The flood-control corruption scandal is not just about stolen billions, it is about blood on their hands. Every ghost project, every substandard wall, every shady bicameral deal has drowned our people, buried our livelihoods, and stripped us of dignity. The truth is clear: corruption kills.
Every ghost project and every unfinished drainage canal is a betrayal of the state’s duty to protect its people, leaving communities to face deadly floods with no defenses.
Farmers lose their crops, workers lose their wages, and small businesses lose their shops when floods sweep away what little people have built. Every peso pocketed by politicians and contractors is a peso stolen from the people’s survival.
Families are forced to evacuate all the time, children grow up with trauma as part of their daily routine, and communities lose their sense of continuity as homes and traditions are washed away. Corruption normalizes disaster and erodes our dignity.