RP 'sick, on brink of failure,'!

[Zeus]

RP ‘sick, on brink of failure,’ says SC chief


By Tetch Torres
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 16:39:00 05/05/2009

Filed Under: Graft & Corruption, Politics, Judiciary (system of justice)


MANILA, Philippines – The country is “sick” and is “teetering on the brink of failure” due to rampant corruption, Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno said Tuesday.
To cure this, Puno said every Filipino should become “leaders.”
In a speech before doctors at the 39th Annual Convention of the Philippine College of Physicians, Puno cited “sobering statistics” from watchdog group Transparency International which, showed that the Philippines placed 141st among the 180 most corrupt countries in the world.
Puno also cited a study from Norway, which said that the Philippines had the most number of displaced residents due to the Moro insurgency in the south.
These figures, Puno said, were “sure signs of a state teetering on the brink of failure.”
“In our lives, we all commit mistakes, but in a society aching for reforms, the greatest mistake is the act of omission, the act of doing nothing when something is in your hands to make a difference. The country is sick. Is the doctor in?” he said.
The high court chief said moral rebirth would not be successful unless citizens stand up for what is right.

“We are all should be leaders,” he said.
Puno said he could contribute to the “moral force” that he was proposing by being true to their code of ethics, which calls for service to mankind regardless of race, creed or political affiliation.

“Given the nature of your profession, therefore, it may well be said that doctors are perfectly positioned to practice effective, empowering, and ethical leadership. Doctors deal with the patricians and the plebeians of our society, and they cannot avoid the moral spotlight,” he said.
“As doctors, your duty is not only to heal the physically sick but, as citizens also, you have the additional duty to uplift the morally afflicted, the responsibility to raise up the spiritual paraplegics in our society,” he said.

Parang paulit ulit na nagpaparinig ang Chief Justice natin a...parang may gustong gisingin ang consciensya a...
Pano kaya kung yung AFP natin ang nagpasimuno nito? ikulong at iarresto lahat ng mga corrupt government officers including those in the palace?

[fourtheboys96]

alam ko gusto niya talaga ng pagbabago pero para na din siyang pulitiko. npaka broad ng mga solusyon na inilalatag niya. parang generic na pang kampanya sa eleksyon.

OT. pwede ba niya kastiguhin yung mga earlyu campaigners?

[chua_riwap]

Kahit ano pang pasaring ni Puno, bingi at bulag ang mga politikos natin, lalo na yung mga nasa Palasyo........

[scharnhorst]

Matagal nang "sick" ang Pilipinas.

So sick that most likely even a change of regime is not going to cut it.

It already calls for a complete revolution, not only in the type of governance and economic management, but also in the education, culture and ideals of every Filipino.

But that's not gonna happen soon.

[donbuggy]

“We are all should be leaders,” he said.

How can we become all leaders? We are nation of servants! Sorry. I think I have the Chip Tsao virus.

Pano kaya kung yung AFP natin ang nagpasimuno nito? ikulong at iarresto lahat ng mga corrupt government officers including those in the palace?

A military dictatorship? But who will watch the Watchmen, er I mean, the military?

[uls]

the Philippines is fine

[oliver1013]

141st tayo sa pinaka corrupt? ibig sabihin may 140 countries na mas corrupt? anong bansa tong mga to antindi siguro

[tidus1203]

Dito lang sa SEA nandyan yung Indonesia. Then a bit west there is Bangladesh super corrupt. The whole African continent pretty much is corrupt!

[jeDi13]

RP ‘sick, on brink of failure,’ says SC chief

who cares?

:rofl:

RP is hopeless. with those kinds of people in the government..

[Zeus]

A military dictatorship? But who will watch the Watchmen, er I mean, the military?

Chief Justice Puno can be the tempory leader watcher