Another cup
Media
Part of The Republic
- Title
- Another cup
- Creator
- Valencia, Teodoro F.
- Language
- English
- Source
- The Republic Volume I (No. 2) 1-15 October 1975
- Year
- 1975
- Rights
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- Fulltext
- THE REPUBLIC 1-15 October. 1975 15 ■ THE REPUBLIC < sang Bansa, Isang Diwa Board of Editors Chairman: FRANCISCO S. TataD Editorial Staff: JUANITA G. TRINIDAD I Vice-Chairman: REUBEN R. CaNOY MaRCOS D. ACAYO | Members: LORENZO J. CRUZ GLORIA J/ne BAYLON I FLORENTINO S. DAUZ ROSALINDA G. ROXAS I ROWENA M. LUMEN i Managing Editor: LUIS V. OPLE Production Manager: MARCELINO N. PALISOC I Art Director: MIC AELITA C. ALMENDRAL Production Assistant: CESAR B. TABLASON I THE REPUBLIC is published fortnightly by the Department of Public Information, | Malacanang, Manila. Manuscripts and photographs should be sent to THE REPUBLIC, Tuazon-Gonzales Bldg., Intramuros, Manila. While they will take reasonable care, the Editors assume no responsibility for the return of unsolicited manuscripts. Editorial WHEN martial law was proclaimed three years ago, it seemed that the cancer of corruption within the gov ernment has been severed by the massive overhaul of public agencies by President Marcos. But like un wanted weeds, corruption and inefficiency in the public service have proved resilient. During the celebration of the third anniversary of the New Society last September 19, President Marcos announced a massive cleanup of the govern ment with his firing of more than 2,000 officials, including several Cabinet members. The President said that the progress of the New Society has been tarnished by the rise of a “new government elite” PANANAW Babati ang Wikang Pilipino sa saklong na ito na taglay ang maaanghang na pagpuna sa mga gawang hindi mabuti, subalit may nakalaan namang laurel sa mga mamamayan, kasama ang mga nagseserbisyo sa Gobyerno,na mangunguna sa mga kilusang magagamit na huwaran sa itinitindig na Bagong Lipunan. **** Gumawa na ng aksiyon ang Presidente. Ibinase niya sa gusto ng mga mamamayan. Pinatalsik na ang mga hindi karapatdapat sa Gobyerno. Ukol dito, naghihintay rin ang Gobyerno ng tulong ng publiko. Lumantad sila at sabihin kung sino ang mga dapat pang alisin, ngunit kailangang may matitibay na kadahilanan. . . na base sa katarungan ♦**# Kailangan ng bansa ang sapat na panustos upang maagapayanan ang papalaking populasyon... kaya kai langan ang malaki at patuloy na produksiyon. Ka ilangan ang malawak na lupang magagawang sakahan... ng maraming industriya at pagawaan... pagpapaunlad ng teknolohiya sa lahat ng larangan ng ekonomiya. Kailangan din ang epektibong pa ma maha la, laluna sa programa ng family planning. Ang ibig sabihin, ang lahat ng babae at lalaki na may karapatan nang “gumawa” ng mga pandagdag sa populasyon ay dapat munang magkaroon ng kamalayan sa panganib na sisipot sa paglaki ng populasyon... alang-alang sa pagsasakit ng Gobyerno sa kaunlarang pambansa... ngunit hindi sa kaunlaran ng populasyon. Napapanahon ang panawagan kamakailan ni Mahistrado Felix B. Makasiar ng Korte Suprema sa mga huwes sa Nueva Ecija. Maglinis ng mga kahon at huwag patagalin ang pagpapasiya sa maraming asunto na sangkot ang mga dukhang mamamayan. Ang pagthat has shaken the people’s faith in the government. What lessons can we learn from the revamp? First, we can never be complacent for the country’s development we aspire for is always a continuing struggle. Next, we must keep an eye on ourselves. Corruption and inefficiency thrive only when others keep their eyes shut. Fair warnings and vigilance will go a long way in preventing the misguided government employee from seeking quick profits at government’s expense. Perhaps, the President can propose a code of ethics for all government em ployees to continuously guide them in the per formance of their duties. LAD1SLAO SUBANG balam saalinmang usapinay pagbalam sa pagpapakilos ng katarungan. Alam kong sa maraming hukuman sa buong bansa ay inaamag ang maraming usapin. Hindi na uso ngayon sa Bagong Lipunan ang palakasan. Aksiyon at katarungan ang kailangan ng mga mamamayan... at sa madaling panahon. **** Maramina ang kabutihang nagagawa ng reporma sa bagong lipunan. Ang hindi lamang nagkakaroon ng epektibong resulta ay ang ugali ng maraming kabataang lalaki, karamihan ay estudyantc, sa mga sasakyang pampasahero. Nagtutulug-tulugan sila sa pagbibigay njg kanilang upuan sa mga babae, laluna sa matatanda. Sa bagong lipunan. ang kagandahang asal na minana sa ating mgi ninuno ay binubuhay. Ngunit mayroon pa ring labi ng panahon ng makapangyarihang pulitiko. Hindi ba ito isang inatinding sampal sa kagandahang-asal na itinitindig sa kasalukuyang panahon? **** Nakasabay kong magkape kamakailan ang isang may katandaan nang lalaking balik-bayan. Nanunuluyan siya sa isang malaking otel sa Sta. Cruz, Maynila, ngunit sa isang tersera klaseng restawran nagkape nang umagang yaon. Nabatid ko sa aming balitaan, na kinusa niya iyon upang alamin ang kumakalat na balita sa San Francisco, California , na mataas ang halaga ng pagkain sa Maynila. Ngayon ay batid na niya ang katotohanan. Sa pagbabalik niya sa Estados Unidos ay pabubulaanan niya ang pinakakalat na balita ng ilang Pilipino roon na magulo at magastos ang dumalaw sa Pilipinas. Alam ba ninyo ang kanyang kirtain? Isang pritong itlog, isang pinggang sinangag at isang tasang kape sa halagang P2. Sa “States,” ang P2 ay hindi pa makakabili ng “soft drinks.” ♦♦♦♦ Another Cup Teodoro F. Valencia W Who is 'Malakas' now? The word is out. The President means business this time. He has stopped waiting for his men to change. He’s changing them. This time, the changes will be allembracing. With public support, he can go on cleaning up the government. Without public support, this will look like a purge-that’s an ugly word. Fortunately, public reaction has been nothing less than joy. *** There’s nothing unusual about the extent of the cleanup drive. The only thing that has elicited praise is that it ever happened. People had been waiting for these changes to take place, separately or slowly. But not altogether in one blow. News that there will be more is welcome too. Of course, there will be errors of judgement. Some injustices will happen. That can’t be helped. Out of 2,000, perhaps even 20 would be unfairly treated. Some mechanism must be found to find out the errors and to have them corrected. These errors detract from the merit of the main action. The idea is to deal justice, not injustice. *** The retirement of so many of the unretireablc, untouchable and reputedly mulatakas was a shock to many, a pleasant surprise to even more. In a way, we have been given a preview of what kind of changes we may expect when the President starts to touch the military and the local officialdom. The same stern measure of acceptability is surely going to be applied. How else can he do it? *** Why don’t we go down the line and revamp the Barangays? As in the national scene, there will be the need to force into the service the people who would not otherwise volunteer. “No time,” most of the deserving would say. Then, we have pleaded with them, failing in which, we must compel them to serve. There’s no other way if we must achieve in shorter time the objectives of the new society. *** One way to assure responsibility for dishonesty in office is to make the bureau or department head responsible for anything that happens in his domain. Give the office head the freedom to spend funds but give him the primary responsibility. The trouble with our auditing system today, our procurement system too, is that the head of the office is never responsible. Or nobody is ever responsible. Too many technicalities to free everybody from responsibility, yet the funds arc gone and there’s nothing to show. The safeguards have been reversed-they’re now safeguards against prosecution. *** It might help improve the public service if the President will now spell out what kind of performance he expects those who will stay in office must produce. They are a nervous lot. If they knew what to do, what is expected of them, they’ll feel better. For instance, the President might tell them to be more civil to the public who do buaness with them, to act like servants of the people instead of new masters, to try and be useful instead of waiting for orders. It’s the President who must tell them. Yes, tell them what they already know, what they have known for years. *** Not So Funny Larry Alcala
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