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There’s nothing like nudity to make a point.
“Sixty members of the Alpha Phi Omega (APO) on Friday ran naked around the University of the Philippines campus in Manila to condemn the now abolished pork barrel fund system and urge the government to channel more funds to education and health,” reports Mark Merueñas on GMA News Online.
The report noted: “The group said that this year’s Oblation Run, with the title, ‘See-Through: Promoting Transparency in Governance,’ sought to convince Filipinos ‘to pressure the government to truly abolish the fund so that it will not be a catalyst again in government corruption.'”
The report likewise cited Miguel Custodio, grand chancellor of the APO-UP Manila chapter, who said that the group “wanted a ‘more visible’ mechanism to show how government funds from the national coffers trickle down to the local governments units, and to their constituents.”
Well, we don’t know about you — but after seeing these Oblation Run photos, we’re not thinking of corruption. At least not the kind that involves government funds.
Photos: Mark Merueñas, GMA News Online (Twitter)
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