Crooks in the courtrooms

CORRUPTION is at its worst when it involves officers of the court to and from whom aggrieved persons run for justice.

If President Rodrigo Duterte’s advocacy against corruption will strike hard at the so-called “hoodlums in robes,” corrupt activities in the public and business sectors would substantially be reduced when perpetrators would no longer feel confident that they could buy their way out by paying prosecutors, judges and justices.