SMS a mistress campaign launched by office of public information.
November 2006
The Philippines government is looking to catch corrupt officials with their pants down. It will launch a 'Report-A-Mistress' campaign this weekend. Anyone who suspects a public official or employee of having an extra-marital affair, or two, can file a report by e-mail, snail mail or SMS.
Congresswoman Kim Bernardo-Lokin said: 'We believe that the ones who maintain second, or even fourth families, are the ones most likely to be corrupt because they are the ones who come under pressure to earn more.'
She said some corrupt government officials even name their mistresses as 'dummy owners' of properties and companies they have acquired. But even before the launch of the campaign, phone calls and e-mail about suspected affairs have come flooding in.
Concerned that people were getting the wrong idea about the targets, Ms Bernardo-Lokin clarified that 'this is a corruption check, not an attack on mistresses'.
