Lenient laws in the Philippines should be blamed

I was out of the country the past few days and immediately noticed something and I know that most of the Filipinos abroad also noticed this.

Filipinos living in another country other than the Philippines are more disciplined. So, how come when people live here in the Philippines, they become law violators? The law should be blamed because to tell you the truth, our penalties are just nothing to most of the people.

When smoking in a no smoking area in Hong Kong, you can be penalized for 5,000 Hong Kong Dollars. That is equivalent to around 30,000 pesos. Do we have that?

When crossing the street there, people are cautious because they know that when they will be bumped by a vehicle, they themselves are the ones to be blamed. Unlike here in the Philippines, the driver is to be blamed. What if it was really the person crossing the streets' fault?

Lastly, as i've said in one of my previous blogs, laws here are good for 1 - 2 months (or lesser). Look at the commemorative plate law. A lot of people are using commemorative plates again!

This is the main reason why we don't improve. We need to vote a president in 2010 who can be FIRM enough to eradicate red tape and implement stricter rules.