If you live
right now in this time then you’ve probably heard of the dangerous virus named
Covid-19. There are many ways to tackle this said virus and many ways to
prevent it. Each country had their own ways in getting rid of this virus for good.
Some countries even completely shut off their industrial side which led to
their GDP dropping. But because of that the problem got easily solved within
weeks. Now the people who were too late on the uptake are now in a dire
situation where a lot of people within the country are infected. And one of
those countries is the Philippines, the situation in the Philippines right now
is problematic and hectic because they are confused on what to do and were like
the many other countries, they were slow in the uptake and didn’t take action immediately
which in turn led to its situation now. Many countries are trying to help Philippines
right now. By sending medical goods and budget for the country, but what if
that budget was to get corrupted. And not received by the people who need it
the most.
Now recently, the people of the Philippines discovered that the supposed budget
for Covid-19 didn’t even reach them and suddenly just disappeared like it was
nothing. Not to mention the amount that was stolen, which was 15 Billion pesos
and approximately 300,000 dollars, 15 billion pesos is already a huge help to the
Filipinos if it was given to the people, but sadly it was not. Now the people
want answers from the department who is in charge of the money, which is the Department
of Health. But specifically, its branch PhilHealth. It’s not just PhilHealth
alone, many other departments and branches of these departments do the same
stuff. They tend to corrupt money from the poor who have no way to testify to
their wrongdoings which in turn leads to them ultimately not getting punished
for their actions.
They tend to target the poor because of that reason, they are not afraid of
getting caught because no one would suspect a thing, And even if 10 or 20
people notice they can’t do a thing. Because in order to inspect a certain
department. You need to have solid evidence and proof that they’re doing wrong
things. But what proof can the poor gather? When they’re already in a tight
spot. The government should seek to move first if given the opportunity to take
action against corruption. For they have the authority, power, and the
responsibility to do so.
The reason why the government doesn’t take immediate action is not because they
lack the necessary evidences but rather most of the people in the position are
also corrupted. Just like the corrupted 15 billion pesos for the Covid-19 that
was corrupted. The only punishment given to the president of the said
association that corrupted the large sum of money was the removal of his said
position in the association. Corrupting money that big should definitely get
you in prison, but no. The said government only removed his position and did
nothing more.
That is why they should change the people in the department. Or a much better
solution is changing how the department functions and works entirely. And I prefer
the latter. Because what use is changing the people of the department if the
loopholes the previous members used is still there. Problems would still soon
arise, and corruption would soon be abundant again in the department. It is not
the fault of the members, it is the fault of the way how the department works.
It is without saying, Act now or act never.
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