Grafters, you better watch out, you better not pout, Barack Obama is coming to town. You may be headed to the graft court.

With the filing by the Ombudsman yesterday of plunder charges against three senators (Juan Ponce Enrile, Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada and Ramon “Bong” Revilla, Jr.) Janet Lim Napoles (the alleged mastermind of the pork-barrel scam), and six other individuals, the government shows beyond doubt the utter seriousness of the campaign against graft and corruption in the country. The timing with Obama’s visit is a bid for applause and increased economic and military aid.

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