Kinsay walay lingaw sa Bohol?
Hain maaju atung i-familiarize bahin aning Ombudsman?
Sa kabaryohan, munisipyo og tibook probinsiya, na-a jud mga anomaliya kining lifestyle, bank accounts, unfinished
projects, luxury vehicles, purchased land/houses sa atong mga HIGALA NGA POLITICIANS.....LABI NA KADTONG
NANGARA-AN. Pila ra ang suweldo sa tongressman, governor, mayor? 30k, 40?50?...up up up and away?
Nganong datu man na sila, oi....unya balik balik man jud kada election....na-a jud nay bait, no?
Why not we make a love letter to the Ombudsman, para makasabot ta?
Go the link below....na-ay mga instructions/address/forms/phone numbers unsaon pag-contact.
Kitang mga regular "jose", puede natu testingan og na-a ba jud effect.
Ok ba people?...
Na hala, aju aju tang tanan...
http://www.ombudsman.gov.ph/Also, below is a love story from the Ombuds people....lovely, huh?
Investigating unexplained wealth
October 03, 2008
THE ESSENTIAL THING
Investigating unexplained wealth
By Ma. Merceditas N. Gutierrez, Ombudsman
There are at least two ways employed by the government to determine whether or not a government official or employee has amassed unexplained wealth. One way comes from the so-called RIPS program of the Department of Finance (DOF), and the other from the lifestyle check conducted by the Ombudsman’s office.
RIPS stands for Revenue Integrity Protection Service, the anti-corruption program initiated by the DOF to investigate allegations of corruption within the department and its attached agencies, such as the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), the Bureau of Customs (BOC), the Insurance Commission and the Privatization and Management Office of the DOF. Resultant charges are filed by the DOF with the Ombudsman’s Office.
The lifestyle checks are investigatory devices employed by the Ombudsman under the authority of anti-corruption laws, like the Code of Ethics for Government Employees (RA 6713) and the Anti-graft Act (RA 3019). They come into play when the lifestyle of a government official raises questions, such as where does he get the money to send his children to expensive schools? Or for his family to travel frequently?
At present there are at least 500 lifestyle investigations being conducted by our central office alone. Past investigations of this kind have already led to some 10 forfeiture cases currently filed with the courts. Lifestyle checks may also lead to perjury charges against an erring public functionary, as when in his statement of assets and liabilities he misrepresented the true state of his income or property.
Lately, many customs officials and BIR personnel have either been dismissed or suspended from office pending investigations under RIPS of unexplained wealth allegations. The DOF has plans to expand the reach of RIPS even more to cover as much of the country as possible, to the end that public perception of corruption particularly in the BOC and the BIR will change for the better.
The government is serious in ferreting out the corrupt from the BIR, BOC and even from the Land Registration Authority (LRA), its register of deeds in particular. Corruption will not be possible without the cooperation of government officials. And not just big officials are involved; even mere clerks can amass illicit fortunes. Many apparently lowly clerks from several government offices have lately resigned for reasons that may only be revealed perhaps in the future. If they think they are already safe, they may note that the right of government to take back unexplained wealth does not prescribe.
The government should take a closer look at especially the regional offices of the BIR and the different Registries of Deeds. The friendship among officials in these offices with local big businessmen has enabled the latter to pay scaled-down taxes, while the poor small to medium businessmen have had no choice but to pay correct taxes. As to Registers of Deeds, the proliferation of subdivisions all over the country has reportedly given them a new source of unexplained wealth. Registers of Deeds allegedly delay by all sorts of excuses the registration of properties until the needed consideration is passed on.
Local mayors should also watch out. They are reportedly inveigling from subdivision owners and developers all sorts of “favors†that allow businesses where these mayors have a hidden stake to “help develop†the subdivisions. The “help†ranges from providing sand and gravel to said subdivisions, to providing heavy equipment and security services. Reportedly the price of non-cooperation is non-receipt by those who need it of the required development permit. This is extortion, plain and simple.
Original published on the October 3-4, 2008 issue of Business Mirror.
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