Peace is expensive!

I just had to read the letter sent to the Inquirer by a former head of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process.

The most recent person to hold the post, Ms. Anabelle Abaya, is claiming that Php 170 million is unaccounted for. General Esperon, in his letter as former head of OPAPP, claims that since June 2008 this office had spent Php 227.8 million on a reintegration program for rebel-returnees.

That's far too many millions of pesos being thrown around for a failed peace process here in the Philippines, particularly in Muslim Mindanao. But maybe on the flipside, that's the value of how much this past administration tried to spend to resolve the armed conflicts in RP. But with all the allegations of corruption under the former administration still looming over our heads, I am really sad that someone earns a quick buck at the expense of so many others.

Then again, it's probably the same in any country, except that we're one of the 13 most corrupt in the world. Who earned (or earns)from this level of corruption? The Almighty knows.

There will be justice. Maybe not in this lifetime, but definitely in the hereafter. But until then, we mortals must carry on.