ENTREPRENEURIAL LEGISLATION: The Art of Robbing the Nation

Entrepreneurial Legislation----a socio-political concept of executing or constituting business transactions out of law-making or legislation. Etymologically, the word “entrepreneurial”, means running a business enterprise, and “legislation” means the act or process of law-making; which we can obviously draw the foundation of this idea. Many of our lawmakers have enriched themselves while in office, and while many are conscientiously honest, the majority operates in a setup that is structured around the hunt for spoils. (Chua and Coronel, The Perks of Lawmaking) It explains how lawmakers of the majority have earned so much for themselves without taking into consideration the achievement of proper implementation and creation of policies or laws for the common benefit. It illustrates the reality of what a legislator should do primarily being elected by the people, and be responsible enough in doing their jobs for what they’ve been called for.

Legislators ought to be responsible to legislate and not to transact business neither to protect their business nor their business partners. Their priority is make laws and policies which will regulate, promote and secure the attainment of common good, and not being biased to which class they belong. No one shall be above the law. Laws should treat all individuals equal, regardless of their political, social, and economic influence. Hence, these things or concepts of what a law should be are merely endangered in existence. Most of our legislators consider legislation as a “sideline” rather than a priority. They even make laws to satisfy their business necessities. Most of the time, to maintain a stable relationship with their business partners and sustain their social status by giving favors to influential people or to business tycoons. All of these reasons lead us to a specific point of view. It all boils down to their ‘greatest intention’----their insatiable hunger and greed for money and power. Thus, making it enough to oxidize them and to frivolously and unconscientiously take away the breath of every starving and expecting Filipino citizen.

Needless to say, the legislators in the image of “traditional politicians” (TRAPO) and the businessmen especially the business tycoons, moguls and magnates have created a haven for them within the halls of legislative proceedings which eventually influenced and made our laws very rigorous and harsh to ordinary naive people, but very tender and placid for them. For this reason, it undoubtedly leads us to a conclusion of why our country lives in an impoverished and bleak stature. And this is why the gap between the glamorous circles of the elite and squatting perimeters of the mass continues to grow. The rich becomes even richer; the poor becomes indigently frail, making our laws cheaper and futile. It is only because most of our legislators are continuously robbing people’s money through selling and making laws out of corporate and personal benefits only and not for everybody.

The continuing fad of graft and corruption through entrepreneurial legislation in both Congress and Senate evenly progress like a contagious disease which will eventually contaminate the whole legislative body and the whole government system as well, if it would not be prohibited through proper actions or remedies. Legislators should take into consideration that there are many crises in our country that should be given enough attention rather than piling-up huge money in their personal bank books. They should focus on creating and implementing effective and efficient laws and policies, which will help solve those crises with its suitable, equal and appropriate performance.

The government’s budget deficit bulges, that as it increases our budget for the local expenses decreases and even becomes stringent and stiff. Our legislators should understand and realize that their immediate success should be proportionately equal to every common citizen who voted for them with trust and loyalty. They should concentrate in uplifting the lives of the ordinary individuals and that they may have what is due for them accordingly with what our law states. Pondering on the idea, the national survival and progress depends on how they perform their duties and responsibilities with dignity and pure integrity. And that every citizen paying their taxes and abiding to the laws should benefit equally from the laws that they make. Giving emphasis, our laws and policies are for everybody, but it is not cheap----always available, but not for sale!

**This is a re-post. I took it from my old, dead, ‘nilulumot’ and inept blogsite. And now, I’m sharing it again. I wrote this article for my subject in college, Dynamics of Philippine Politics. This article is inspired by the ‘forbidden’ book in Congress entitled "The Rulemakers" by Sheila S. Coronel and Yvonne T. Chua.