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Anti-graft rules a good start to protect people, curb crocodiles
By Catherine Zoleta Condino |
July 19, 2010, Monday
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THE recent issuance of new anti-corruption regulations by the General Office of China State Council and the General office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee is an honorable act, which I believe should be welcomed by all truth-loving and transparent government officials.
Under the regulation, those officials or leaders holding official ranks of or above county level in government agencies, democratic parties, public institutions, state-owned or state holding enterprises are required to report (within 30 days) changes in their marital status, location of their spouses and children in case they've moved oversees, their personal income as well as housing and their families' investments.
Those who do not abide the regulation will face consequences including removal from office. However, many Chinese citizens have expressed online their call for harsher punishment.
This kind of action reflects the sincerity of the leaders in serving their country and the people through good governance and clean leadership.
The eradication of graft and other corrupt practices is also one of the priorities of the newly elected President of the Philippines Benigno Aquino Jr. During these days of economic crisis, both Chinese and Filipinos are looking up to our own country leaders to serve as a good example and counting on them for hope and strength.
Fighting corruption is a long process, since it is a malady rooted in the dehumanizing of moral values. This immoral act has deteriorated lofty principles of ethical standards. However, I believe that the new anti-corruption regulation is a good start to protect the interests of less fortunate Chinese and not the hungry crocodiles of society.
It still maybe easy to play tricks with your financial statements and property investments, but please remember there's always an end to everything.
(Catherine Zoleta Condino, a former broadcast journalist in the Philippines and now a freelancer in Shanghai)
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