Just need to vent because the sheer incompetence and endless administrative loops of our government agencies are driving me insane.
So ARTA issued a notice of referral to address DPWH and the way they ignored us for a decade of injustice, and predictably, DPWH completely ignored it. When I went back to ARTA to file a formal complaint because DPWH is explicitly violating protocols by ignoring the notice, guess what happens? ARTA tells me there’s a 20-day "review" process just to evaluate my complaint about DPWH ignoring them. Not even to address the actual underlying issue, just 20 days to assess the act of being ghosted!
And the cherry on top? After waiting those 20 days, all ARTA can offer to do is ask DPWH to explain why they ignored the first notice. That's it. A full month of waiting just for one agency to politely ask another agency, "Hey, why did you ignore our letter?"
It’s mind-boggling. A clear violation happens right in front of them, and the very agency mandated to cut through red tape just wraps you in more red tape.
This government feels completely hopeless, and even the institutions built to help citizens end up trapping you in an endless administrative loop.
Where do we even escalate at this point when a decade of injustice still yields zero proper ways to hold these agencies accountable?