An ordinary government employee got fired for not declaring all the properties she owned in her SALN (Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth). The impeachment case against the chief justice is a totally similar case where the supreme court itself upheld the decision to remove the employee from government service. The way how the trial is going, it is the stand of the defense that such error can be easily corrected anytime but by visiting the decision of the high court it did not allow the same kind of reasoning for the that ordinary employee. The purpose of SALN is to check if a government employee has acquired unexplainable weath while he/she is in government service and if we admit the argument of allowing corrections after the submissions it denies the purpose of such filings that shall be done with atmost honesty and accuracy. Everytime government employees caught withholding details from their SALN, they will simply invoke that rule of being allowed to make corrections totally defeating the very idea of the SALN.
After a much heated campaigns the election fever are almost finally over. Pending the final canvassing of votes by the congress the people have chosen a new leader to rule the country for the next 6 years. The presumptive president is a mayor from a city down south of the Philippines known for his iron fisted style of government. What makes this election interesting is the process on how people now choose their leaders. Traditionally, we oath to go for people with great experience, plans, smart and proper character and attitude someone we normally call 'honorable'. This election changed that idea, people now go for leaders with real simple plans to solve recurring problems in the society, strong work portfolio to showcase their capability to govern and implement real solutions. Good luck to the newly elected president, I wish you well in your quest to change this country into something everyone wish it should be. Peace!
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