Cardinal Tagle sa mga politiko, kontratista: ‘WAG MAGKUNWARING DIYOS!’

KINONDENA ni Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle ang lumalalang korapsyon sa gobyerno sa gitna ng anomalya sa flood control projects at budget insertions, na nakasisira aniya sa humanidad.

Binigyang-diin niya ang tungkulin ng tao bilang tagapangalaga ng mundo, hindi bilang Diyos.

“You take care of what was entrusted to you not as your own property but as you said, [there is] a blatant manifestation or illusion of ‘I own it, I own everything’ so I am accountable only to myself,” ani Tagle sa panayam sa ANC.

Hinikayat din niya ang mga opisyal, kontratista, at ahensya na suriin ang kanilang sarili at alalahanin ang kanilang pananagutan.

“My message is this: Please, you are human beings. You are created in God’s image. Can you please look at yourself and with humility, I am not God. I should not pretend to be God, I am creature like many other creature. And so my responsibility is to take care of what God has given to us for the good for all,” dagdag pa niya.

Ayon pa kay Tagle, para sa Simbahang Katoliko, nakababahala ang korapsyon sa bansa. “This is the thing that disturbs us… Is there still a sense of humanity, a sense of sin? ’Cause if you lose your humanity, you will also lose your sense of sin,” paliwanag niya.

Tinukoy din niya ang paulit-ulit na siklo ng korapsyon at hinikayat ang mga Pilipino na maging malikhain sa pagpapahayag ng pagtutol at suportahan ang tamang hakbang para sa pagbabago.

“The question is, when we will learn? We’ve been through different protests since I was young, when will we find lasting change? But it is really saddening, especially when we see the effects on poor. When has the human heart gone? Do we still have a heart?” anang Cardinal.

“After these rallies, we should now look for a lasting change. We cannot effect change simply by expressing our anger… The institution of accountability and integrity that are created by human persons,” dagdag pa niya.

Bago nito, hinikayat ng Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) ang kabataan na gawing “shameful” muli ang korapsyon at suportahan ang independent na imbestigasyon sa flood control projects. (Jocelyn Domenden)