I SAW Ping Lacson's tweet: "We may have found a probable future leader our country needs. Yet, for what he stands and fights for versus the 'new normal' in Philippine politics, will he be electable as one?"
Former senator and Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Lacson was referring to former police general and now Baguio City Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong whose anti-corruption sound bites recently made the rounds in media. Corruption in government is well known. From scholarly studies, court cases, congressional investigations, investigative and fact-finding reports, etc. that document specific cases of corruption, one can see the rot everywhere. But people have probably developed immunity from the stink — which is what Lacson may have meant when he talked about the "new normal — and no longer seem bothered by it. Corruption in "Love the Philippines" is no longer abnormal.
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