Essay About Corruption In The Philippines

Corruption is a form of dishonest or unethical conduct by a person entrusted with a position of authority according to Abrugar (2014). Corruption is also a pervasive and long standing problem of our country. According to Camello (n.d) the real cause behind corruption is absence of ‘respectable justice system’. Philippine justice is not credible and most of the Filipino people are losing respect for it because it cannot enforce the rule of law against prominent characters and powerful corrupt prominent officials. Philippine justice is “POLITICALLY ADULTERATED” which means that is more dominated by politicians who consider themselves the superior elites of society at the expense of rights of the common people. The Philippines must activate the

According to Pike (n.d) death penalty law helps to lessen the criminality. There are other types of corruption in our country that make Filipino life miserable. If in accordance with the provisions of Republic Act 1379 “a public official has been found to have acquired during his incumbency whether in his name or in the name of other persons an amount of property or money manifest out of proportion to his salary and his other lawful

According to Camello (n.d) Mr. Marcos is long gone but graft and corruption remains the bane of the Philippines. The country still ranks as one of the most corrupt in the South East Asia, despite a boost in table last year. Since taking power in 2010, Benigno Aquino the Philippine president has led a half-hearten campaign against fraud. His neat election slogan “If there’s no corruption there’s no poverty”. But for three years his effort has consisted if little else than the arrest and prosecution of his predecessor Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on trial millions in the state lottery