WITH massive government corruption blown beyond recognition, groups from various political spectrums are drum beating calls for mass actions and protest rallies.
To some, these calls could spark another People Power Revolution which forced the father of the sitting President to leave the Palace and head to Hawaii for an exile.
With crooks pointing fingers against each other, a systemic scheme on how billions in public funds have been misused have been exposed.
The predicament surrounding the Department of Public Works and Highways’ (DPWH) flood control projects are not mere accounting errors. It’s plunder.
Taxpayers’ money has been stolen in broad daylight via budget insertions to provide funds for ghost projects, unfinished infrastructure, and substandard materials.
What’s even worse is that the scheme involved Marcos’ political allies, in cahoots with DPWH officials and private contractors.
All these are now known to the public which has been tediously watching each and every development of the congressional investigations where names of three senators and 17 congressmen — including the presidential cousin House Speaker Martin Romualdez, have been dragged into a scandal bigger than the pork barrel scam.
In a country where more than half of all families fall within the category of “poor,” the grotesque scale of anomalies is simply unacceptable.
The luxury umbrellas, a fleet of 40 plus luxury cars, a collection of Patek Philippe watches within an estimated worth of P11 million apiece, an extravagant dinner in Bonifacio Global City pegged at three-quarters of a million pesos.
These are with all certainty explosive enough to make the people want to join another People Power Revolution.
Anomalies have become an embedded culture in a government badly missing decency.
Whether guilt can be proven beyond reasonable doubt or otherwise, is no longer the issue. The volume of red flags, confessions, and physical evidence is already overwhelming.
