I have been watching too much television. Last Thursday, November 13, ANC covered the Jocelyn Bolante testimony at the Senate. Today it was Eliseo De La Paz's revelations that were the focus of TV coverage. Both subjects were former ranking government officials and now, both are out of government service and are in utter disgrace. These, because of graft.
The word graft, in Philippine jurisdiction is equated with corrupt practices. In fact, the Anti Graft and Corrupt Practices Act (Republic Act 3019) contains an enumeration of what constitutes corrupt practices. Curiously though, in the United Kingdom, the noun graft means hard work. One word, two meanings that are mutually exclusive.
I am saddened by the thoughts of what would happen to the two gentlemen. A life in prison for them appears to be inevitable. That is, if the wheels of justice would grind in a righteous path. Then again, that is another story.
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