I WISH to react to the news story in which th
e political party Lakas says it wishes to play the role of "kingmaker" in 2010.
How can Lakas be a kingmaker when it could not even manage to secure the victor
y of Team Unity candidates in the last elections? All over the country, TU was
roundly beaten, except in places like Cebu, where no Lakas candidate won in the
province.
We need not stray very far. We only need to ask the question -- how did the TU
fare in Pangasinan, the supposed "baluarte" (bailiwick) of Lakas, JDV being fro
m Pangasinan? It was shameful. Certainly nothing for JDV or Lakas to be proud o
f.
I think all this talk of "kingmaker" is just a shameless bid for Lakas to stay
relevant in 2010. Because with JDV on his last term (and no waging a respectful
national campaign), Lakas will just fade away, and its members absorbed by the
more viable national parties, like NP or LP or NPC, who all have presidentiabl
es.
So Lakas should not kid itself. The best course to take now is to run for cover
.
-- Jorge Batoon, Glendale, California (via e-mail)
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Don't care about these kingmakers, I'm more concerned of the need of moral and
principled people in the helm of power.
Individuals aspiring for position must follow the dictates of their conscience
and Godly principles rather than the dictates of greed, the party, kumpadre sys
tem, selfish interests whether by party or by the individual.
Wala nang takot sa Diyos ang marami sa mga pulitiko. Sabihin nila na, eh kung m
agpapakabait sila, mawawalan sila ng:
1. Impluwensiya
2. Kayamanan
3. Kuneksyon
4. Pork barrel
Yung iba naman ang katwiran:
1. Eh lahat naman ginagawa ng kalokohan
2. Itong ninakaw ko pupunta naman sa mga mahihirap eh
3. Mangungumpisal lang ako kada ginawang anomalya
4. Baka mahuli ako sa magaganda (pero maling) oportunidad
5. May nakagarantiya sa akin na mananalo ako sa susunod na eleksiyon basta magb
ayad ako ng pera at sisipsip ako
Lahat ng mga nakasaad ay MALI sa pananaw ng Diyos. Akala nila natutulog ang Diy
os, sa huli't sa maaga, aabutan sila ng Katarungan Galing sa Itaas; buhay pa ma
n sila sa mundo o kung sila ay sumakabilang buhay na.
Wala kayong lusot.
Bilib din ako sayo....binibigyan mo ng halaga at oras na magcomment kung sino d
apat maging kingmaker sa mga political party natin....hindi mo ba nakikita na k
ahit sinong partido...kahit sinong politiko...walang nagagawa para ayusin ang b
uhay ng mga pilipino????? para sa akin...pare pareho lang yang mga lintek na ya
n!!!!!! nagbabayad ng buwis ang mga pilipino samantalang sila naman ay ninanana
kaw ang binabayad natin na buwis!!!!!
i agree 101% with you jorge.
in addition, NP and LP should be revived as the two dominant parties of the cou
ntry. both have distinctive historical ideologies to back them up and both have
past politicians we can call 'founders' of the modern Philippines.
Lakas is nothing but a group of hoodlums out to divide the country amongst them
selves.
TO ALL
I know this to be out of place. Please bear with me. I just want to create aw
areness by choosing the busy forum or the latest.
Do consider Dr. Martin Bautista for the next elections obviously (a senatorial
candidate of âAng Kapatiranâ together with Adrian Sison and Zosimo Paredes). H
eâs a 44-year-old gastroenterologist in the US who came home after 17 years. Y
ou can see from his background that he truly means service. For those who find
him to be a hypocrite for working abroad, do understand heâs a family man who
needs to sustain his family, that he will be able to keep his independence by n
ot relying on public funds to support his family. He helps his countrymen in h
is capacity but itâs just not enough for there are millions of Filipinos. Itâs
a good start in Philippine Politics to have him and his party around.
I urge you to forward/text/inform all your contacts about them. I believe they
only lack exposure thatâs why Iâm doing this. But I canât do it alone so Iâm
appealing to everyoneâs help. If all will inform their contacts about them and
urge them as well to forward, we might hit a million.
We cannot afford to be indifferent now if we want meaningful change. Otherwise
we only have ourselves to blame. BUT TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
BTW, Iâve posted this on the different topics just to be sure.