7 posts tagged election issues philippines

I'd like to start a discussion on what do you think are the important issues should voters consider as priority when analyzing politician's or political party agenda come 2010 Philippine Elections. Personally, I am likely to look at the list below. However, the existence or mention of a program is not enough.

There are currently three forms of Democracies existing now, each with their specific flaws. The United States model stands out; yet, is all really as it seems? Here, then, is the first part of the “Searching for Democracy” series. We are long taught in our schools, and in books, that America is the model system of democracy.

Everywhere there seems to be a feeling of fatigue for one failed system after another, and movements (like Obama’s, which seems to be sweeping the United States) have begun to spring up, maybe not with real platforms, but change for change’s sake.

We are forever frustrated by the continued existence of Gloria Arroyo as President. But would you have stood up to Hitler’s Germany? And can you really stand up to Arroyo’s Philippines? The Nuremberg Defense Nuremburg, 1945.

I'd like to start a discussion on what do you think are the important issues should voters consider as priority when analyzing politician's or political party agenda come 2010 Philippine Elections. Personally, I am likely to look at the list below. However, the existence or mention of a program is not enough.