Slippery When Wet—or Dry...
Tuesday, March 13, 2001
The transition to democracy in various countries proves how hard it is to snare formerly corrupt and dictatorial bureaucrats.
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IT'S like sweeping the floor with a dirty broom. That's how hard it is to clean up an old regime's legacy of crime. A new, democratically-elected leader is always determined to crush all the old forces of corruption and other misdeeds. But the new government will be surprised when it sees the real problem - a huge and complicated one.
The Philippines, which has twice experienced "people power," is one example. Corazon Aquino, who rose to the height o
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