As the Executive Director of the Makati Business Club, Rafael Ongpin (oldest son of the late Jaime V. Ongpin who was one of the staunchest CEOs responsible for the fall of the martial law regime in 1986) remarked in an interview, President BBM deserves some credit for the ongoing drive against corruption, particularly in public works.  In the final analysis, though, he said that it is the Filipino citizens as voters who could ultimately “punish” the corrupt politicians.  As we saw in the last article, unless there is a critical mass of Filipinos who live the social virtues of working for the common good, the necessary institutional reforms will have limited results.