Study on corruption shows 'Cory Model' may work

A framework for a national anti-corruption campaign based on the "Cory Model" just might work for the Philippines . Prof. Leonor Magtolis Briones, team leader of a research team looking into "Pinoy Solutions to Corruption," formulated the framework based on the strategy used by the late President Corazon "Cory" Aquino during her administration.

The two other members of the team are Profs. Danilo R. Reyes and Ma.Oliva Domingo.

Briones said the research recognized the need for a national anti-corruption program.

"After nearly five centuries of organized government, graft and corruption now threatens to be as Pinoy (Filipino) as lechon, adobo, sinigang and paksiw. It seems to be as endemic as dengue, tuberculosis and cholera. The solution to this national blight can only come from the Filipinos themselves," she said.