Jul 10
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Tony Meloto, the founder of Gawad Kalinga, addressed an audience in Sydney Australia earlier this year on the topic of poverty and government corruption in the Philippines. Meloto said,
To the many corrupt Filipino politicians, Meloto said, “as Christians, we shouldn’t judge, but love and respect them.” He described a mathematical analysis on corrupt mayors: “I don’t think there’s a human being that’s 100 per cent bad. If they are 90 per cent corrupt, then I will engage the ten per cent that’s good.” Engaging the 1500 mayors with ten per cent goodness will collectively “overcome any evil” in the Philippines.
