http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fightcorruption/ Whereas, the quality of life of Filipinos has been worsening at an alarming rate, forcing many to seek employment overseas even if it means leaving their families behind; Whereas, we, Filipinos worldwide, envision a much more prosperous economy in the Philippines, especially for future generations of our people; Whereas, according to studies done by Transparency International, the Philippines lost as much as US$48 billion to corruption in the last 20 years, greatly undermining social services and economic development; Whereas, a public office is a public trust; it is the policy of the State to promote and ensure full public accountability in the conduct of its officers and employees, and to prosecute those who engage in corrupt practices; Whereas, elected and non-elected public servants should be fully committed to the decent survival of the Filipino people; We, as Filipinos, therefore, PETITION the honorable members of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines to expedite passage of Senate Bill Nos. 1760 and 1761, which we believe will greatly promote accountability, transparency, and integrity among our public officials and employees, to wit: Senate Bill No. 1760 AN ACT ALLOWING THE OMBUDSMAN TO EXAMINE ALL THE BANK DEPOSITS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS WITH THE LATTERS' WRITTEN CONSENT BY AMENDING SECTION 8 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6713, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "CODE OF CONDUCT AND ETHICAL STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES." Senate Bill No. 1761 AN ACT PROVIDING PROTECTION AND BENEFITS TO PERSONS WHO DISCLOSE CONDUCT CONSTITUTING GRAFT AND CORRUPTION AND TO WITNESSES FOR THE PROTECTION THEREOF, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS HEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. This bill proposes that the Ombudsman establish its own Legal Protection Service, which would be patterned after the Witness Protection, Security and Benefit Program of the Department of Justice...further proposing that informers be given rewards of up to P10 million or 10 percent of whatever ill-gotten assets can be recovered from corrupt officials. God bless the Republic of the Philippines. [To request the full text of these bills, send an e-mail to iam@capiznet.net.] Signed: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 17:0:38 CST en-us 3 http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fightcorruption/#sig5679518 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fightcorruption/#sig5425572 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fightcorruption/#sig4804392 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST Mar Roxas sucks.. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fightcorruption/#sig4039209 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fightcorruption/#sig3631623 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fightcorruption/#sig3605731 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST We should now pass these important measures! The country needs these in order to stop pharmaceutical companies from abusing our people! http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fightcorruption/#sig3170612 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST We support this petition http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fightcorruption/#sig3029340 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST Since one of the ideas is to split strings not into words, but hopefully into phrases more semantically informative than the words they are made of, doing that better should mean better suggestions, and avoiding what essentially are word n-tuples should make for smaller data and slightly faster querying. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fightcorruption/#sig3011205 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST Bonjour! What a super websight! Very refreshing to peruse from where we live in Paris (France). I eat frogs and drink wine. Woold like more informatons on this. Best regards! Mikael. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fightcorruption/#sig2942587 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST It's about time. I just hope there's no loop hole in this one. Politicians' are always trying to find a way around laws, bills, rules and just about anything. Please, make this happen. For real this time. Do it! http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fightcorruption/#sig2870638 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST i am a horse raper! i shall make your ponys scream harder! big penis! i have eels in my hovercraft! http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fightcorruption/#sig2688685 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fightcorruption/#sig2561263 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST we must all aim for an effective and transparent systems for public service, free of any corruption. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fightcorruption/#sig2414991 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST its about time that our government be cleaned from rotten corrupt officials and start to move on towards prosperity. May GOD Help us in this endeavor http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fightcorruption/#sig2083018 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST GOD always rules. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fightcorruption/#sig1997417 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fightcorruption/#sig1844940 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fightcorruption/#sig1811158 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition although I like the proposed Bill #1760 to have more teeth by allowing the Ombudsman to examine bank deposits of public officials even without their consent. The proposed Bill as it is written right now renders the Ombudsman powerless if he is denied access to examine the public officials deposits. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fightcorruption/#sig1782310 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST long overdue... eto na ang bill na matagal nang hinihintay ng mga pinoy, lalo na those who are working overseas.. kaya lang naman kami napipilitang umalis ng pinas dahil unti-unti nang nawawala ang tiwala namin sa sistema ng gobyerno.. dahil narin sa mga ganid na trapong nakaupo pa rin hanggang ngayon!!! http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fightcorruption/#sig1724785 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition.