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Ousted House Speaker Jose De Venecia launched his new initiative the other day, a council for a moral revolution. Chief Justice Reynato Puno will chair the council. Isn’t this great, the man we least likely think of initiating such a revolution, is indeed the man who is spearheading it. Manny Villar seems to like the idea, but you know Manny, he’s Senate President, so he’ll have to support it in spirit, or else be accused of being too political.

From The Inquirer

De Venecia, who will serve as the council’s interim secretary general, said his campaign is patterned after the moral revolution advocated by Singapore’s former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew.

“What we’re looking for is a nationwide cleansing. There’s too much corruption. Everything is for sale. There’s corruption in Congress, corruption in the Senate, corruption in Malacañang, corruption in Cabinet….” he said. “This is the last chance to save the country.”

He acknowledged the council has to yet to draw up a concrete course of action on how to achieve its goal.

De Venecia said the council will work with all sectors of society, including government, and mobilize them to speak in any forum on the ways to curb official corruption.

“We will create vigilant groups, show popular indignation to go after corrupt elements, and we will work with anti-corruption units already existing,” he said.

But he acknowledged the change might not be swift.

“We should be able to make achievements in increments. We can’t change overnight,” he said.

Gee, now let’s think, what if he wasn’t thrown under the bus? He’d still be supporting Arroyo, and the status quo of corruption would still be in place. Moral Revolution or is this just payback?