What will make me leave the Philippines... An Open Letter to Every Filipino :)

[66bunny]

Dear Fellow Filipino,

Good day to all of you! Before I begin my letter... just a
disclaimer, for people who know me they know that I love the
Philippines very much and I am not really one who rants and
complaints to high heavens about what is happening to our country and
does nothing about it, in fact, I feel that at my relatively young
age of 27, I have done much service to the Philippines by setting up
Pathways to Higher Education which has sent more than 500 poor but
deserving students to college and AHON Foundation which has already
built two public elementary school libraries that have benefitted
more than 3,500 students. Yet, after seeing how events in our nation
have transpired the past few weeks and talking with some friends, I
feel the urge to share with you my own thoughts and feelings.

Over the weekend, we saw the completion of two major political
alliances for this coming Senate Elections that has just began here
in the Philippines. Now we have two political forces with familiar
faces nonetheless on opposite sides of the fences. On one end, you
have Tito Sotto and Tessie Aquino-Oreta who were two major stalwarts
of the opposition and the FPJ Campaign in 2004 hobnobbing with the
woman (Pres. GMA) whom they claimed to have cheated FPJ in the last
Presidential Elections.On the other side of the fence, you see Manny
Villar, the former house speaker who was actually responsible for
impeaching Erap now part of the United Opposition who is led by no
less than... Erap himself. Now if you don't see anything wrong with
this picture then you must be one of the many Filipinos who have
accepted this very sad reality that there is indeed no permanent
ideals that our government leaders stand up for but rather they just
go where there self-interests can best be served. It is this kind of
politics why I no longer wonder why good people like Ramon Magsaysay
Awardee Mayor Jesse Robredo of Naga City or outstanding Bulacan
Governor Josie Dela Cruz will find it hard or worse, never be elected
to national positions.

It is with these in mind that I'd like to share with you what
are events this coming May elections that will make me consider
leaving the Philippines:

1.) If former COMELEC Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano of Hello
Garci fame wins in his bid to become Congressman of
Bukidnon...seeking to replace a good man no less in incumbent Cong.
Neric Acosta... We would really be the laughing stock of the whole
world if we allow a man with the reputation of Garci to be one of our
so called "Honorable Gentlemen".

2.) If Dancing Queen Tessie Aquino Oreta reclaims her seat at
the Senate... I hope that all of us would still remember that dance
that she did during the 2001 impeachment hearings after they voted to
overrule the decision of then Chief Justice Davide... let us make
sure that people like her never make it to the Senate again.

3.) If Richard Gomez becomes a senator... what does he know
about making laws? We already have the likes of Bong Revilla and Lito
Lapid in the Senate and their performance or lack of it would be
reason enough not to elect another actor who has no prior experience
in government to the distinguished halls of the Senate.

4.) If Gringo Honasan wins again.... have we not learned our
lesson? I cannot believe that just because someone is charismatic
then we will just elect him to become one of our senators despite the
fact that he has time and again caused so much instability in our
country... if we want a military junta similar to that of Thailand...
then lets all vote for this guy....

5.) If Manny Pacquiao becomes Congressman of General Santos
City... everybody loves Manny the Boxing Champ but Manny the
Lawmaker? Lets be realistic here, Manny is our Hero alright but I
think it takes more than just great boxing skills and a desire to
serve to be able to make appropriate laws that would help uplift the
lives of the many Filipinos who live in Poverty.

6.) If Lito Lapid wins for Mayor of Makati City... I don't like
Jojo Binay as well but Lito Lapid as city mayor of the country's
finance and business center?!?! And do you really think he is from
Makati and has good plans for the city? The Arroyos asking someone
like him to run just goes to show you how much love and concern this
government has for our country.

7.) If Chavit Singson becomes a Senator, Illegal Gambling =
Chavit... enough said.

Now if all of these 7 things happen during this coming
elections then don't be surprised if I decide to leave this country
that I love dearly. Like I said during the first part of my letter, I
feel that I have done much for this country but I think its time that
Filipinos become more vigilant and critical in selecting our leaders
for the sake of our future and the generations that will go beyond
us. So I appeal to every Filipino who asks what can I actually do for
my country... Choose and vote for the right people this coming
elections, huwag na tayong magpaloko sa mga kandidatong maganda lang
ang jingle o gwapo lang sa mga poster. Let us choose leaders who have
a good track record for service and who are genuinely committed
towards serving our country.

Manindigan naman tayong lahat para sa ating Kinabukasan at para
sa Kapakanan ng ating Bayan!

Thank you very much for your time in reading this letter.

Sincerely,

Harvey S. Keh

[onat_1]

wala na akong masabi sa post mo serbakit di natin pagbigyan lahat ng mga yan baka umasenso ang bansa natin :twak:

sa sideline na lang ako with :popcorn: :soda: perhaps

[shadow]

I'm with you sa lahat ng sinabi mo except yun ka nukmber#2 item mo yun kay oreta, personally hinde ko siya iboboto, pero pra sabihin mali yun ginawa niya sa pagvote againts sa opening nun envelope, doon tayo hinde nagkasundo, the senators was the judges sa impeachment, so what's wrong when they voted againts sa opening ng envelope? in fact, hinde naman kasi kasama sa eveidences yun 2nd envelope, and yet pinipilit ng mga prosecutors na isama, technically tama naman ginawa ng mga senators, you just can't present evidences dun sa impeachement na hinde mo na submit before hand, eh ganun nangyari sa 2nd envelope eh

then why didn;t you complain nun ginawa rin ng mga admin congressmen na pag vote againts sa gma's impeachment?

[1D4LV]

hindi ata nya sinama yung condition na pag nanalo si cesar montano sa senado...

[mazdamazda]

Just for argument's sake... say that all the conditions are met... where will he go?

Probably in California right? Oh wait... their Governor there is a former action star.

[ts1n1ta]

nakow. I think he will sya bye bye to the Philippines.. eh 4 out of 7 dun mukhang mangyayare eh.

[empy]

Just for argument's sake... say that all the conditions are met... where will he go?

Probably in California right? Oh wait... their Governor there is a former action star.

oyoyoy...da best alternative na yan ha! all the other candidates are 'girly man' :bwahaha:

[Eismann]

Pag nanalo si Cesar Montano....di na babalik sa Pinas si Andrew Wolfe...he-he

[shadow]

hindi ata nya sinama yung condition na pag nanalo si cesar montano sa senado...

baka isa siya sa 3 nag vote kay cesar monatano sa mock election?

[Hanren]

Which do you consider to be more disastrous to the country (and to the world) :

An asteriod (Aphobis?) has 1 in 45,000 chances of changing course and hitting the earth in 2036.

One or more of your conditions are met (what if all of the 7 do happen) in May 2007?

[oldblue]

It is with these in mind that I'd like to share with you what
are events this coming May elections that will make me consider
leaving the Philippines:

1.) If former COMELEC Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano of Hello
Garci fame wins in his bid to become Congressman of
Bukidnon...seeking to replace a good man no less in incumbent Cong.
Neric Acosta... We would really be the laughing stock of the whole
world if we allow a man with the reputation of Garci to be one of our
so called "Honorable Gentlemen".

eto ok lang di naman ako taga-Bukidnon. problema na nila yun tutal sila naman boboto dun.

5.) If Manny Pacquiao becomes Congressman of General Santos
City... everybody loves Manny the Boxing Champ but Manny the
Lawmaker? Lets be realistic here, Manny is our Hero alright but I
think it takes more than just great boxing skills and a desire to
serve to be able to make appropriate laws that would help uplift the
lives of the many Filipinos who live in Poverty.

eto sasama loob ko kasi gusto ko si Darlene manalo.

6.) If Lito Lapid wins for Mayor of Makati City... I don't like
Jojo Binay as well but Lito Lapid as city mayor of the country's
finance and business center?!?! And do you really think he is from
Makati and has good plans for the city? The Arroyos asking someone
like him to run just goes to show you how much love and concern this
government has for our country.

eto ok lang din. basta mawala na traffic sa C5-Kalayaan bottleneck, worth na any other mayor than binay.

7.) If Chavit Singson becomes a Senator, Illegal Gambling =
Chavit... enough said.

was hoping sana na manalo sya para ma-upgrade na nya yun Zoo sa Ilocos na sa world-class. yun tipong Enchanted Kingdom + Complete Zoo combined

tagal na din ako di nakakikita ng real-life Rhinoceros.



so look * the brighter side, di mo kelangan umalis dahil lang sa ganyan given.

[the_wildthing]

Wala ka namang magagawa kung iboto sila ng tao.

No use worrying about things over which you have no control.

Until the majority of the voting public recognizes the better choices, they will stick with whom they hear about, and then complain when nothing good happens.