I can’t
help noticing a news report by
Tina
Arceo-Dumlao entitled “NGO
group says pork barrel scam gives them a bad name” (PDI 8/22/2013) and this
said NGO group is the Caucus of Development NGO Networks (CODE-NGO) of the
infamous PEACE Bonds (PEACe Bonds are Poverty Eradication and Alleviation
Certificates Bonds) of 2001.
Of all
NGOs why in the world that this CODE-NGO be the first to say that the recent pork
barrel scam gives them a bad name? What bad name? Was the so-called PEACe Bonds
scandal, more than a decade ago, involving their coalition of NGOs did not
create a bad reputation for them already? Or is this move of coming out with a
position paper given to the DBM and to both Houses of Congress is to preempt
the possibility of losing their share in the now stinking ‘pork’ barrel?
Actually
there are several honest to goodness NGOs and other so-called civil society
groups who are really working to help the poor. But in the case of the CODE-NGO
with its PEACe Bonds scandal then, was there any improvement for ten years, in
the lives of the poor Filipinos? The ‘bonds’ was supposed to go to poverty
eradication and alleviation programs by their group through government
partnership, right? Or the mincing of words only covers the real intention of
the ‘deal’. What made this transaction anomalous by the CODE-NGO back in 2001
was the composition of the people that made the operation went swiftly, through
their connection with the Secretary of the Department of Finance then, all other steps in
granting the bonds to CODE-NGO went smoothly as planned. Some of the shady cast
of characters that made the deal with the Arroyo government then are still present
in the current PNoy administration. SO we can say, what else is new in the
midst of this pork barrel scam, again shady NGOs are involved with the blessing
of politicians in all levels of the government hierarchy, from top to bottom.
Sadly,
with the cohorts conniving with the corrupt politicians, we will never ever
eradicate nor alleviate the lives of the poor of this country. So, please, shut
the f$@k up with this charade of putting your name in a bad light, the fact is
you did not have the good name to start with. Why not give back what your group
stole from the country’s coffers so you can restore your good name.
Erick San Juan
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