Corruption is corruption. In the Philippines it is endemic, pervasive in a state system that treats public service as a private business venture.
The problem with the police chief is that, not only does he trivialise the rottenness in the whole force, he passes the blame on to women – in the macho, misogynist and imbecilic manner of many men in authority the world over. It spares corrupt officials from being held accountable and instead makes the wife the root of corruption. Blaming women for corruption in officialdom is striking at the wrong targets.
Norma P Dollaga
Kasimbayan Women’s Collective
(Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN)