nationals who were working in resorts
illegally last is judicial corruption
this refers to corruption related miss
condom of judges through receiving are
given
bribes improper sentencing of convicted
criminals bias in the hearing and
judgment of arguments and others such
misconduct corruption risks are higher
in the judicial system bribes and
irregular payments in return for
favorable judicial decision are common
the judiciary is firmly independent but
the rich and powerful have frequently
influenced proceedings in civil and
criminal cases in one case a businessman
filed an administrative complaint in the
country's Supreme Court against Makati
City judge for allegedly asking for a 15
million bribe in exchange for a
favorable ruling in an insurance claim
corruption often comes in many different
forms and methods one note that should
be taken is that corruption does not
necessarily need to be monetary any
official or office that do against the
public and benefits their personal or
their families or their friends interest
is considered corruption one form of
corruption are those payoffs and bribes
this is the act of giving money goods or
services to unofficial in exchange for
favorable treatment for example a DTI
examiner is bribed with money by a
Chinese businessman who sells steel
products that do not meet the required
standard quality instead of charging the
businessman with charges and violations
the examiner will just list the company
cleared for the operation another form
is graft and embezzlement this is when
elected officials divert some of the
money supposedly for government projects
into their personal accounts or use
funds owned by another person or group
for their own personal benefit a timely
example would be the use of government
funds for the campaigning of an
incumbent official for an upcoming
elections despite being their
responsibility to spend government funds
for the public they will use this as a
tool for them for campaigning blackmail
and extortion is when government
officials uses their power and influence
to threaten another person into behaving
a certain way or threatens to reveal
incriminating information about someone
in order to coerce that person into
cooperating with them if a police
officer finds out that his chief police
officer in the present is engaged in
illegal doings the chief police would
use his authority in order that the
police officer who caught him keeps
quiet by extortion
lastly when an official lets their
appointments by influenced by
inappropriate or illegal factors this is
called preferential treatment this is
evident when availing of public
privileges those who have connections
with officials will have preferential
treatment of the benefits
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the culture of corruption
the daily activities in our country the
question is when and how did the culture
of corruption start in our country we
will answer this question by tasting the
long history of corruption starting from
the colonial Spanish era
in the pre-colonial
ear the area where corrupt behavior
could conceivably have arising is due to
the superiority of the chips which can
be acquired only by inheritance overdose
of their barangay without resistance and
pure acceptance the Chiefs arm agonal
would enslave some people definitely not
a family member and treat them as their
possessions in which they could traders
another example of opportunity for
corruption are the fines imposed as
penalties for crimes and the tributes
that the lower classes were supposed to
play all the corruption was already
visible in the pre-colonial era the
Spanish regime is generally the period
that characterized prevalence of graft
and corruption for over 300 years the
spaniards demonstrated their power and
authority when stealing the local people
about the intention of spreading the
catholic faith in the long run the
friars who are known as leaders of the
church became a massive force in terms
of political and religious corruption
the friars took over the land of the
natives as they built schools and
churches that nick division brought
about in philippine society by the
spanish empire was tremendous get a
broad taste of the ethnic division in
Spanish colonial Philippi historian Jose
Gaia remarks the native villapiano's or
India's where the lowest in the pecking
order
looked down upon by the peninsulares in
solaris and mestizos he benefits of
belonging to the Spanish ethnicity as to
be of Spanish descent whether pure or
mixed or in a person the privilege of
tax and labor exemption of freedom of
movement among during the American
colonial public officials were barred
from engaging in private businesses
without the consent of the
governor-general
many public officials took advantage of
this rule that resulted two different
scandals during the era there were also
provisions that were comparable with the
practices of the Spaniards which
concerned the justices of the Peace of
the towns where Filipinos live because
of curious oversight Filipinos were not
paid salaries but only permitted to
collect fee for their services the
public officials became the perpetrators
of petty corruption there were also
instances that a group of officials who
committed petty crime for civilians
discharged soldiers what entered the
civil service without an examination
those who committed this wrongdoing were
promptly dead and punished according
corruption also happened under the
administration of the politicians in the
American ear specifically under surges
Mannion Manuel Quezon government funds
are used by politicians further
relatives Keynes and supporters through
appointment on different government
positions Manuel Quezon used the Manila
railroad company to employee supporters
but never used the company for his own
benefit morover surges mania took
control of the Philippine National Bank
and used the offices to repay political
debts and appointed people even without
the knowledge and the industry and bank
management after the war the United
States gave out 640 million dollars
worth of rehabilitation funds people
were allowed to claim based on the
damage caused to them however among
those who drew cash from the
rehabilitation funds were relative
Filipino families with vast investments
in land and commerce many of the raw
allies benefited from the free trade as
American market demand for primary
commodities such as sugar coconut oil
and hemp revived plantation production
the rehabilitation finance corporation
asked to sell materials read 200 million
pesos turned over only 28 million passes
to the government after 3 years of
operation the rest was never accounted
for in the term of President Corino he
himself was charged with the extending
favors to relatives and profligacy
particular in ownership of a golden
chamber pot and with tolerating
corruption in Congress a popular freeze
during those days was 10% it means that
an official who demanded 10% from
importers and businessmen who sought a
license to open an import substitution
business State corporations during the
Garcia term such as the National
Development Corporation became an
opportunity for corruption bribery
fraudulent transactions and favoritest
ratio himself candidly admitted that
when it came to cronyism his presidency
had become a sheet has gathered a lot of
barnacles along the way I cannot shake
them red
the second year in office Filipinos saw
no difference between Garcia and Carina
in terms of corruption timely media
exposes of government corruption sealed
the fate of mapa gas reform if Miguel
was forced to back down from his
legislative agenda his defeat soon
brought to light other compromises
these include arrangements with certain
senators not to disrupt their smuggling
operations in exchange for votes and
sweetheart deals with American
agricultural interests to rent public
lands at bargain prices for banana and
pineapple production the firing of
Justice Secretary Jonah was described by
the Philippine Free Press as a major
setback in the administration's crusade
against graft and corruption the Marcos
era the preeminence of patronage and
local interests also created a new
relationship between the executive and
legislative branches but most
characteristic was the way dominant
social forces family clans settler
leaders landed elites eviscerated the
implementation of state initiatives
through infiltration and corruption the
more the executive tried to accomplish
the more deals were needed the bigger
the program the more spoils to be
distributed the stricter leader controls
the more opportunities for bribery after
the Marcos era an estimated amount of
twenty seven point two billion dollars
worth of debt was inherited by docken
administration in 1986 much of that
amount had been lost off a total of ten
to fifteen million dollars were sent to
private bank accounts abroad which led
to significant support for restructuring
or even repudiating portions of the
death this of course was opposed by
international financial institutions and
other creditors who wanted the
Philippines to honor its financial
obligation in the modern era there is a
discretionary fund commonly known as
pork barrel which are appropriated for a
particular official which shall be
disbursed only for public purposes to be
supported by appropriate lodges and
subject to such guidelines as may be
prescribed by law and their own
statement signal the return of patronage
pal other examples of corruption which
are market oriented and
innovative include the use of funds from
government controlled financial
institutions to support corporate
takeovers to rescue ailing banks and
corporations and to buy into companies
coveted by the president and his family
joseph estrada a former president of the
philippines used his influence to help
atrani manipulate the stock exchange to
add our old cases such as strata
shameless defense of the corporate
interests of cohen cohen tan in the name
of removing government interference from
the private sector
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corruption is a really big problem that
a country needs to solve in order to
fight and eliminate corruption in the
government there are some practices and
policies that could be implemented first
the public should have the proper access
to information of public officials this
would promote transparency since it
would increase responsiveness of the
latter while gaining positive effect
terms of participation in social issues
because citizens can properly track the
activities of government bodies under
transparency BIR should also have annual
assessment of public officials based on
the past a lot of politicians are
earning income during little with that
BIR should be strict in examining
politicians and their work generations
so that citizens can track whether or
not he or she score another way is
through strict implementation of
submission of financial statements
regarding their assets and liabilities
and make it also available to the public
with this the Filipino people can easily
be informed about what is happening in
the government as well as tracking the
nation's funds the public will also now
see if their income is coming from their
cell from their businesses and others
however this solution also have negative
impacts that include harm or threat to
public officials because of loss of
privacy since information like statement
of assets and liabilities are easily
accessible and through dissolution the
Filipino people would gain various
knowledge and where their taxes and
funds are allocated and what projects
each official is working on for the
better voting in the next elections
another solution to eradicate corruption
is by filtering the candidate list of
any government position any candidate
who has a criminal record or issues of
corruption should not be given the
chance to run or be appointed for office
the downside of this solution is that
Filipinos would have no perfect
assurance they're guaranteed that the
officials they're electing or appointing
are competent enough for the position
despite that it would still give
Filipinos assistance in order to select
the candidate without second thoughts
and elect or appoint the most capable
official a solution that would also help
in solving corruption is through regular
mandatory surprise examining
of all government offices since CSC will
be monitoring government of employees
employees will be obliged to strictly
follow the rules this is to ensure that
government workers are doing their job
well and complying with the anti LED
tape law however this kind of solution
may be prone to more corruption because
of cotton and leghe's schemes despite
that this could still help since
government offices are expected to be
more efficient and productive as this
will significantly reduce the number of
employees playing mobile games and
watching videos and their phones during
office hours
the fourth solution that could be done
to stop corruption it's true penalizing
those who offer bribes in this way it
would help in finding out who exercises
corruption from the lowest ranking
public servant to the highest official
in the government this solution would be
able to hold those who violate the haunt
of all however this might not work if
the highest official can't be touched
and can still manipulate lower ranking
employees nevertheless since penalties
will be imposed and the violators should
be held accountable corruption in the
government will significantly decline
government workers will work lawfully
and decently that all government
transactions would have no records of
corruption
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