I WILL be true to you. I did not feel the happiness that the minister of health expected citizens would feel when he revealed that his ministry had foiled a case of bribery targeting his office. I did not feel his actions were heroic or significant. The ministry kept the name of the company that was bribing it a secret, as if to protect it from defamation and scandal.
The minister’s statement published in the media puzzled me. We are now faced with corrupt companies whose identity we do not know. This is due to the habit of some of us who endeavor not to publicize corrupt organizations.
Admitting that his ministry has busted 10 similar cases before, the minister declined to make any reference to the name of the company that tried to bribe his secretary. He refused to identify the culprits, but only indicated that his ministry would pursue them.
Please do not ask me who these people are. I do not even know whether they are ghosts or human? I only know that they tried to bribe our ministries.
I gather from this act of concealment that our ministries want to tell citizens that these companies are blessed with administrative “sanctity,” even though they want to embezzle money at the expense of our health and comfort. Although the minister described them as insolent, he would rather keep their identities hidden.
How many of these companies indulge in bribing? How many of them cover their scandals with “ministerial statements”?
I would like to tell the minister that a company, which feels protected when it commits a crime, will continue in its corruption unabated.
