Tag: State of the Nation Address 2008

The President

From zero conviction out of 10 to 1.4 out of 10, Ombudsman. Say, what?! (the President’s SONA 2008)

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The President in her SONA today said that the conviction rate of the Ombudsman increased by 500%!

  

 

The present conviction rate of the Office of the Ombudsman is 14% (14 convictions out of 97 cases), according to the latest report released by the supervising administrative officer of the office of the special prosecutor. See:     Ombudsman wages “invisible war” against some of her own prosecutors; is losing cases 8 out of 10
  

 

    In other words, out of 9.7 cases (or ten), the Ombudsman is winning 1.4 ( conviction) and 8.3 losses (acquittals).

 

       Since the President said the rate increased by 500% ; it means that the present rate of 14% is five times better than its previous record; or that the conviction rate of the Ombudsman improved by five times. In other words, the old number plus five times that old number, equals the new conviction rate.

       So,  a number,  plus 5 times that number, equals the present conviction rate of 14%.

        So, it’s:  (sorry for this, i had to break it down by figuring it manually and it was too long, the summary is; hwag ka na magalit):

             x + 5x = 14      (is this right)

                            6 x = 14

                              x = 2.3

                   Hwag ka na galit. 

            It’s 2.3% previous conviction rate compared to the present 14%. (my  4th check). It means that the previous conviction rate was 2.3 wins (convictions) and 97.7 losses (acquittals) out of 100 cases. (check: 2.3 plus 5×2.3 = 14)

             Or 0.23 out of 10.

       Or out of ten cases, the Ombudsman was previously winning zero or 0.23.

       If you were transparent about it in your speech, you would have said:

         THE OMBUDSMAN WAS WINNING ZERO OUT OF TEN CASES OR 0.23 out of 10; NOW IT IS WINNING 1.4 OUT OF TEN CASES; AT LEAST IT’S WINNING ONE AND A HALF OUT OF TEN, OR AN INCREASE OF, YES, 500%. Yehey!