REACTION: WHISTLE BLOWING

In politics, there is no permanent friend, only permanent interests. This is what is

currently happening anywhere in the world. There's no doubt about it. Trust is what

matters in Congress. When the congressmen felt that the House Speaker's leadership

was a little bit tarnished owing to the recent whistle-blowing of Joey de Venecia on the

ZTE multi-million scandal, some of them went ahead with the manipulation for the

Speaker's ouster in retaliation to his son's implication of the First Gentleman's name in

the scandal.

Senate whistleblower Rodolfo Lozada Jr has clarified his earlier claim that former

poll chief Benjamin Abalos lobbied for ZTE Corp to be designated as the prime

contractor for the aborted national broadband network deal. What has emerged so far

from two hearings? In the first, whistle-blowing telecoms man Joey de Venecia testified

to sleaze in highest places. Powerful men who should have nothing to do with the project

which is the broadband, comelec chief Abalos and the first genteleman Mike arroyo

bumped De Venecia off the bidding in favor of bribe-giving ZTE.

Everybody knows that there are more De Venecia inside the government who

are just waiting for the right time to unleash their bombshells in public. Only time can tell

as to when more of these are expected to explode. Filipino is always like that, they just

blow all when they’re in deep trouble that they may harm other people just for the sake

of themselves.