Pharmally 2.0: The One-Year Corruption Carnival Courtesy of Proclamation 1077

Because One Pharmally Wasn’t Enough: Now in 4K Calamity Vision

By Louis ‘Barok‘ C Biraogo — November 13, 2025

Déjà Vu on Steroids: Congrats on the Sequel, Malacañang!

Bravo, Malacañang! Encore! You’ve just dropped Proclamation 1077 like a mic at a karaoke night gone wrong—a full year-long state of national calamity, covering Typhoon Tino and whatever watery apocalypse decides to crash the party until November 2026. Because nothing says “learning from history” like handing out a blank check for corruption right after the ink dried on the Pharmally Senate hearings. Chel Diokno warns of “Pharmally 2.0”? Please. This isn’t a sequel; it’s the director’s cut, now with extra floodwater and zero lessons learned.

Congratulations, President Marcos. You’ve turned disaster response into an all-you-can-eat buffet for cronies. Pharmally was the appetizer—overpriced masks from a P600,000-capital shell company tied to Duterte’s inner circle. Now? The main course: emergency negotiated procurement on steroids. History doesn’t repeat; it just gets fatter on public funds.

The Year-Long Loot Fest: Dissecting the Blank-Check Bonanza

Let’s dissect this proclamation like a frog in biology class—except this frog is bloated with graft and hopping straight for your wallet.

First, the duration and scope: One year. One whole year. For Typhoon Tino and any future calamities. That’s not emergency response; that’s a perpetual motion machine for laziness. Republic Act (RA) 12009—the shiny new Government Procurement Act that replaced the creaky RA 9184—allows negotiated procurement in emergencies, sure. But Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) guidelines (hello, Resolution No. 03-2020) scream it must be for “imminent danger to life or property.” Not a 365-day open bar. This isn’t speed; it’s sloth dressed as urgency. Why rush relief when you can stretch the “emergency” like taffy?

Now, the real gut-punch: emergency negotiated procurement. This is the legal loophole where competitive bidding goes to die. No public tenders, no pre-qualification marathons—just pick your supplier, slap on a justification, and voila: funds funneled faster than a politician’s denial. Defenders whine about “speed and efficiency”? Cute. True efficiency doesn’t mean torching oversight. It means pre-vetted suppliers, real-time dashboards, and audits that bite. But no—this proclamation waves the white flag on transparency, inviting the same ghosts that haunted Pharmally: undercapitalized middlemen, sky-high markups, and “donations” that mysteriously circle back.

“Necessity”? Spare me. If the disaster’s so dire, why not limit to 30–90 days per locality, as Diokno begs? Because narrow scopes cramp the style of connected contractors. This is a smokescreen, thick as Manila smog, hiding the graft grab.

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Diokno the Doomsayer: Turns Out the Prophet Was Just Reading Yesterday’s News

Chel Diokno isn’t speculating; he’s reading the room—or rather, the Senate Blue Ribbon reports. His warning? A simple echo of reality: abuse this, and Pharmally rises from the grave.

Exhibit A: Pharmally Historical Precedent.

Remember? COVID-19 calamity. Negotiated procurement. A company with P600,000 capital scores billions in contracts for face shields at P120 each (market: P27) and masks at P28 (market: P13). Owners? Duterte pals. Deliveries? Late, defective, or imaginary. Senate probes exposed the rot: no bids, fake docs, political pull. Now swap “pandemic” for “typhoon”—same playbook, new cover.

Diokno nails the legal and ethical vacuum: Compressed timelines? Check. No competitive bidding? Check. Minimal transparency? Triple check. Proclamation 1077 recreates the petri dish for corruption. And don’t forget Rep. Leila de Lima‘s flood control scandal—the “biggest in history,” she says. Billions vanish into ghost pumps while Manila drowns. Systemic? You bet. This proclamation doesn’t fix the disease; it feeds it steroids.

Diokno’s right: This isn’t a blank check—it’s a signed confession.

Statutory Slapdown: When the Law Mocks the Lawless

Time to weaponize the statutes, because nothing exposes hypocrisy like the law itself.

RA 12009 (New Government Procurement Act): Transparency! Open contracting! Beneficial ownership disclosure (Section 82)! It screams for public monitoring. But emergency negotiated procurement? Meant for true immediacy—not a year-long free-for-all. GPPB rules demand documentation, post-award publication, Commission on Audit (COA) audits. Proclamation 1077? Silent on enforcement. It’s like handing a chainsaw to a toddler and calling it “efficiency.”
RA 3019 (Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act): Criminalizes causing undue injury through manifest partiality or gross inexcusable negligence. Overprice a pump by 200% under this proclamation? Boom—violation. But vague terms invite it: “evade oversight,” whisper the cronies.
RA 6713 (Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees): Ethical standards? Disclosure? Just laugh. Justifying a year-long calamity under this? It’s ethical yoga—twisted beyond recognition.

Supreme Court precedents? Think Araullo v. Aquino (G.R. No. 209287, July 1, 2014) on executive overreach, or Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) cases slamming fiscal abuse. This proclamation teeters on the edge: legally precarious, a lawsuit waiting to happen. But why wait for courts when graft’s already cashing in?

Cure Worse Than the Calamity: “Radical” Fixes Even a Toddler Could Grasp

Critique’s easy; fixes? Even easier—if anyone’s listening. But since this government’s allergic to accountability, here’s your “revolutionary” pill, served with scorn.

Sunshine or Bust (Because Darkness Is for Vampires): Every peso under this proclamation? Online, real-time. Award notice, price breakdown, supplier owners, justification—48 hours post-award on Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS). Revolutionary? No, it’s RA 12009. But sure, act like it’s rocket science.
Chop It Up, Stupid (Sunset Clauses & Geo-Fences): Amend to 30–90 days per locality, renewable with proof. National blanket? For a typhoon in Visayas? That’s not planning; it’s pandering to plunder.
Unleash the Hounds (Pharmally Early Warning System): COA on steroids—60-day audits, public reports. Office of the Ombudsman rapid-response teams. GPPB “Emergency Oversight Committee” for big awards. Blacklist frauds instantly. And a whistleblower hotline? With rewards? Because nothing says “deterrence” like turning snitches into heroes.

These aren’t radical; they’re remedial. For a government that “learned” from Pharmally.

Amnesia Is the Real National Calamity: Wake Up or Get Robbed Again

Wake up, Philippines. Proclamation 1077 isn’t relief; it’s a heist in hurricane clothing. Diokno’s warning is the alarm bell—ignore it, and we’re set up for Pharmally 2.0: bigger budgets, bolder thieves, same victims (you).

This is systemic rot: flood control scams, pandemic pillage, now calamity cash-grabs. The only antidote? Relentless pressure. Scorn these proclamations. Demand dashboards. Haunt the hearings. Because if we forget Pharmally, we’ll fund its franchise.

Chel Diokno is right. The threat is real. And the only way out? Make them choke on their own transparency—or watch the floodwaters carry away what’s left of our trust.

Barok out. Stay vigilant, or stay robbed.