The struggle to fight corruption

The struggle to fight corruption

....judgment rendered by Mr. Ramon del Rosario Jr., chair of the Makati Business Club, on the campaign of the present government to fight corruption in and outside government: “The Aquino administration has just completed its first year in office and if we are to compare our situation today to where we were a year ago in our campaign for clean and honest governance, we are in a significantly better position if only for the fact that we now have a President who manifests not only personal integrity but is also sincerely determined to weed out the culture of corruption in government. President Aquino has also appointed credible and competent people to key posts who have so far demonstrated their commitment of implementing the strategic reforms and good governance policies keenly advocated by the President.”

... “The Makati Business Club has been involved in monitoring government procurement processes and helping ensure the proper delivery of public services through the Coalition against Corruption, which MBC helped convene in 2004. Of course, one of our partners in the coalition is the Management Association of the Philippines, plus the Ateneo School of Government, the Bishops-Businessmen’s Conference, CBCP-Laiko, CBCP-NASSA, CODE-NGO, Dilaab Foundation, Integrated Bar of the Philippines, Namfrel, and the Transparency and Accountability Network. We believe that procurement monitoring is an effective way of addressing public-sector corruption because it prevents the misuse of public funds, checks officials’ abuse of authority in procurement transactions, helps improve institutional accountability, promotes competitive bidding, and empowers citizens to participate in governance.”
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The colorful politics of the President's anti-corruption campaign is also to be seen in the unfolding/aggravation of (on-going) rift between the Supreme Court and Malacanang:
Chief Justice snubs anti-corruption pact signing