The Preamble of our Constitution states how our government should serve our country and people.

“We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of Almighty God, in order to build a just and human society and establish a Government that shall embody our ideals and aspirations, promote the common good, conserve and develop our patrimony and secure to ourselves and our posterity and the blessings of independence and democracy under the rule of law a regime of truth, justice, freedom, love, equality, and peace, do ordain and promulgate this Constitution.”

Under the declaration of principles and state policies:

Section 1. The Philippines is a democratic and republican State. Sovereignty resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them.

Section 3. Civilian authority is, at all times, supreme over the military, the Armed Forces of the Philippines is the protector of the people and the State. Its goal is to secure the sovereignty of the State and the integrity of the national territory.

Recent developments in the present administration are alarming to the sense of decency of the Filipino people, both in the government and the private sector. If not immediately addressed, this could lead to chaos and disorder.

The Supreme Court with the help of the military should stop the impunity of abuse by the executive departments of government in the illegal withdrawal of funds from the national treasury, spending them for purposes other than what is provided by law.

The finance group of the Cabinet is the most easily vulnerable to corruption. Government funds by the billions were being withdrawn by the DBM Secretary from the National Treasury on the basis of a mere DF circular without the authority of the President. And these funds have been spent for purposes other than that provided by law.

The Secretary of Finance, the Secretary of Budget and Management, and the National Treasurer are culpable for the crime of plunder and/or malversation of public funds.

The Supreme Court with the help of the military should hold Congress in contempt for making a mockery of the decision of the High Tribunal outlawing the pork barrel in the preparation of the national budget.

The Filipino people are raising concerns over the persistent presence of the pork barrel in the 2025 national budget, voicing loud warnings that critical social programs were compromised to fund infrastructure projects — that at least P288 billion was added to the Department of Public Works budget during the bicameral conference committee’s adjustments.

The DPWH’s original submitted allocation was P825 billion but it surged to P1.113 trillion following the congressional realignments.

To cover the increase, allocations were taken from social programs, including P10 billion from the Department of Education, P50 billion from Pantawid Pamilyang Filipino (4Ps), P74 billion from the PhilHealth subsidy, and P30 billion from the Commission on Higher Education.

It was clear that the lawmakers completely set aside public welfare in their deliberations on the final version of the budget. They prioritized their self-interest rather than the interest of the Filipino people.

The people shall have no choice but to seek the assistance of the court and the military to stop the impunity of abuse by corrupt lawmakers who lost their moral ascendancy for love of money.

Moral ascendancy is the influence one individual or group of individuals may hold over others through their personal morals and character.

The rule of law is one of the ideals of our political morality; and it refers to the ascendancy of the law as such and of the institutions of the legal system in a system of governance.

The rule of law generally comprises a number of principles — clarity, publicity, stability, and prospectivity of the norms that govern society. The procedural principles concern processes by which norms are administered, and the institutions like courts and independent judiciary that their administration require.