The Presidentiables

Sunday, 03 May 2009 00:00

Written by Jess Ang

It will be a year from now that we will elect a new president. But all we hear from them is that they are tired and outraged of the massive graft and corruption of the present administration. All advocate for good governance and a transparent and accountable government. To this end, I ask each and everyone of them to respond to the following questions where their answers will reflect much about the integrity,vision and competence of the candidate.

1. It has been said that to launch a successful presidential campaign, you will have to spend at least Php5 billion. Where will you obtain such funds? If you believe in transparency,can you reveal the amount and the name of donors that supported your candidacy when you ran and won for senator or mayor? If businessmen and rich families plan to support you for your presidential bid , how will you remain independent?

2.What is your platform of government? What measures would you take to ensure good governance amd integrity in our government?

3 What is your position about our current debt service which accounts for 30 percent of our national budget?

4. How do you intend to promote peace and order in our country? We have 130,000 soldiers and 150,000 PNP police officers. Yet it is still not safe to drive late at night, where there is increasing number of unsolved kidnappings and political killings .

5. What are your proposals for our country to transform itself from a Third World nation to a just,prosperous and compassionate society? How do you intend to fund it? What measures would you take for job creation, land reform , basic education and health care?

These are tough questions we need to ask. I beseech our TV and news reporters to be more agressive and in depth with their questioning so as not to be seen as a forum of free advertisements for the presidentiables.

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