Pinoy Passenger

Joc Joc Bolante landed back on Philippine ground Tuesday night at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. It was around 11pm when the news was reported from GMA 7 news. The transfer from the United States back into the Philippines was so smooth and tactical that the press that came along with him from US to the country didn’t know they are actually in the same plane. Joc Joc Bolante was assumed to be in silence, not talking even to co-passengers while aboard the flight.

Jocelyn “JocJoc” Bolante was the former Agriculture undersecretary who got accused of maneuvering the P728-million fertilizer scam to fund Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s presidency, for her second term. According to my dad, the Joc Joc Bolante case is the scam of all scam. I cannot wait for the drama to unfold now before the media.

Senate has already issued an arrest warrant for Bolante. His lawyer accepted it in his behalf. The former Agriculture undersecretary is now in St. Luke’s Medical Center. I wonder why?

I feel that the battle is half won now that this man is back in the country. I hope the Filipinos won’t lose this time, if this guy gets off and run away with it. Just after the PNP paid off with their P6.9-million money laundering case, I hope this hot of the grill “corruption” case gets the same result in the end.

It’s sad to say that graft and corruption is ingrained in the Filipino culture. If the Chinese can’t seem to hand off from falsification of goods or cheating consumers, Pinoys on the other hand are struggling with this social immorality known as corruption. Sure we can blame the Spanish friars who brought this influence to us, but how long should we blame history? Can’t we stop history from repeating itself.

I wonder why it takes so much of a generation’s effort to believe that we are should be a new people now.

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