Corruption in the Philippines: A 1-2 punch
The Arroyo administration took a one-two punch on Wednesday. The first blow was former NEDA chief Romulo Neri’s testimony at the Senate hearings that Comelec chairman Benjamin Abalos offered him a bribe. The second came from Transparency International, which released that same day its annual Corruption Perceptions Index. In it, the Philippines ranked 131, out of 180 countries that was surveyed, with 1 being the least corrupt and 180 the most corrupt. The Philippines joins the ranks of such countries as Burundi, Honduras, Nepal, Libra and Iran. Last year, the country’s ranked much better, at 121. View the CPI here.
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