Regine Velasquez has called for ‘stolen wealth’ to be poured back to Cebu, after giving her two-cents on why corruption still thrives amid the national outrage over the multibillion-peso flood control projects awarded by government to alleged anomalous contractors.
In a series of posts on her X account, Velasquez joined other celebrities who are voicing their dissatisfaction over the national issue, pointed out that the ‘selective’ justice system is the reason behind rampant corruption.
‘Hay hindi ko mapigilan ang sarili ko nagagalit talaga ako. Alam nyo kung bakit hindi natatapos ang kurapsyon?? Kasi walang consequences (I can’t help myself. I’m really angry. Do you know why corruption doesn’t end? Because there are no consequences). Justice is selective,’ she wrote.
Hay hindi ko mapigilan ang sarili ko nagagalit talaga ako Alam nyo kung bakit hindi natatapos ang kurapsyon?? Kasi walang consequences. Justice is selective.
The ‘Dadalhin’ hitmaker also lamented how ordinary Filipinos continue to pay taxes. She also called on corrupt officials to return their ‘stolen money’ and pour it back to Cebu, which is still reeling from the magnitude 6.9 quake last September 30.
‘Lahat ng ninakaw itulong nyo sa Cebu (All of your stolen money should be used for Cebu instead)!!!!!’ she said.
‘In the meantime, we continue to pay taxes. Taxes na pinagpaguran natin lahat may tax baka isang araw magising tayo na ultimo hangin may tax na (Taxes that were borne out of our hard work. Everything is taxed. We might wake up one day to discover that even the air we breathe is taxed),’ she said in a separate post.
In the meantime we continue to pay taxes. Taxes na pinagpaguran natin lahat may tax baka isang araw magising tayo na ultimo hangin may tax na
Velasquez did not post on social media if she participated in the Sept. 21 anti-corruption rallies in Manila and Quezon City, although her husband Ogie Alcasid was spotted recording the protesters at the People Power Monument.
The Asia’s Songbird is nonetheless among the many celebrities who publicly expressed their fury at the widespread corruption related to the alleged anomalies in flood control funds tied to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and contractors.