We Educate for a Clean and pro-Democracy Elections for 2019 Charter Change and Tyranny. The Philippines is again agog with the coming midterm elections. But unlike the previous ones, there is so much at stake in the 2019 elections. Those in power will fight tooth and nail for majority seats in the Senate, the only remaining bastion not under its control. The Supreme Court was cowed when it allowed the removal of the Chief Justice. The House of Representatives is just a stamp pad of the will and whims of the Chief Executive.Read more. The ruling political party and its allies are hell bent in their agenda of pursuing federalism through charter change, not for reasons favorable to the country and its people, but for their own political and economic interests. The change of the Constitution will put in place extension of their term limits and the continuation of political dynasties. The 1987 Constitution is a rights-based Constitution and was a product of the people’s struggle against a dictatorship. Changing it will remove pro-people provisions and give back hard-earned rights to those in control of economic power. Charter change will give blessings to tyrannical rule.
These are the reasons why this midterm election is crucial. Crucial for our rights. Crucial for democracy. Old Habits. Same Intentions. Different Design. For the same intentions and for a grimmer design, the electoral landscape will again be littered, mostly, with traditional politicians, a.k.a. trapos, all claiming to have grassroots beginnings and promising to be good public servants. Once again, urban poor communities, grassroots formations, people’s organizations and other vote-rich sections are sought after, not to give them relief from drudgery, but to clinch their votes. The years of hopeless electoral exercises resulted to the culture of apathy and indifference developed among the electorate. This is the political landscape that WEdecide 2019 confronts. Objectives The task at hand is to convert this apathy and indifference into counted votes for rights and democracy. We need to help block the ruling power from fully controlling the Senate. WEDecide2019 will register a fight against tyranny and for democracy. To this end, we will bring the real issues of the people at the forefront of the electoral exercise, make them critical about 2019 elections and of the political maneuvers of the ruling power. In particular, the campaign hopes to:
Machinery WEDecide will be the main machinery at the local level. This is aligned with national formations taking on the same agenda – against tyranny and for democracy. WEDecide will recruit volunteers for the opposition candidates. WEDecide chapters could be built in different sectors, areas/communities, schools. Activities The Campaign shall maximize the election season to make the people aware of the 1987 Philippine Constitution and of Federalism. We will also take advantage of this season to further the people’s interests and strengthen their organizations and prepare them to respond to any post-election eventualities. In general, the activities are: massive community education and information work; public forums; protest mobilizations; press conferences and media briefings, networking and organizing. Specifically, WEdecide plans to spearhead the following:
Initial Convenors and WEdecide 2013 Machinery
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