Bring back the sanctity of the ballot

WHILE print, broadcast and social media were too occupied with the protests of OFWs over the balikbayan box and the Iglesia Ni Cristo two weeks ago, something significant, interesting and relevant was unfolding at the Office of the Ombudsman.

The feisty Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales dismissed from government service the director and five members of the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the National Printing Office (NPO), a relatively small agency that attracts media attention only when the election period draws near.