REACTION: HOW ABOUT THE BONIFACIOS AMONG US?

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:13:43 -0700

by MAR TECSON

Hi Bob,

What was wrong was not EDSA 1 nor EDSA 2. What was wrong was the LACK of FOLLOW THROUGH in the institutionalization of needed REFORMS, so that at present, the people are helpless even against blatant corruption and wrongdoing in government.

EDSA 2 came about because there was intentional FAILURE in the nation's GRIEVANCE SYSTEM, by way of SENATORS who suppressed the TRUTH during the Erap impeachment hearing.

There was EDSA 2 because after EDSA 1, there was failure to institute a Grand Jury system that is not afraid to confront even a sitting President. Thus, what we have are senators in the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, lawyers in the Office of the Ombudsman, and CPA's and lawyers in the Commission on Audit who, despite repeated requests/recommendations to them, would not do the obvious, common-sense, and fundamental audit/investigation procedure that can pin down the $130-MILLION alleged OVERPRICING in the ZTE contract--COMPARISON of ZTE CONTRACT PRICES vs. OPEN MARKET PRICES.


Okay, fine, you, and myself, do not want an extralegal change in power. But how about the others who feel aggrieved, especially those who have guns in their hands because they are in the military but not part of those pampered by TRAPOS?

Jose Rizal was against bloody revolution, but how about Andres Bonifacio?

Which is why, in another email, I thought the CIVILIANS have to PREEMPT the MILITARY....

Which is why, by myself, I have worked for years doing what one person can do to help minimize corruption--so that even in modest ways, I can help defuse the clamor for extralegal change in power. However, with COA's belated restoration of selective PRE-AUDIT effective August 1, 2009, the next step in the private sector's anti-corruption work requires group effort, which I cannot do alone. Therefore, I started looking for CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS which may listen to me and with whom I can work. Ms. Gomez's solicitation for good-governance measures conveniently came along through email, hence I tried to see if I can work with them--and this thread started.