500 Pages of Incriminating Evidence

April 14, 2013

7: 14 am

Christine Romulo

Alright. I am ready to go. I have the sheet music books on my hand, my courage on the other, and my smile on my face. Before I step in the car, I see my maid handing me a letter. Quite odd. What is this? I look at the address at the back. Oh, it's from the Office of the Ombudsman. Right then and there, I remember what I did a week ago.

After the family breakfast, and scolding, of course, I went up to my room. I made sure to lock the door so that no one may see or hear what I'm about to do. I take the flash drive from my bag and open all the files I had copied from Macedo. It's at least 500 pages of incriminating evidence against him. I printed it all in one go. It turns out that I had to photocopy everything, four times. Right, of course. Photocopy away! I put all of those papers in a box. Before sealing the box, I wrote a cover letter for all of these.

"To the Office of the Ombudsman,

It has come to my attention that the Honorable Governor Julian Samuel Macedo is not complying to his duties that, as governor of this region, is entitled to obey and fulfill. In this box are the evidences of his ill-gotten wealth and money laundering activities.

No public official should be able to acquire that amount of wealth with only a few small businesses that his family owns. I advise that an investigation against Governor Macedo be initiated, lest all of these activities were to continue.

These evidences are acquired by yours truly from his files that he keeps in his home. I do, however, request to be anonymous on the matter of your investigation. I trust that justice will be served for his corrupt ways.

Respectfully,

Christine Romulo"

I put this cover letter on top of the others. I had the box taped up and sealed with the seal of a Romulo, just to get the Ombudsman's immediate attention.

With that, I snuck my way out of the mansion and drove on my own car. I drove myself to the office of the ombudsman. Long lines, of course! Bureaucracy at its finest. I filled up all the forms needed. This box is fucking heavy, of course. Best hurry up! When I turned the box over to the clerk, even she is shocked to see how much I have. She takes a few documents just to see if it was photocopied. She's no fool. She won't check every single document if it has a photocopy. All she could do is just give me smile out of exasperation.

After a few layers of bureaucracy, I have officially filed a complaint.

Right now, I hold the ombudsman's letter. I can feel my hands trembling as if justice did not win. Whatever happens, I did the right thing, even if I had to be in bed with the enemy.

Alright, here it goes.

I break the seal of the envelope and reveal the full contents of it.

"Ms. Christine Romulo

Your complaint has been answered duly by the ombudsman. It has come to his attention that this rather overwhelming evidence against the Honorable Governor Julian Samuel Macedo proves that he has not been compliant of his duties as governor.

Therefore, it is decided that his removal from office will be issued immediately as soon as the decision has been formally issued.

Further investigations will be done for a possible trial against his crimes of graft, corruption, and plunder."

I won? So, it is done. Macedo is done for.