Crisis, tyranny and national survival: What is at stake in 2022 elections? The national elections of 2022 is crucial. Unlike the previous ones, there is so much at stake in this exercise. For the Filipino people, this spells national survival. For the incumbent and its clique, this will be a fight to maintain its hold on power and avoid prison. In the six years of the Duterte presidency, we witnessed the erosion of morals and values, blatant disrespect of democratic institutions, disregard for the rule of law, militarization of the bureaucracy, unprecedented corruption, attack on human rights, war on terror against critics and human rights defenders. The current dispensation ushered in a culture of impunity, misogyny, lies, killings and violence. This regime has no qualms in displaying servitude, allowing assault on sovereignty and surrendering national patrimony. The executive controls both the legislative and even the Supreme Court. There are no checks and balances. To earn and maintain the blessings and unimaginable perks from the top executive, most of the members of these branches of government are cowed down, dictated upon, threatened, and bribed. The ruling political party and its allies – the DAM clique (Duterte, Arroyo and Marcos) and all their minions have tried different schemes to stay in power. They had thought of tinkering with the Constitution and had proposed federalism. Their most desperate move was testing the absurd idea of creating a revolutionary government. All this failed. Hence, they are now left with the only option of engaging in the 2022 elections. These are the reasons why this national elections is crucial. Crucial for national survival. Crucial for our rights. Crucial for democracy and sovereignty. The ruling faction and the ‘trapos’ vs the people’s united opposition For the ruling faction, the stake is a matter of life and death: staying in power or face incarceration and the people’s contempt. They have hundreds of billions at their disposal. As always, they also have the guns and goons. They will still be employing the same old tricks in an increased intensity. Fake news and trolls are also at their arsenal. But this time, the people need to win. For our survival, we should win. Hence, we need a united opposition – one candidate, one slate. A fractious opposition stands no chance of clinching victory. We will fight as if our lives depend on it, and will win. WEDecide stands for people’s democracy and sovereignty. WEDecide stands against tyranny. Therefore, WEDecide will only support the candidate for the top executive position who is one with us in our principles and stance. Our candidate should meet the following criteria:
WEDecide believes that it is only LENI ROBREDO who meets these criteria. She is the only one qualified to lead the united opposition. Therefore, WEDecide declares its all-out support to LENI ROBREDO and the VP she will so choose. WEDecide would also use the same criteria in selecting senatorial candidates to support. WEDecide also aligns itself with the alliance or coalition that is calling for a united opposition, for a one candidate – one slate. An alliance that puts premium to people’s democracy and sovereignty. An alliance that could put up a formidable fight to end tyranny. Objectives and Activities In particular, the campaign hopes to:
Prepared by: WEDecide Secretariat May2021
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