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| The Philippines’ Great National Security Challenge; Corruption | |
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| Hong Nam | Oct 12 2012, 02:01 AM Post #1 |
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The Philippines’ Great National Security Challenge (and it’s NOT China) October 11, 2012 Excerpts: - Their concern is valid considering that corruption involving generals and retired military officers has been exposed in the Senate. It was revealed, for example, that during the last administration a U.S. $55 million grant from the United Nations to finance the Philippine peacekeeping forces had gone missing. A former military comptroller is accused of stealing at least $7 million from state coffers. Furthermore, a former budget officer exposed the “military tradition” of giving generous cash gifts to retiring officers. - Recently, 10 officers of the Philippine National Police were fired and charged with graft for brokering a deal to purchase two second-hand Robinson R44 Raven aircraft allegedly owned by the husband of the country’s former president at a cost of $820,000. - Police are also investigating allegations that the country’s former Interior Undersecretary, Rico E. Puno, an old friend of the current president, overpaid for some 60,000 pistols designated for national law enforcement officials. - In short, the backward status of the Philippines’ armed forces is in no small part due to the years of collusion between the military’s top brass and their patrons in the civilian government. There is no question that the country urgently needs to improve its military hardware. Nonetheless, this should not come at the expense of transparency in all the transactions.  Full Article Here Edited by Hong Nam, Oct 12 2012, 02:02 AM.
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