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The lawyer of suspended Bureau of Corrections director general Gerald Bantag yesterday said that his client is “open” to a special audit by the Commission on Audit amid corruption allegations.
Not only the alleged involvement of government officials in it is among the fallouts in the investigation of and hopefully the prosecution and punishment of those responsible for the murder of broadcaster and online journalist Percy Lapid (Percival Mabasa). It is also its reminding the public and the rest of the world of one of the best-kept, but nevertheless well-known secrets in this country: the dismal and shameful state of its prisons.
If the “spiral of violence” against journalists does end, or is at least minimized, the dividends would be to free expression, press freedom, and, quite possibly, the return of the enterprise and investigative journalism that this country needs to help it move forward.