Erice to PBBM: If You Started the Probe, Why Ignore the Budget Insertions? - Copy
Sa gitna ng tumitinding galit ng taumbayan sa flood-control corruption mess na kumakalat sa buong bansa, naglabas ng pahayag si Manila Mayor Isko Moreno, sinasabing nakakasawa na ang mga opisyal ng gobyerno na nagsisihan habang milyon-milyong Pilipino ang naghihirap dahil sa nakaw na pondo.
Sa kanyang talumpati noong Bonifacio Day, malinaw ang mensahe ni Isko:
“Maging maingat sa mga nagpapakitang inosente sa TV… kadalasan sila rin ang utak ng kalokohan.”
Pero habang sinasabi niya ito, lumalabas naman ang mga exposé nina Leandro Leviste at Zaldy Co—mga dokumentong nagpapatunay kung gaano kalalim ang kickback system at kung sino ang mga tunay na nagpasasa sa bilyong pisong flood-control funds.
At dito nagiging mas malinaw ang irony:
Habang tinutuligsa ni Isko ang “blame game,” mismong administrasyon ni Marcos Jr. ang punô ng bangayan, sumbungan, at paglalaglagan. Congressman laban sa congressman. Cabinet laban sa contractors. Allies vs allies.
Kapag malapit nang mabisto, kanya-kanyang hugas-kamay.
Sinabi pa niya:
“Kung epektibo ang revolution noong 1986, bakit nandito pa rin tayo?”
Na para bang hindi niya napansin — ang problema ay hindi sa revolution, kundi sa mga bagong lider na paulit-ulit gumagawa ng parehong maling sistema.
Sa panahon ngayon, hindi sapat ang warning.
Kailangan ng accountability.
Kailangan ng katotohanan.
At kailangan ng mga pinunong hindi takot banggitin ang mga tunay na pangalan.
At sino ang hindi nabanggit ng kahit sinong kumakasa sa blame-game?
VP Sara Duterte.
Walang insertion. Walang hidden fund. Walang kickback scandal.
Clean hands. Zero involvement.
Kung talagang integrity ang hinahanap, madaling makita kung sino ang walang bahid—at sino ang punô ng baho pero nag-aastang moral compass ng bayan.
Erice to PBBM: If You Started the Probe, Why Ignore the Budget Insertions?
In one of the most direct privilege speeches this season, Cong. Edgar Erice asked a question that cut through the political noise:
“Kung alam mong saluwal na ang ginawa ng Kongreso sa 2023, 2024, at 2025 GAA… bakit hindi ka kumibo?”
A simple question — but one packed with layers of unspoken tension.
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A simple question — but one packed with layers of unspoken tension.
Erice points out a contradiction:
The administration is now passionately leading investigations into budget anomalies.
Yet for three consecutive budget cycles, neither the President nor his Cabinet publicly raised concerns.
If the insertions were improper, then why weren’t they stopped early?
If they were allowed, then why launch a probe only now?
This is the heart of Erice’s challenge:
You cannot demand accountability from others if you refuse to explain your own silence.
The speech raises a broader issue:
Government trust collapses when inconsistencies are left unanswered.
When leaders are vocal only at convenient moments, and silent when responsibility calls.
It’s not a partisan attack.
It’s a call for clarity.
It’s a demand for leadership.
Filipinos deserve transparency not just from Congress, but from the Palace itself.
Because every peso mishandled is a peso taken from the Filipino worker —
the taxpayer who feeds the system yet receives the least protection from it.
Erice’s speech reminds us:
Accountability does not stop at the House gates — it must reach Malacañang.
Faith Reflection
Proverbs 28:13
“Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.”
Silence is never the shield of the righteous.
It is the hiding place of the guilty.
