Some tough questions for Binay, Poe and Roxas

First of two parts

Yesterday’s Feast of Saint Matthew the Apostle and Evangelist offers a lesson in hope and reform for officials caught in the venality of government. Before heeding Jesus’ call to follow him, Matthew was a tax collector in Judea for the Roman Empire, hated by Jews for collaborating with the conqueror and overcharging on levies, the way taxmen earned their keep. Called by Jesus, the once-sleazy Matthew evidently turned a new leaf and became a leading figure in the early Christian Church.