A safer place to live in

THE criminal elements in Dagupan City are on notice. Its government has shifted its efforts in its campaign to combat criminality to high gear with its 1-2-3 strategy.

The first step was the reactivation of the Peace and Order Council. The Fernandez administration is right in its assessment that a campaign marked solely by sloganeering would not scare off criminal minds but the inclusive partnership and collaboration with the private sector could send the right signal about the community’s resolve.

The second was the move to further enhance the capabilities of the Dagupan Police Station that has proven its worth as evidenced by the major awards it earned from the Philippine National Police’s regional headquarters.  It now has four new motorcycles to enable the station to improve its response time to crime scenes.

The third was the enactment of an ordinance by the Dagupan sanggunian instituting a set of security measures for the business sector to implement to help protect lives and properties and deter criminals from victimizing residents and business establishments.

All combined, the city residents are assured of a much safer city to live in.  If only the rest of the towns and cities in Pangasinan can adopt similar if not better strategies in their communities, Pangasinan may yet become the show window for effective maintenance of peace and order in these trying days.

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Next, the executive branch?

CHIEF Justice Renato Corona was thrown out of office in 2012 for failing to report his true assets in his SALN (Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth).  Only days ago, Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Gregory Ong was found guilty by the Supreme Court of accepting a multimillion bribe nine years ago to fix a case of suspected scam queen Janet Napoles on a helmet purchase intended for the military worth P3.8 million.  Ong faces either dismissal or suspension.

Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Jinggoy Estrada and Bong Revilla are in jail facing plunder for their alleged involvement in the P10-billion Napoles skullduggery.

Noticed something?

Corona and Ong are from the judiciary and Enrile, Jinggoy and Revilla legislature.

Don’t look now but the executive branch might be next in line as plunder charges have also been filed against Budget Secretary Butch Abad for his role as chief disburser of illegally amassed government funds, not to mention President Aquino is also the recipient of two impeachment cases filed in Congress.  Should the cases prosper against Abad and P-Noy, where is our beloved nation headed to?

Creepy?

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