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.

 

[jannysimple]

i dont think so. Pinasara nga PCSO nun na katulong pa ng gobyerno pagdating sa funds Pamumulitika lang yang ranking nayan.We cannot deny the fact, sa nagdaang mga presidente, si duterte lang mas aktibo at hindi lamya-lamya

 

[homer_simpson]

BILYON BILYON ang ipinamimigay lang ng Amerika sa ibang mga bansa taon taon. Sobra sobra ang pera nila. Kahit pa magwaldas sila hindi un mauubos. Walang kwenta yang utang na yan. At hindi yan bababayaran ng Amerika kahit kaya nilang bayaran.

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Walang ginatasan ang Amerika. Mas mayaman ang Amerika sa natural resources kesa Pilipinas. Self-sufficient sa oil ang Amerika. Marami silang deposito nun. Mayaman ang Amerika dahil magaling at mabilis silang mag-generate ng pera. Umuulan ng pera sa Amerika. Di nila kelangang magnakaw pa sa iba. Halos lahat ng nakikita mo sa paligid mo, Amerika ang umimbento nyan.

Isang American company pa lang gaya ng APPLE mas mayaman na sa BUONG Pilipinas.

Philippines GDP = 330 Billion

Apple Net Worth = 1.3 Trillion

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Maya ko na sagutin ang iba.

And yet college education and healthcare in US is hardly affordable to common 'mericans. Why???

Self-sufficient sa oil and yet they can't keep their asses away from middle east. Why???

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What a load of delusional claims.

 

[Lord Snow]

alam mo brad wala kang maloloko dito. mag sama na kayo ng abs cbn mo mag sara at malaglag sa kangkungan. di mo tangap ang realidad na wala na ang inidolo mong aquino at mga matatanda na nag pa brainwash sa peopple power na sumira ng pinas. kung yan lang ang paulit ulit mong sasabhin ibig sabhin umiikot lang din ung issue mo nrerecycle mo nlang para lang may masabi ka. TIME!

 

[fabbriche]

And yet college education and healthcare in US is hardly affordable by common 'merican. Why???

Self-sufficient sa oil and yet they can't keep their asses away from middle east. Why???

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What a load of delusional claims.

Because U.S. politics is dominated by dumb Republicans who hate welfare. Americans get hysterical at a slight mention of "socialism." They ignorantly equate universal healthcare, free education, literally anything "free" with socialism and that socialism is the sibling of communism which are both evil.

Socialism is demonized in every American history textbook due to the strife and rivalry between the US and the Soviet Union in the Cold War.

The US is also a religious nation and believes that capitalism can only be compatible with their religious views. Socialism is closely associated with atheism thus is naturally at odds with American culture.

But the US government already has enough money for healthcare and free education. They don’t even need to increase taxes for that. They just spend it on military to hold more power over the world.

Having said that, US intervention in the Middle East has nothing to do at all with control of oil. If oil was the reason, Venezuela would have been a much more prolific target since it has more oil and weaker military. The US just wanted a regime change in Iraq because Saddam Hussein had grown too much of an indignation for the US whom it wanted to overthrow since the 1990s.

 

[userlist]

tanke ni ina mo

 

[Kcire1981]

Nung mga past president ang nakaupo hindi ramdam ang pagbabago sa mga baranggay pero nung linisin ni duterte ang pilipinas naramdaman hindi lang sa baranggay hanggang sa pamilya

 

[homer_simpson]

Because U.S. politics is dominated by dumb Republicans who hate welfare. Americans get hysterical at a slight mention of "socialism." They ignorantly equate universal healthcare, free education, literally anything "free" with socialism and that socialism is the sibling of communism which are both evil.

Socialism is demonized in every American history textbook due to the strife and rivalry between the US and the Soviet Union in the Cold War.

The US is also a religious nation and believes that capitalism can only be compatible with their religious views. Socialism is closely associated with atheism thus is naturally at odds with American culture.

But the US government already has enough money for healthcare and free education. They don’t even need to increase taxes for that. They just spend it on military to hold more power over the world.

Having said that, US intervention in the Middle East has nothing to do at all with control of oil. If oil was the reason, Venezuela would have been a much more prolific target since it has more oil and weaker military. The US just wanted a regime change in Iraq because Saddam Hussein had grown too much of an indignation for the US whom it wanted to overthrow since the 1990s.

So no different to pinas then, where only oligarchs benefit from country's wealth.

"enough money for healthcare and free education" and yet tons of common 'mericans can't afford basic healthcare and education?

"US intervention in the Middle East has nothing to do at all with control of oil.". Saddam is long gone. If not for oil itself (or control of petrodollar), what they hell they are doing there? By the way, US overthrowing governments left, right and center is ok with you? What's the word again?? Jurisdiction and sanctity of states.

Venezuela is rich both in oil and in SANCTIONS courtesy of your bully Uncle Sam.

You seem to be drinking too much US propaganda kool-aid.

 

[fabbriche]

So no different to pinas then, where only oligarchs benefit from country's wealth.

"enough money for healthcare and free education" and yet tons of common 'mericans can't afford basic healthcare and education?

"US intervention in the Middle East has nothing to do at all with control of oil.". Saddam is long gone. If not for oil itself (or control of petrodollar), what they hell they are doing there? By the way, US overthrowing governments left, right and center is ok with you? What's the word again?? Jurisdiction and sanctity of states.

Venezuela is rich both in oil and in SANCTIONS courtesy of your bully Uncle Sam.

You seem to be drinking too much US propaganda kool-aid.

Considering the US has one of the highest standards of living in the world, no. The comparison is widely invalid.

Americans have almost double the disposable income of Europeans even after all social transfer including tax, healthcare, education & cost of living.

What is considered middle class in Europe, would be considered poor in the US. Just like what is considered middle class in China would be considered poor in Europe.

Also, it's not trueAmericans cannot afford healthcare. Socialists have successfully slander the cost of healthcare in america yet 60% of Americans are satisfied with the cost of their personal healthcare.

The US is second only to Germany when it comes to healthcare satisfaction.

"Americans are largely positive about the quality of the healthcare they receive: Three-quarters of employed Americans (75%) said the healthcare they received was "excellent" or "good" in Gallup's last survey on the issue, in November 2017. There is little difference between U.S. workers and the overall public, among whom 77% rate their personal healthcare as "excellent" or "good." Satisfaction on the cost of personal healthcare is mixed: Just over half of employed Americans (54%) say they are satisfied with the total cost for healthcare they pay, modestly lower than the 61% of overall Americans who say they are satisfied with their care costs."

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... and 6th in the world when it comes to tertiary education. 45% of US adults have college degree.

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The US still hasn't left Iraq because it's rehabilitating the country same as what they did when they occupied South Korea and Japan after WW2.

 

[QOU HIT MEI NGAO]

Bakit kaya sa datus sinasabing more ang corruption ngayun compared sa nauna?
or sadyang nagtatrabaho lang talaga ang nasa gobyerno ngayon kaya maraming corruption ang naboboking.. or baka yung naunang administrasyon ay hindi nagtatrabaho para matuklasan ang mga corruption na nagaganap. or ayaw lang talaga nila magtrabaho dahil maraming kasamahan nila ang masasagasaan. Saan nga ba galing ang datus ng corruption? Sa Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) na siyang nag-iimbestiga sa mga opisyal at empleyado ng mga ahensya ng gobyerno na kamakailan ay nadawit sa corruption at katiwalian. Sino nga ba ang may hawak sa PACC, ang Pangulo mismo...

 

[jungard]

Bakit kaya sa datus sinasabing more ang corruption ngayun compared sa nauna?
or sadyang nagtatrabaho lang talaga ang nasa gobyerno ngayon kaya maraming corruption ang naboboking.. or baka yung naunang administrasyon ay hindi nagtatrabaho para matuklasan ang mga corruption na nagaganap. or ayaw lang talaga nila magtrabaho dahil maraming kasamahan nila ang masasagasaan. Saan nga ba galing ang datus ng corruption? Sa Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) na siyang nag-iimbestiga sa mga opisyal at empleyado ng mga ahensya ng gobyerno na kamakailan ay nadawit sa corruption at katiwalian. Sino nga ba ang may hawak sa PACC, ang Pangulo mismo...

para lang yan drugs sa Pinas..before naupo si duterte people dont know kung gaano kagrabe.

 

[fabbriche]

Mas marami naipakulong na tiwali ang nakaraang administrasyon. Wala pang naipakukulong na tiwali ang administrasyon ngaun. Ung mga nakakulong na tiwali dati ipinawalang sala ngaun. Si Marcos na nahatulang guilty ng graft ayaw ikulong. Mas malala corruption ngaun kesa dati. Mas transparent ung nakaraang administrasyon kesa ngaun.

 

[QOU HIT MEI NGAO]

Kung usaping transparency, higit na mas transparent ngayon matapos na nilagdaan ng pangulo ang Freedom of Information Act. Nilagdaan ng Pangulo ng Pilipinas ang Executive Order No. 2, na kilala rin bilang Freedom of Information Order, noong Hulyo 23, 2016 sa Davao City. Ito ang kauna-unahang executive order na isinabatas sa Pilipinas na kalayaan ng impormasyon na sumasakop sa lahat ng mga tanggapan ng gobyerno sa ilalim ng Executive Branch. Ang layunin nito ay upang hilingin ang lahat ng mga kagawaran ng ehekutibo, ahensya, bureaus, at mga tanggapan upang gumawa ng mga pampublikong talaan, kontrata, transaksyon at anumang impormasyong hiniling ng isang miyembro ng publiko, maliban sa mga bagay na nakakaapekto sa pambansang seguridad.

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[homer_simpson]

Considering the US has one of the highest standards of living in the world, no. The comparison is widely ..

The US still hasn't left Iraq because it's rehabilitating the country same as what they did when they occupied South Korea and Japan after WW2.

Rehabilitating iraq??? Just like what they did to vietnam and laos leaving millions of land mines which up to know are killing and maiming people. Or further destroying it?

Lately, the iraq parliament voted to kick your uncle sam out of their country, you know what??? trump said they won't. kapal muks talaga.

Not sure if you're a ρáíd bot as it appears that your thinking is getting clouded by the day.

 

[fabbriche]

Rehabilitating iraq??? Just like what they did to vietnam and laos leaving millions of land mines which up to know are killing and maiming people. Or further destroying it?

Lately, the iraq parliament voted to kick your uncle sam out of their country, you know what??? trump said they won't. kapal muks talaga.

Not sure if you're a ρáíd bot as it appears that your thinking is getting clouded by the day.

Vietnam is one of the greatest American foreign policy disasters of all time. The US tried to stop the communist takeover in Vietnam but failed horribly so there was no US rehabilitation and reconstruction done in the country as Vietnam successfully fended off the full might of the US. Had the US succeeded, Vietnam could've been a more prosperous nation today that is on par with Thailand and its other big neighbors instead of being poor and stagnant for decades just like all other communist countries.

Countries the US occupied and successfully rehabilitated received billions of dollar of economic aid from the US and managed to transform into modern, technologically advanced nations today such as South Korea, Japan and most of Western Europe. Imagine if South Koreans resisted American help, they would have long been absorbed into the brutal, reppressive communist regime of Kim Il Sung with people dying in starvation and concentration camps instead of strutting the latest KPOP fashion and rocking the latest iPhones and Galaxy phones.

Iraqis should be thankful the US is giving them a huge favor. They could be next to South Korea.

 

[hanayaharvey1]

Vietnam is one of the greatest American foreign policy disasters of all time. The US tried to stop the communist takeover in Vietnam but failed horribly so there was no US rehabilitation and reconstruction done in the country as Vietnam successfully fended off the full might of the US. Had the US succeeded, Vietnam could've been a more prosperous nation today that is on par with Thailand and its other big neighbors instead of being poor and stagnant for decades just like all other communist countries.

Countries the US occupied and successfully rehabilitated received billions of dollar of economic aid from the US and managed to transform into modern, technologically advanced nations today such as South Korea, Japan and most of Western Europe. Imagine if South Koreans resisted American help, they would have long been absorbed into the brutal, reppressive communist regime of Kim Il Sung with people dying in starvation and concentration camps instead of strutting the latest KPOP fashion and rocking the latest iPhones and Galaxy phones.

Iraqis should be thankful the US is giving them a huge favor. They could next to South Korea.

paki sagot naman mga tanong ko sayo sa post mo nato https://phcorner.net/threads/825860/page-4#post-14587807 wag ka iwas pusoy

 

[WigOxMen]

wow kahit sinung oopo na pangulo sa ating bansa merun tlgng kontrabida,..yung corruption d talaga mawawala yan kahit sa ibang bansa, buti nga dito sa pinas kahit papanu medyo mura parin bilihin natin..ang kawawa lang yung mahihirap lalong pinahirapan at yung mayaman lalong yumayaman...hayaan niyo na...kunin din yan sila ni lord.

 

[awinahe]

Duterte caught in his own lie... again!

read more about Trump statement here:
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[fabbriche]

Kala ni Duterte kaya nyang takutin ang US. Mas malaki pakinabang ng PH sa VFA kesa pakinabang ng US dun.

 

[awinahe]

Kala ni Duterte kaya nyang takutin ang US. Mas malaki pakinabang ng PH sa VFA kesa pakinabang ng US dun.

Yup.. the Philippines is going to lose, not only billions of pesos but also military equipment, and intelligence (something that this government lacks obviously!)... Isis is rejoicing...

And also:

 

[homer_simpson]

Vietnam is one of the greatest American foreign policy disasters of all time. The US tried to stop the communist takeover in Vietnam but failed horribly so there was no US rehabilitation and reconstruction done in the country as Vietnam successfully fended off the full might of the US. Had the US succeeded, Vietnam could've been a more prosperous nation today that is on par with Thailand and its other big neighbors instead of being poor and stagnant for decades just like all other communist countries.

Countries the US occupied and successfully rehabilitated received billions of dollar of economic aid from the US and managed to transform into modern, technologically advanced nations today such as South Korea, Japan and most of Western Europe. Imagine if South Koreans resisted American help, they would have long been absorbed into the brutal, reppressive communist regime of Kim Il Sung with people dying in starvation and concentration camps instead of strutting the latest KPOP fashion and rocking the latest iPhones and Galaxy phones.

Iraqis should be thankful the US is giving them a huge favor. They could be next to South Korea.

Pinas has been a US colony for ages after they bought us from the effing spaniards. You know, the Mock Battle of Manila Bay. All their shady dealings started then. Ikaw na magsabi kung ano na kalagayan ng ex-colony na bansa mo.