The Petition: A gesture of love for our country

Written by Daisy Brett-Holt | 07 February 2012

On 31 October 2009, this website featured an “Essay about the Philippines” written by a South Korean _ Jaeyoun Kim, who said that our problem is not corruption but our lack of love for our country.  True enough, the South Koreans in the fifties were very poor due to the Korean War (25 June 1950 to 27 July 1953) between North and South Korea.  But look at South Korea now.

At that time, the Philippines was rich partly due to brisk trade with our American colonisers and the reparation money coming from our defeated neighbour _ Japan.  We were rich, second only to Japan in Asia, and we were the envy of our South East Asian neighbours!  Within six decades, we have squandered what we had.  We allowed successive governments to siphon off our country’s wealth into our leaders’ off-shore bank accounts.

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PJI and KPI Petition

Written by Daisy Brett-Holt | 31 January 2012

Dear Readers,

We have just launched an ONLINE PETITION to "Protect PNoy and Future Presidents of the Philippines and Keep an Independent Judiciary" for which we need 10,000,000 signatures to put pressure on the Members of Congress to amend Article Vlll Sec. 4(3) of the present Constitution. Please take a few minutes to sign the petition and show you care for our country.  Anyone may sign as long as they are Filipinos or were once Filipinos and now have other Nationalities.  What is important is you care and still care for our country.

A similar petition is being done as a signature campaign for those without an internet connection.

Below is the text of the petition.  This flaw in the Constitution was discovered by Roman Rama Guerrero, Coordinator, KPI (Mindanao).  We owe our deepest gratitude to him.

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Write-up about Open Forum in Frimley

Written by Daisy Brett-Holt | 16 March 2011

The Philippine Jury International (renamed as Philippine Jury Initiative) held its first open forum about Good Governance and the Jury System on 20 February 2011 at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Parish Hall in Frimley, Camberley, Surrey.  The two objectives of the forum were: To propose to the Filipinos that the Jury System is a major solution to the worsening graft and corruption gripping our country and to call on to the Overseas Filipinos to provide the momentum in forcing a change on our rotten and flawed judicial system.
The ‘People Power Revolution’ twenty five years ago that toppled President Marcos did not succeed in bringing down graft and corruption because the people did not know what to replace the system with.  Although we toppled Marcos, we replaced him with the same type of politicians and kept the same flawed judicial system that breeds corrupt leaders.  This is due to the fact that there is no effective mechanism in our Constitution that would serve as a check and balance to the power of our erring political leaders.
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Open Forum Sunday 20 Feb 2011

Written by Administrator | 12 February 2011

Philippine Jury International Ltd
In cooperation with the Frimley Filipino Association

Cordially invites you to an OPEN FORUM on

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UK Corruption

Written by Daisy Brett-Holt | 08 January 2011

UK Jury found an MP and an Officer of the Law GUILTY of CORRUPTION

A UK Member of Parliament , David Chaytor was brought down by his greed and stupidity.  This law-breaking law maker admitted before the jury, fraudulently claiming more than £20,000 in expenses.  He was sentenced 18 months in jail. Does this case sound familiar?  Very familiar, I should say.

Find out more at: http://www.channel4.com/news/mps-expenses-david-chaytor-jailed-for-18-months

Another celebrated case in UK is the jailing of an Officer of the Law, Commander Ali Dizaei.  Find out more at:  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1249382/Ali-Dizaei-GUILTY-perverting-course-justice.html

These prove that corrupt people do exist in countries with a jury system.  The difference is that the severity is minimal compared to the unabated, widespread corrupt practises and the number of corrupt people in the Philippines.  Our flawed judicial system allows corruption to flourish.

The Vizconde Massacre and the Garcia Plea Bargain are just examples.

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