Hundreds of Thousands of Demonstrators in the Philippines Call for Accountability in Flood Corruption Scandal

In the Philippines, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets Sunday to demand accountability over a corruption scandal that exposed how top government officials were receiving kickbacks from construction companies responsible for faulty and incomplete flood defense projects. The three-day protest rally comes after typhoons battered the Philippines earlier this month, leaving at least 259 people dead.

Armelyn Bandril: “Almost a hundred days has passed since the process began, yet no one has been jailed. There already is plenty of proof. A lot of evidence has come out. But our question is: How come no one has been jailed yet?”