PH drops to 115th place in global index on corruption perception
MANILA, Philippines — In the fight against corruption, the Philippines appeared to have failed to make an improvement insofar as perception of corruption in government is concerned, with a worldwide study placing the Philippines at the 115th spot out of 180 countries.
In the 2020 Corruption Perception Index of anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International, the Philippines retained its low score of 34 out 100 possible points, but slipped two notches down in the ranking from the previous year, with its “mostly stagnant” response and policies against corruption.
The Philippines, in the 2019 corruption perception index, landed in the 113th spot from its previous rank at 99 in 2018 after sliding 14 notches.
In the 2020 study, the country tied for the 115th spot with Moldova, and was just below four countries — Bosnia and Herzegovina, Panama, Mongolia, North Macedonia — which all tied at the 111th spot. It edged six other countries with the same mark at the 117th ranking, namely Egypt, Eswatini, Zambia, Nepal, Sierra Leone, and Ukraine.
“With a score of 34, efforts to control corruption in the Philippines mostly appear stagnant since 2012. The government’s response to COVID-19 has been characterized by abusive enforcement and major violations of human rights and media freedom,” Transparency International said.
Philippines outranked other neighboring countries.
However, compared to its Asian neighbors, the Philippines outranked three other countries — Laos (134th), Myanmar (137th), Cambodia (160th), but remained below Thailand and Vietnam (tied at 104th), Indonesia (102nd), Timor-Leste (86th), Malaysia (57th), Brunei Darussalam (35th), and Singapore (3rd).
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