The Farce that is Philippine Politics, the Circus that is the Philippine Judicial System

Amidst the ZTE Scandal and the over hyped Erap Plunder case, the Philippines has once again proven that power corrupts and money is the root of all evil. I am not against the government per se, I adhere to its laws and the democracy that it represents. But I thoroughly abhor the people who run it, not necessarily the people in the limelight, but those people who hides in the shadow of those in power. They are the puppeteer and those in power are merely puppets. As puppets, they are easily manipulated to do things that they normally would not do, they are driven by ambition, by the lure of easy money and ultimately by the temptation of power.

I have ceased to read the headlines of Philippine newspapers a year ago, I only read the paper for my daily dose of comic strips and sudoku puzzles. Its all the same, day in and day out. Everything is over hyped and every politician wants to make a name for himself by riding on whatever is hot at the moment. It gets stale easily and it disrupts my appetite. But news get around fast and even if I no longer read the headlines I am still updated. I even watched the Erap plunder case ruling and it disgusted me. Erap was not the one who was on trial that day, the Philippine Judicial System is. I once wanted to become a lawyer, but just watching the circus that is the Philippine Judicial System, I lost all desire to be one. It does not matter if you are a good lawyer with good intentions, power still corrupts and money rules the system and not justice. Lady Justice is not just blindfolded in the Philippines, she is thoroughly blind.

I am a staunch believer of goodness and democracy and to be surrounded by too much corruption and greed is suffocating. I still believe that the Philippines deserves to have democracy in its truest sense, because what we have now is democracy that is only skin deep. You might think that you are free to say whatever you want and that the people will ultimately decide the future of our country. It is not so. The Philippines is a democratic country in name only, and I am saddened by that fact. I do not want my children to be in a country that is ruled by corruption and money. But I am a Filipino and will always be one. I believe that the Philippines still deserves the benefit of the doubt and if the Filipino people unite, justice can still be restored and the government can still restore whatever dignity it once held.

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