MANILA, Philippines — Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto has a simple message for the Philippines after being cited by the US State Department as an anti-corruption champion: “Denormalize” corruption.
“Thank you to the US Department of State for this recognition. But more than the recognition, I hope this helps raise awareness. If we want better long-term governance, we need to fight corruption. We have to denormalize it, get it out of our culture,” Sotto said in a tweet on Wednesday night, hours after he was announced as one of the 12 recipients of the US State Department’s International Anti-Corruption Champion Award.
Thank you to the U.S. Department of State for this recognition.
But more than the recognition, I hope this helps raise awareness.
If we want better long-term governance, we need to fight corruption. We have to denormalize it, get it out of our culture. https://t.co/aeMUz3VFKd
— Vico Sotto (@VicoSotto) February 24, 2021
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