Corruption has
been one of the major problems of our country for centuries. It can be traced
back during the Spanish era wherein our own colonizers itself practice
corruption in many ways, some in government affairs and projects and most are
from religious means from Spanish priest or prayle. For 333 years, we were
exposed to that kind of obnoxious attitude which taught us to abuse minority
and feel superior to ourselves while lavishing the money poor people had worked
hard to earn.
We are now in the middle of
advancement where our country encourages development and breakthroughs for the
betterment of people. The undeniable influence of modernity became an imprint
to our daily life which left nothing but history books to tell us of the ruins
and traditions our colonizers had instilled us. Slowly, we are loosing our
tight hold to our old cultures which were the product of hundred years of
imprisonment and great oppression from different countries; however,
corruption, still rigid and hard, had survived and remained as an unresolved
problem reigning in our society and a bit of a remembrance from our colonizers.
Up until now, we see through our
own eyes how corruption is solved with tolerance and no action. It seems like
its pretty normal that a politician is corrupt, that a government leader is
being paid for illegal means that a man must die to stand against corruption
and that nobody survives when you’re against it. If you can’t beat them, then
be one of them. That might be the reason why only a few stands for the right.
I’m afraid if this continues, no progress could be seen and we will forever
remain as a developing country. We will forever suffer the aftermath of
lenience with corruption. However, it is never too late to move and put your
plans into action. With strict implementation of anti-corruption campaign and
should be powered by the government itself and the people as the watchers of
justice, corruption may still be shattered into pieces. We, citizens should pay
attention to the politicians who are not practicing the campaign. There should
be no exceptions, no family, friends, or close relatives that will stop them
from being charged with corruption. To this campaign, there is no blood and
acquaintances involved. Everyone should be punished if failed to get rid of
corruption. The implementation of the campaign should be fair and equal.
With the increasing number of
population, the greater the demand of food and the higher risk of poverty, we
should not let corruption get in our way again. By exterminating it, other
branch out problems would be gone like poverty and scarcity of food. So let us
be part for a bigger change.
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