The Tamesis
December 11, 2025
Manila— Corruption has actually been widespread given that the late Ferdinand Marcos Sr. ended up being head of state, when previous initial woman Imelda Marcos was ridiculed as the “10 Percent Girl” after being implicated of taking kickbacks and compensations from federal government funds.
Corruption worsened throughout the Estrada and Macapagal-Arroyo managements, however from what we are listening to and checking out currently, it reached its low point throughout the 6 years of Head of state Duterte’s term and both and a fifty percent years of the Marcos Jr. management. Over that eight-and-a-half-year duration, a team of public jobs authorities and lawmakers stole half of the funds designated to countless public jobs jobs. Yet also that isn’t sufficient, as a host of federal government scoundrels straight 100% of the cash towards “ghost” jobs or entirely non-existent public jobs jobs.
To be reasonable, Head of state Marcos took it upon himself to call and embarassment essential public authorities in charge of extraordinary acts of corruption. The head of state has actually likewise asked closet participants and various other elderly management authorities to surrender adhering to corruption accusations. It is likewise worth keeping in mind that the Head of state developed the Independent Compensation on Framework, which is presently exploring abnormalities in flooding control jobs and various other federal government framework functions. 2 days earlier, the Head of state made one more good declaration, guiding Congress to focus on 4 landmark costs that have big capacity to resolve our nation’s intensifying corruption trouble: the Anti-Dynasty Act, the Independent Individuals’s Compensation Act, the Event Listing System Reform Act, and the People’ Accessibility to and Disclosure of State Liable Expenses Act.
Legitimate concerns have actually been increased regarding the head of state’s activities and resolution of terrible corruption situations. Certainly, it might be prematurely to applaud Mr. Marcos, as there is still a possibility that it will certainly be lip solution, it might drag its feet, and we might wind up seeing an absence of follow-through. Yet allow’s provide debt where debt schedules. Initially, it was the Head of state himself that initially represented “whistleblower” on the extraordinary corruption occurring in our middle. Second, the head of state himself subjects or enables examinations to subject corruption, also under his very own management and versus his very own individuals. Third, he lately prompted Congress to focus on the flow of the abovementioned spots costs, which leave lawful tools offered to individuals to fight the origin of corruption.
By comparison, the previous Duterte management never ever took actions to match the widespread corruption that defined his management. As a matter of fact, previous Head of state Duterte’s remedy when corruption amongst authorities and close affiliates was subjected was to elude, zealously protecting the subjected authorities and unconditionally rejecting the presence of corruption. It is entirely outrageous for Vice Head of state Sara Duterte and die-hard Duterte fans to assert that they have the ethical high ground and can do far better in combating corruption.
In spite of Mr. Marcos’s effort to subject, check out and prosecute at the very least some corrupt components, his authorization scores have actually dropped. According to a study carried out in November 2025 by the point of view company WR Numero, Mr. Marcos’s efficiency ranking was up to 21%, which was a 14% decrease from his previous ranking in August 2025. The survey likewise revealed that 47% of Filipinos, nearly fifty percent of those checked, claimed they were disappointed with Marcos’ efficiency, a 15% boost from the August study.
Examinations reveal that after Mr. Marcos opened up a Pandora’s box of corruption, individuals were no more pleased with half-baked, discerning and slow-moving examinations and prosecutions. Individuals are asking for the pig pens to be cleared out rapidly and for systems to be implemented that would certainly enable the general public to see exactly how individuals are investing their cash.
One more discovery from the corruption detractions in this management is that Mr. Marcos had a circle of relied on allies and trustworthy buddies. He was bordered by dubious personalities set on individual gain, despite exactly how they weakened his tradition. The head of state should currently recognize that in order to shield and advertise his tradition, he should connect to pink and yellow pressures, in whose rankings he can locate individuals that can assist him protect and promote the nation’s passions.
There is an important distinction in between the political lot of money of daddy Ferdinand Marcos Sr. and kid Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Yellow pressures caused the political death of Marcos Sr. Yellow and pink pressures might make certain the political survival of Marcos Jr.
