How could and what does it mean when a whole slate snubs the Know Your Candidate Forum organized by the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voters, the Department of Interior and Local Government, the Commission on Elections and the Philippine National Police?
The Know Your Candidate Forum is a venue where all the candidates are able to present their platform of government to the people. The electorate is entitled to know each candidate and what he stands for, in a way that the electorate will be able decide who the right candidate to vote.
Not attending the Know Your Candidates Forum is tantamount to depriving the electorate the right to become informed and properly guided voters in whose hands lie the destiny of the municipality, the province and the country as a whole.
For whatever reason, when a political slate accepts the invitation of the organizers, not making good its commitment to attend, is reflective of the kind of leaders the members of the slate will turn out to be once they are already in power.
One can understand the disappointment of the populace when the very chance they have been waiting for to compare the platforms of the opposing political slates, is not fulfilled because one slate does not appear as promised.
The disappointment of the organizers, the Pastoral Parish Council for Responsible Voters, is also understandable. It is not easy to organize something only to be snubbed. To think that most of the organizers are young volunteers. More so, this is the Church this whole slate snubbed. If this slate can snub the representative of God here on earth, how much more the poor and disadvantage people in the municipality?
Several cases of political slates snubbing the PPCRV Know Your Candidates Forum have been noted in the municipalities of the province of Leyte.
With just a few days left before the electorate march to the voting centers to cast their votes, it is hoped that they will remember to vote for the candidates whose platform is pro-people, development oriented and in accordance with the true Christian values and servant leadership.
God bless the members of the PPCRVs concerned for their patience and statesmanship. God bless the candidates who submit themselves to the people through the PPCRVs Know Your Candidates Forum. God bless the electorate and whole entire Filipino nation.
The Know Your Candidate Forum is a venue where all the candidates are able to present their platform of government to the people. The electorate is entitled to know each candidate and what he stands for, in a way that the electorate will be able decide who the right candidate to vote.
Not attending the Know Your Candidates Forum is tantamount to depriving the electorate the right to become informed and properly guided voters in whose hands lie the destiny of the municipality, the province and the country as a whole.
For whatever reason, when a political slate accepts the invitation of the organizers, not making good its commitment to attend, is reflective of the kind of leaders the members of the slate will turn out to be once they are already in power.
One can understand the disappointment of the populace when the very chance they have been waiting for to compare the platforms of the opposing political slates, is not fulfilled because one slate does not appear as promised.
The disappointment of the organizers, the Pastoral Parish Council for Responsible Voters, is also understandable. It is not easy to organize something only to be snubbed. To think that most of the organizers are young volunteers. More so, this is the Church this whole slate snubbed. If this slate can snub the representative of God here on earth, how much more the poor and disadvantage people in the municipality?
Several cases of political slates snubbing the PPCRV Know Your Candidates Forum have been noted in the municipalities of the province of Leyte.
With just a few days left before the electorate march to the voting centers to cast their votes, it is hoped that they will remember to vote for the candidates whose platform is pro-people, development oriented and in accordance with the true Christian values and servant leadership.
God bless the members of the PPCRVs concerned for their patience and statesmanship. God bless the candidates who submit themselves to the people through the PPCRVs Know Your Candidates Forum. God bless the electorate and whole entire Filipino nation.
