Closed Duterte Is Turning Philippines Into A More Corrupt And Less Democratic State

The Philippines is getting a more corrupt and less democratic state under President Rodrigo Duterte. That's according to recent rankings published by international agencies.

The Philippines is the 113 least corrupt nation out of 180 countries, according to the 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index reported by Transparency International. That's 14 notches below the 2018 ranking and 18 down from 2015 before Duterte becomes President!

Meanwhile, the Philippines slid down one notch in the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) Democracy Index for 2019, to 54th place.

That's on top of two notches it slid in 2018.

Rising corruption means that President Duterte's anti-corruption rhetoric that helped him grow in power was just that — rhetoric. Meanwhile, his death squads and attacks on media have undermined the country's democratic institutions, without helping the Philippines in the corruption front.


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For my DDS 'friends" who cannot understand why it's bad that the rating went down:

Bumaba ang rating nya: ibig sabihin mas malayo sya sa top 10...
Number 1 sa listahan ay pinaka magandang bansa, then number 2... number 3... hangang number 180 ang pinaka corrupt. Pilipinas ay # 113. Noon 2015 #95 ang Pilipinas.

 

[Jendeuki_]

Thanks guys, nag-enjoy akong basahin mga opinions nyo. I really don't know what is really going on our government right now. But, I do hope so that we'll unite nalang until matapos terms ng current president. Kasi batikusin man o hindi, he is still the president of our country right now. Binoto ng nakakarami. If we really care for our country, just support him now. Wala din namang magagawa pakikipag debate naten dahil kahit di mo sya gusto, nakaupo na sya. He's the authority, ofcourse his supporters will defend him and on the other side, his haters will bash him. Pero wala syang pake don, gagawin at gagawin nya ang gusto nyang mangyare. I just hope that everything will favor us in the end Team Philippines pa din!

 

[fabbriche]

Ito favourite political quotes ko. Bagay na bagay sa mga Pilipino.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. — Abraham Lincoln

God grants liberty only to those who love it and are always ready to guard and defend it. — Daniel Webster

Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. — Thomas Jefferson

If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. — George Washington

Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life. — Bob Marley

Where there is no freedom, there is death and destruction. — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. — Thomas Jefferson

A government afraid of its citizens is a Democracy. Citizens afraid of government is tyranny! — Thomas Jefferson

Information is the currency of democracy. — Thomas Jefferson

The Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. — Thomas Jefferson

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. — Desmond Tutu

Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have. The course of history shows us that as a government grows, liberty decreases. — Thomas Jefferson

A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims. — Ayn Rand

No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition. — Benjamin Disraeli

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism. — Thomas Jefferson

 

[homer_simpson]

Eto mas magandang quotes:

"Love is blind" , hehehehe

"Babaing mahinhin, malikot sa dilim"

"Babaing balbon, mahilig sa ibon"

"sê×ÿ is the best policy" , tama ba?

 

[Ka Andres]

Thats true.. Mismo sa bunganga na ni duterte nanggaling hindi niya malilinis ang corruptuon kung nakapaligid sa kanya ay buwaya. Kahit sino pa ang ilagay niya kapartido niya nasa dugo na ng mga pulitiko ang pagupo sa pwesto ay negosyo.. System na ito sa pilipinas kaya di na mawawala. Kultura, kaugalian

 

[DoNotDisturb]

try mo Kaya magpolitiko awinahe parang magaling ka politics.hahaha

 

[awinahe]

try mo Kaya magpolitiko awinahe parang magaling ka politics.hahaha

I am not corrupt enough...

 

[DoNotDisturb]

takbo ka politiko ha update ka dito.haha

 

[fabbriche]

Lahat ng bansa may corruption kahit mga bansa sa Europe. Sa Japan, South Korea at Taiwan laging may mga corruption scandals. Nakulong pa nga ang dating pangulo ng South Korea dahil sa corruption s candal. Un ang pagkakaiba sa Pilipinas.

Sa mga developed countries kulong agad pag nahuli sa corruption ang mga pulitiko. Sa Pilipinas hindi ka makukulong kahit guilty ka pa basta Marcos ang apelyido mo at kaibigan ka ni Duterte.

May corruption sa lahat ng bansa. Pero sa mga strong democracies ng Western Europe, South Korea, Japan at Taiwan mas makapangyarihan ang batas kesa corrupt politicians. Sa mga flawed democracies, mas makapangyarihan ang mga corrupt na pulitiko kesa batas.

 

[ManokNaPula]

Kamusta pala rally sa edsa?

 

[Duterte Supporter]

Kamusta pala rally sa edsa?

Di aabot siguro ng 100 ang dumalo sa rally hahahahah

 

[Duterte Supporter]

Lahat ng bansa may corruption kahit mga bansa sa Europe. Sa Japan, South Korea at Taiwan laging may mga corruption scandals. Nakulong pa nga ang dating pangulo ng South Korea dahil sa corruption s candal. Un ang pagkakaiba sa Pilipinas.

Sa mga developed countries kulong agad pag nahuli sa corruption ang mga pulitiko. Sa Pilipinas hindi ka makukulong kahit guilty ka pa basta Marcos ang apelyido mo at kaibigan ka ni Duterte.

May corruption sa lahat ng bansa. Pero sa mga strong democracies ng Western Europe, South Korea, Japan at Taiwan mas makapangyarihan ang batas kesa corrupt politicians. Sa mga flawed democracies, mas makapangyarihan ang mga corrupt na pulitiko kesa batas.

Wheeee si noynoy ba walang corruption?

 

[QOU HIT MEI NGAO]

bukas pa ang actual na rally,, yun ang abangan

 

[fintaztix]

Tanungin mo ang taong bayan..sila ang nakakaalam.

 

[Duterte Supporter]

Tanungin mo ang taong bayan..sila ang nakakaalam.

Ehh di daw sila naniniwala sa taong bayan .. higit nila pinaniniwalaan is survey ng mg foreigners hahahaha dba fabbriche ?

 

[fabbriche]

Mga eksperto ang tunay na nakakaalam hindi taumbayan. Taumbayan nga ang niloloko ng mga pulitiko para patuloy nyo silang iboto.

 

[fintaztix]

Ang nilangaw na edsa kahapon ay patunay na marami na ang gising sa katotohanan.

 

[nikokololo]

Fake news ampta

 

[Duterte Supporter]

Mga eksperto ang tunay na nakakaalam hindi taumbayan. Taumbayan nga ang niloloko ng mga pulitiko para patuloy nyo silang iboto.

Weeee mga foreigners pa ang nag susurvey? .. taong bayab higit nakaka alam ng galaw sa bansa

 

[fabbriche]

Weeee mga foreigners pa ang nag susurvey? .. taong bayab higit nakaka alam ng galaw sa bansa

Hindi un survey. Scientific studies un.

 

[fintaztix]

Hindi un survey. Scientific studies un.

Scientific Studies?? Study of anu?