Rizal Philippines
April 4, 2021
While the rest of the country reeled from the suffering and deaths brought about by the pandemic, it is not probably so with those who are in power:
1. Access and control to large sums of money for their disposal, probably not subject to audit and accountability;
2. Flexing power and domininion over the population;
3. Conducting an advanced campaign using the taxpayers money and borrowings.
Many of the powers were delegated to the barangay lacking in training and manpower, hence the difficulties and challenges we face from the understanding and implementation of the orders are traceable to this.
However, many complain too:
1. Daily changes in policies which leave many frontliners confused;
2. Making pronouncement on aid that do not match the limited resources, forms.
The pandemic also hid and diverted attention from the weaknesses and problems at the govt, /barangay
