Now is the time to vote responsibly. Filipinos need a good leader now more than ever. Here is a guide to all the things the voters should know and some information about our presidential candidates published by the Philippine Online Chronicles website:
- Know your beliefs. It's about time we all stand up for something. If you don't have an opinion on some of the critical issues that we face, get the facts through research. Being informed is always the start of our political maturity.
- Know our candidates well – their complete profile, their political history, their business dealings, etc. How they achieve their present status can show us how competently they will be able to perform as our national leader.
- Know their platform of government. This will be a tool to help our economy grow. Don't be swayed by surveys, by their celebrity supporters, or by their promises alone.
- Know that you are the focus of negative campaigning: the undecided, the critical, the careful and deliberate voter. You are the one intended to be manipulated. They just want you not to show up at all on election day. If you stay away, their dirty tricks would have worked. Don’t give them the satisfaction. It’s up to us to break the shackles of ignorance and apathy by educating ourselves and finding out the real score regarding the people we want to vote into office. It won’t be easy but if we persevere, the truth will reveal itself in the end.
- Know that surveys do not provide information on platforms. Surveys just say that one candidate is popular at the particular time that a survey is conducted. Let’s not waste our vote by basing it on trending and survey-driven analysis. The real results arrive on election day.
(glennong.com)
Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” C. Aquino III
Noynoy Aquino’s platform is about transformational leadership. An example of which is from a President who tolerates corruption to a President who is the nation’s first and most determined fighter of corruption. He asserts good governance, transparency and prudent budgeting, education and social welfare, and economic reforms as his primary thrust if the nation will elect him as President in the coming 2010 Elections.
Jose Marcelo “Erap” Ejercito
Estrada adheres to the political, economic and social platforms of his political party. For its political platform, emphasis is given to the pursuit of an independent foreign policy; reconciliation with insurgents who take up arms against the government; making the judiciary fair, impartial and efficient; and local autonomy. For its economic platform, emphasis is on the development of the national economy and the countryside; privatization, deregulation and debt reduction for the benefit of the masses; limiting of foreign debt servicing to a certain percentage of our export earnings; comprehensive agrarian reform program for food and production security; implementation of programs that allow Filipinos to own and/or control big business enterprises critical to the national economy; improved tax collection, and requiring Government corporations to pay taxes. For its social platform, emphasis goes to the equitable distribution of wealth, environmental protection, and education.
Richard “Dick” Gordon
The primary platforms of Dick Gordon are best encapsulated in the document entitled “Manifesto for Change” of his party, Bagumbayan. In the manifesto, he identified the problems besetting the country and the group’s guiding principles geared towards the alleviation of the country’s woes. He begins with a focus on the individuals as having primary responsibility for themselves and their fellow Filipinos in the task of transformation. He wants an educated Philippines.
Gilberto Eduardo Gerardo "Gibo" Cojuangco Teodoro, Jr
Teodoro identified basic education reform, health care, agriculture and long-term infrastructure planning as the priority concerns of any administration that he will head. The most important urgent economic issues that would need to be addressed by a new President are infrastructure development and lowering power costs. He said he was also for independent monetary policy, developing power from sustainable energy sources and improving investor confidence in the country. Because of the potential economic benefits of the new Tourism Act, he will also be focusing on the tourism sector. Teodoro pushes for academic excellence and a better curriculum, because he thinks that the current curriculum does not place enough focus on technical skills, mathematics, and English. Teodoro hopes to enable the poorest of the poor to finish college by encouraging them to loan from government. He also intends to increase farm productivity through modernizing our agricultural and agri-industrial sectors.
Manuel “Manny” Villar, Jr.
Manny Villar does not make promises alone. Although he has made poverty alleviation a top priority, he knows this is something that everyone, including the poor themselves, must strive for and work towards. Entrepreneurial revolution and a competitive environment will be the centerpiece of Manny Villar’s program if he is elected to the presidency. Manny Villar stressed that in his first hundred days in office, he will approve on national television all the contracts that need to get done in his six years in office, all above board. Villar believes that this impact will encourage investment, will encourage belief in his government to work. It appears from his many interviews that he thinks it is easy for a candidate to hire speechwriters and consultants to draft platforms and mission-visions on paper. What mattered, according to him, is how an aspirant can validate any claim to a platform with past experiences and records. His plans, he claimed, are backed up by his own past actions, and are not mere promises to deliver.
via: www.thepoc.net
a lot more about all the presidential candidates here!
their detailed platforms here.
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