REASONS WHY I'M VOTING FOR NOYNOY

TRUSTWORTHINESS

The most basic reason why I chose Noynoy is TRUSTWORTHINESS. Critics say that Noynoy has got nothing but his mom and dad’s reputation. RIGHT! Noynoy will not dare destroy the sacred name that Ninoy and Cory left in the annals of our history. His inheritance is much too unblemished to be destroyed.

Noynoy’s life has been dedicated to protect the Aquino family (to the point that he never got married to date), and now he holds a sacred mandate from his parents to carry on the torch of democracy and freedom. The task is daunting, and Noynoy spent most of his life trying to live up to them.

I doubt the trustworthiness of Villar, who has business interests on the side. Though he hasn’t been found guilty of the C5 Road Extension project scandal, the mere existence of the scandal is enough for me to doubt. Prior to C5, he pushed for the opening of the San Pedro Toll Exit in the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), which leads directly to one of his subdivisions, La Marea. It’s ingenious—he has hit two birds with one stone. He claimed credit for this public project, while his subdivisions’ net value has increased twice or threefold owing to increased accessibility. How do I know? I live in San Pedro. Although there’s apparently nothing anomalous about the San Pedro Exit, it’s plain to see that Villar used his influence to expedite processes.

Another issue I have against Villar is his colossal election spending. According to ABG Nielssen, Villar is now the #14 advertiser in the country, having spent almost half a billion pesos already in TV, radio and print ads. Villar’s ads have exceeded the maximum airtime set by the COMELEC by twice as well (acc. to ABS-CBN). Just think of the return-of-investment that Villar will think of when he gets in power.

Gibo is equally questionable. Owing to his “utang na loob” to GMA and her political machinery, Gibo will surely protect her from future lawsuits. After all, Gibo would have remained to be a nobody in public eyes had GMA not appointed him as a cabinet secretary. Furthermore, a report from Journalist Raissa Robles attests to this connivance. Read: http://raissarobles.com/2009/12/01/314ruling-party-candidate-gilberto-teodoro/


THE AQUINO MAGIC

The second reason why I’m voting for Noynoy is the “Aquino magic”— the faith and love of the Filipino people on Ninoy and Cory in particular.

According to the renowned PDI Columnist Conrado de Quiros, the 2010 Elections will be far from being normal. De Quiros claims that GMA will surely not give a fair fight, and will use her political machinery to favour the candidate who will protect her.

My speculations have been intensified when I learned about the “signal jammers” that have been smuggled by thousands into the country. These jammers have the ability to distort cellular phone frequencies, which will make transmission of election results from the PCOS machines virtually impossible. How could smugglers manage to bring in these gadgets, en masse, at this particular point in time? I know your conclusion is the same as mine.

Given this, we need to be unified as a nation should election irregularities happen. If systematic cheating will transpire come May 10, will the masses stage a people power under Villar, Gibo or Gordon? NO. Only Noynoy will be capable of doing that. I’m sure that the people will not allow anybody to trample on the freedom and democracy that Ninoy and Cory fought for.


A QUESTION OF ABILITY AND CAPACITY?

His critics say that Noynoy doesn’t have the ability to hold the presidency. They say he hasn’t even performed well as a lawmaker. I say, who are they to pre-judge his capacity as president?

I believe that as long as intentions are pure and moral, public governance will run smoothly. Noynoy maybe less intelligent or less eloquent than Ninoy or any other presidentiable, but don’t we have too many intelligent technocrats already? The problem with our society is that we have too many intelligent people with twisted morals, and the overall effect is self-serving—hence, national goals suffer. What we need is moral renewal , to be spearheaded by people with clean intentions and untarnished reputation.


IN CLOSING

After 9 years of GMA’s reign, our country has gained nothing but more debt, social ferment due to countless issues, and deterioration of national morals. Perhaps you feel that nothing’s gonna change..

But here’s another chance for that change—and the change lies in our hands. Let’s use the chance we’ve been given wisely.


VOTE NOYNOY FOR PRESIDENT!

Prof. Randelle Ian Sasa, RN,USRN,MAN (candidate)
Graduate of UP-College of Nursing
FEU-FACULTY
National Reviewer