MSOpinion ‘Rampant’ corruption “With the national budget getting bigger year after year, that means there’s more taxpayers’ money going down the drain and into the pockets of the corrupt in the coming years” READ:
“With the national budget getting bigger year after year, that means there’s more taxpayers’ money going down the drain and into the pockets of the corrupt in the coming years”
“I’m not saying there was no corruption before, but it’s not like now,” Enrile said. “I’m sorry to say that during our time, corruption is rampant. All lump sum money being budgeted by Congress is subject to corruption.” Enrile wants to go back to the old system where all presidential appointees, including the justices of the Supreme Court, were subject to confirmation by the Commission on Appointments .“Having been a part of the government under the 1935, 1973, and 1987 Constitutions up to now, I’d rather that we go back to the system under the 1935 Constitution,” he said.
It’s common knowledge that much of the monkey business takes place in the two main tax collection agencies of the national government, namely the Bureau of Customs and the Bureau of Internal Revenue, through undervaluation of imports and technical smuggling in the case of the former, and through under-the-table deals in the settlement of tax liabilities by high-worth individuals and corporations in the case of the latter.