joc-joc bolante--a fall guy

Philippines
November 12, 2008 6:11pm CST
Former Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn "Joc-joc" Bolante will be at the senate today. He is to answer the Senate's inquiry on the fertilizer scam. But people are asking, was Bolante really the mastermind or was someone behind him? If we really come to think of it, is an undersecretary capable of distributing several millions of pesos that amounted to the fertiizer scam without prior consent of people on top of him? If that we a few thousands of pesos, I believe he can. But not hundreds of millions of pesos. It seems that Joc-joc Bolante is covering up for something, or someone, for that matter. But who? Some camps are trying to give the impression that MalacaƱang is not aware of these anomalous disbursement of government money, but I highly doubt that. As I have said, the president seat would not get in the way with a few thousands of pesos, but with hundreds of millions, oh boy, I sure think that this is also in their best interest. And it is most likely now that he is the fall guy of President Arroyo. Will the filipino people really benefit from this? will the real criminal really be incriminated? oh God have mercy on our country...
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
13 Nov 08
It is just sad that these people are allowed to go scot free of their crimes. Whether he is the fall guy or not he should suffer the consequence for hiding in US for so long just to delay shedding the truth behind it. He is as liable as the the mastermind if there are more involved. He should have divulged it already so he can be freed from his conscience if he thinks he's innocent. The fact that he hid himself from shedding the truth just tells that he is indeed hiding something from us.
@vanities (11395)
• Davao, Philippines
13 Nov 08
i dont think so..and to note that it happens before a month or less before the election..i guess there's a band of releasing or even hiring of govt. employees agencies atleast 45 days before and after election..which we may think that the release was anomalous...its fine i guess if it was given to provinces which classifies as an agricultural province but i had heared that even some congressmen whose area of responsibilities were on the cities received big amounts also...i really pity the guy...its not worth it to be use by someone that is if its true anyway..just a piece of my opinion...and i dont think so..i mean the real culprit on this scandalous fertilizer scam..how i wish that karma will befall on them...
@oyenkai (4394)
• Philippines
13 Nov 08
Yeah it's possible. That's really just how corrupt our system is.