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WHY should you let the candidates do all the talking?
Make your voice heard. With the launch of the Eleksyon 2007 Philippine Elections Blog, we are reserving virtual space for you to tell the whole world what you think are the important issues that should decide the outcome of the Philippine elections in May 2010.
What do you think of the candidates? Which issues should be tackled? How can we improve our ongoing coverage of Eleksyon 2007? Listen to our Eleksyon 2007 podcasts, and tell us which questions we should ask candidates in future sessions, or what points you would like them to expound on in future articles. We don’t want to just read your feedback. We want to give you the opportunity to keep the conversation going, not just by posting comments but also by writing your own entries on this blog.
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Now tell us what you think.
May 17th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
The turtle will surely get the gold medal when there will be a race between the turtle and the release of 2007 election results. The COMELEC should now start planning for an automated system for the next election so that there will be no more excuse of “hindi makahabol sa date”.
The very slow manual process of election here in our country gives chances of cheating,harassment,anxiety to the candidates, and a lot of trouble to the teachers.
People are now basically oriented with computers so the introduction of automated election system will not be a surprise and will be easily understood by many.
May 17th, 2007 at 9:21 am
Those of us in Metro Manila who voted for the opposition shouldn’t look down on our fellow Filipinos in the provinces as cheaters just because they are from this or that province. Let’s all have faith in our people, accept the verdict and voice of our countrymen expressed through the ballot. We need not always raise a howl when things aren’t going our way. Else, there’ll be no more civility, Gloria in, Gloria out. Would we want to revolt everytime we don’t like the face of anyone occupying Malacanang? Gloria will have her time. She’ll not be president forever. Who would want to be thrown mud till kingdom come? You may call her bogus, fake, incompetent, it’s your opinion. You may shout it out loud till your voice croak and crack, just don’t disturb your friendly neighborhood. In the meantime, let’s help build our nation. As we will have new, young senators, we expect them to arise from partisan politics and help ensure the executive branch doesn’t go beyond its mandate and abuse its power. And also work with it if it needs be, like the statesmen that they want to be viewed as. We are on the same boat together. If the nation goes down, so shall we.
May 17th, 2007 at 1:22 am
I am not well-versed in the Philippine Constitution - my question is:
Is it in the constitution to allow even those in jail to run for any public office?
May 16th, 2007 at 7:59 pm
Mukhang nagulat ang malacanang sa rating ni Capt Trillanes sa election results. takot? Ang lumalabas na magandang rating ni Capt. Trillanes ay simbolo ng damdamin at kaisipan ng mga pinoy tungkol sa kasalukuyan na liderato (?). Kelangan mabantayan ang mga boto ng GO lalo na kay Capt. Trillanes. Siguradong gagawa ang ‘presidente’ at kanyang galamay ng mga paraan para di makapasok si Capt. Trillanes sa senado.
May 16th, 2007 at 6:58 pm
Just sending my thanks for Inquirer for my postings on my blogs about May election.
Indeed, internet is one of the best
democratic instruments we have despite
selfish intentions of many users…including
mine of course,
More Power!
Pinay von Alemanya