FIGHTING corruption has been one of the top priorities of President Benigno Aquino 3rd. Or so he claims. He bannered the slogan “kung walang corrupt, walang mahirap” (where there is no corrupt, there is no poor) during the 2010 presidential campaign.

He promised to be the “most determined fighter of corruption” in his Social Contract with the Filipino People, the Aquino administration’s platform until 2016.