AQUINO ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN INEFFECTIVE - TRANSPARENCY INT'L
CAGAYAN DE ORO, DECEMBER 13, 2010 (CBCP NEWS) The Aquino administration's fight against corruption has been found ineffective especially since most Filipinos said that the most corrupt institutions are political parties and the Philippine National Police (PNP).
The 2010 Global Corruption Barometer (GCB), which was released by Transparency International (TI), showed that 48 percent of respondents in the Philippines said that the government was ineffective in its anti-corruption campaign.
Twenty-eight (28) percent of the respondents also said the government was effective; while 24 percent said it was neither ineffective nor effective.
The 2010 Global Corruption Barometer (GCB) survey, which was conducted from June 21 to July 7, 2010, ranked political parties and the PNP as the No. 1 most corrupt institutions in the Philippines, with an average score of 3.6 each.
The Philippine legislature and public officials/public servants shared second place in the most corrupt Philippine institutions, with 3.5 points each. The third placer is the judiciary, with a score of 3.1.
Institutions which got a score lower than 3 were the military and private sector with a score of 2.9; education system, 2.7; non-government organizations, 2.4; media, 2; and religious bodies, 1.9.
The GCB asked the respondents to give a score of from 1 to 5, 1for not corrupt at all while 5 for extremely corrupt, to 11 institutions—political parties, police, legislature, public officials/civil servants, judiciary, military, private sector, education system, nongovernment organizations, media and religious bodies.
The scores were then averaged and the highest averages were deemed the most corrupt institutions.
The GCB survey also showed that 69 percent of those surveyed or 1,000 respondents said that corruption increased in the past three years.
The total number of respondents that are represented by the sample in the national survey was 65.372 million.
Twenty-five (25) percent of those surveyed said corruption levels have remained the same while 6 percent said corruption decreased in the past three years.
The GCB survey also showed that about 16 percent of those surveyed admitted that they paid a bribe to any public services providers in the past 12 months.
The 2010 GCB examined bribery when people had contact with customs, education, the judiciary, land-related services, medical services, the police, registry and permit services, tax authorities and utilities.
The 2010 Global Corruption Barometer surveyed more than 91,000 people in 86 countries and territories. It focused on petty bribery, perceptions of public institutions and views of whom people trust to combat corruption.
TI Chairperson Huguette Labelle said that 7 out of 10 individuals around the world said they would report a corrupt act if they saw one.
"The message from the 2010 Barometer is that corruption is insidious. It makes people lose faith. The good news is that people are ready to act," said Labelle.
Labelle added: "Better whistle-blower protection and greater access to information are crucial. Public engagement in the fight against corruption will force those in authority to act; and will give people further courage to speak out and stand up for a cleaner, more transparent world." (Bong D. Fabe)
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