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CORRUPTION DEFINED…
Regional average: 44
0=highly corrupt, 100 least
SOME FIGURES ON STATE OF
CORRUPTION
• 2013 OMB survey:
– reporting of bribery is low: 5.3% of families solicited with bribe
– 1 in every 20 families paid bribe
– basic social services are more prone
– poor are the ones resorting to bribe
• Less Filipino executives asked for bribe: from 50% in 2012 to 44% in 2013, 2014/ 2015
• Global Financial Integrity (GFI, 2015),:between 1990 and 2011 alone, the government has lost
$23 billion or P1 trillion in tax revenues
• GFI, 2015: $132.9 billion or more than P6 trillion in illicit money outflows or over P357
billion yearly on average
• 2011 COA report: government lost P101.816 billion to graft and corruption in 2011
COUNTLESS RECENT NEWS ON
CORRUPTION AND IRREGULARITIES
• Over-charging in PhilHealth: Php 154B
• Customs: 60 officials alleged to be involved in corruption to be sacked
• Rappler: out of 323 audit reports reviewed, half of all government agencies and
GOCCs have doubtful accounts, excessive spending
• PTV4-DoT Php 60M scandal (COA)
• Use of Php3B out of Php 5B NFA fund for debt instead of rice/ food security
(COA)
• Anomalies in AFP/ PNP housing: 28 projects worth Php 10.6B (COA)
• Several officials involved in corruption got sacked but got re-appointed
DILG Presentation. G-Watch State of Accountability Forum Series July 2019
DILG Presentation. G-Watch State of Accountability Forum Series July 2019
POINT 3
Citizens must be
They abuse power involved in all critical
They get
and become more
powerful. ‘Reform-Oriented’ decisions that affect
Elected
VICIOUS Electoral their lives - in the
Cycle Contestation decision on who
Broadening/ Deepening the Framing
Reformers in
government are crucial
in enabling citizen
action approaches that
deliver accountability
and justice
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