Leakage tells of graft in gov't
Leakage tells of graft in gov't
Inquirer
Last updated 01:13am (Mla time) 09/07/2006
Published on Page A12 of the September 7, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer
THE cheating in the nurses' examination can be traced in part to the culture of corruption that seems to characterize the administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
We, of course, know of the many cases of corruption that have taken place during the Arroyo administration: the P728-million fertilizer scandal, the legally flawed purchase of vote-counting machines worth P1 billion and the mysterious Jose Pidal account, to name a few.
Ms Arroyo's refusal to allow her Cabinet officials and military officers to attend legislative investigations only shows that she is covering up irregularities committed by her administration. The hasty junking by the House of Representatives of the impeachment cases against Ms Arroyo, without looking into the substance of the complaints, was another cover-up.
Nothing should be spared to identify those who cheated in the June 2006 nursing board examination and those who helped them cheat. Those who cheated should be punished. Those who did not should be allowed to take their oaths. But to allow cheaters in the examinations to go scot-free would be to destroy the nursing profession, just as we are allowing the breakdown of our nation by allowing election cheaters to continue holding
office.
RHEA BAYONA, 9005-32, 29th Street, Villamor Air Base, Pasay City
FROM: http://opinion.inq7.net/inquireropinion/letterstotheeditor/view_article.php?article_id=19451
Inquirer
Last updated 01:13am (Mla time) 09/07/2006
Published on Page A12 of the September 7, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer
THE cheating in the nurses' examination can be traced in part to the culture of corruption that seems to characterize the administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
We, of course, know of the many cases of corruption that have taken place during the Arroyo administration: the P728-million fertilizer scandal, the legally flawed purchase of vote-counting machines worth P1 billion and the mysterious Jose Pidal account, to name a few.
Ms Arroyo's refusal to allow her Cabinet officials and military officers to attend legislative investigations only shows that she is covering up irregularities committed by her administration. The hasty junking by the House of Representatives of the impeachment cases against Ms Arroyo, without looking into the substance of the complaints, was another cover-up.
Nothing should be spared to identify those who cheated in the June 2006 nursing board examination and those who helped them cheat. Those who cheated should be punished. Those who did not should be allowed to take their oaths. But to allow cheaters in the examinations to go scot-free would be to destroy the nursing profession, just as we are allowing the breakdown of our nation by allowing election cheaters to continue holding
office.
RHEA BAYONA, 9005-32, 29th Street, Villamor Air Base, Pasay City
FROM: http://opinion.inq7.net/inquireropinion/letterstotheeditor/view_article.php?article_id=19451
