The main thrust of our platform is emancipating the people from poverty and injustice. Self reliant and sustainable economic development program shall be pursued by implementing agrarian reform, increasing agricultural productivity and developing domestic industries. The problems of environmental destruction, climate change and recurring calamities shall be comprehensively addressed. High priority shall be given to education, health, housing and other basic social services.

Economic development should be coupled with reforms ensuring social equity and respect for human rights. People empowerment and good governance are vital to implementing meaningful reforms in the economy, politics, culture and foreign relations.

A foreign policy based on respect for national sovereignty and ensuring mutual benefit shall be charted. The policy of economic liberalization and blind adherence to “globalization” must be reviewed. Unequal economic, military and other foreign treaties and agreements must be corrected.

On agriculture and rural development

The development of our agricultural lands and providing livelihood opportunities shall raise the standard of living in the rural areas and increase manpower productivity. Food production should be geared towards food self sufficiency. Emphasis should be given to staple crops such rice and corn.

We shall review the policy on trade liberalization in agriculture and provide support and safety nets in order to protect local producers and at the same time giving them access to global market. We will provide support to farmers in the form of appropriate agricultural inputs and post harvest facilities. We should open market opportunities for local products by providing for new roads and bridges to access and facilitate mobility.

We need to develop rural industries by providing forward and backward linkages, access to technology, and micro finance. We shall facilitate the development of agri-business and entrepreneurship.

On agrarian reform

Effective land distribution and thoroughgoing land reform is the government’s mechanism to address landlessness. A land to the tiller program is a vital element of a comprehensive strategy for economic and social development.

Basically the aim is to provide land to the landless tillers in recognition of the long years of diligent labor that farmers and farm workers have put in order to harness and in making the lands productive.

For existing CARP beneficiaries there should be access to rural finance and technical support to improve land productivity and generate income. Farmer beneficiaries who have arrears in amortization shall be given the opportunity for relief or condonation of their debts.

Government must compensate small and medium landowners who were not indemnified but were covered by the current land reform program and to pursue land distribution with compensation to the remaining land owners covered by the land reform law. Business opportunities shall likewise be offered to landowners parting with their lands.

Offer joint ventures with big landowners to promote development of competitive and new industries that will provide employment opportunities, stable revenue source and a vehicle for the growth of our export industry.
On the development of manufacturing and local industries

The key to economic growth, aside from agriculture development, is the promotion of a viable manufacturing sector. The development of local industries should be supported by available subsidies and loans and technical support from government for them to grow and survive.

Provisions for government subsidies and tax relief for Filipino industrialists and SMEs should be explored to encourage local investors to go into the manufacturing business and venture into developing strategic industries side by side with the government as partner.

In the immediate, the Filipino manufacturing sector shall be given priority alongside with agriculture to address the impact of the global economic crisis and unfair foreign competition. Public sector investment will be developed even as private initiatives shall be promoted to venture into developing our local industries and in the use of our natural resources.

If efficiently done, almost always manufacturing spurs growth by providing jobs and reducing dependence on imports. To start with, there is a huge local market that will sustain local industries as long as production output and consumer goods are of good quality, affordable and competitive to international standards.

There must be a program to promote patriotic awareness among consumers to use and buy locally produced goods. The benefits of development must be shared with labor for it to be self-sustaining. With a viable and strong manufacturing industry, domestic job generation will be sustained and wages will be sufficient
to give a life of dignity and pride for our workers. Likewise, government revenues shall be stabilized and outmigration to foreign countries systematically reduced.

Foreign investors are welcome to invest in the Philippines as long as the national patrimony and economy is protected and not compromised. Foreign investors shall be allowed access to land through the lease system.

Land ownership has always been an important component of building up the Filipino middle class and it should not be easily compromised. Trade and investment policies and agreements that are disadvantageous to the country and the people should be reviewed and corrected. Promotion of partnership with donors and foreign investors should be based on agreements that are mutually beneficial to our country and people.

Develop government capacity to enter into new industrial accord either through joint venture with local capital and/or foreign investors to promote growth and provide services to our people.
On the rights of the working people

Due to the current economic slow-down and in the face of difficult local capital build-up, government should provide for a stimulus package to immediately address the need of laborers and employees for a just and decent wage. A reasonable, legislated wage hike shall be considered as an option alongside with the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards in addressing the demands for wage hikes.

Measures will be put in place to strengthen job security. Local banks shall promote borrowings and provide loans to local capitalists for them to help their businesses grow. With the availability of fresh funds, businesses can earn decent incomes that shall allow them to eventually provide productivity incentives to their employees.
On basic social services

We shall increase investments in human capital development through the improvement and expansion of free primary and secondary education, greater access to tertiary education, and the improvement of basic health services while developing a comprehensive health care system especially for the poor

Priority programs shall be focused on the most marginalized sectors of our society as they are also our biggest source of manpower and human resources for agriculture, industry and services.

We shall vigorously pursue various various forms of debt relief from international financial institutions and foreign banks and prioritize the allocation of funds to basic social services and the development of agriculture and industry.
On the environment and disaster response

We need to utilize the country’s natural resources for our people’s development in a sustainable manner. We shall resolutely address and solve the problem of large scale destruction of the environment and work for the preservation and regeneration of a healthy ecological balance.

We shall set in place a comprehensive disaster preparedness and response program and contribute in a meaningful way in the worldwide effort to mitigate and solve the problem of global warming and climate change.
On good governance and public accountability

One of the main reasons for the worsening corruption and other crimes in the Philippines is impunity, where allies of the Arroyo administration and high public officials escape serious investigation and prosecution while the opposition and dissenters are harassed with trumped up charges and political repression. In order to promote good governance, it is important to hold accountable Pres. Gloria Arroyo and other high public officials and personalities for possible charges of
plunder, electoral fraud, gross human rights violations and the coverup of these crimes.

The statements of assets, liabilities and net worth of public officials shall be made accessible for public scrutiny. Lifestyle checks shall be seriously pursued starting with the President and other high ranking public officials. The Government should ensure utmost protection of all whistleblowers exposing crimes of public officials. Cases of graft and corruption shall be exposed and prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Full recovery of the Marcos ill-gotten wealth will be pursued.
On human rights and justice

Justice and indemnification will be provided to the victims of human rights abuses under the martial law regime as well as under succeeding
governments.

The comprehensive recommendations of the report of UN Special Rapporteur for Extrajudicial Executions Philip Alston shall be immediately addressed and implemented. On the peace process between the GRP and the CPP/NPA/NDF and other armed hostilities

It is important to both parties to pursue peace with sincerity and with the aim of solving the armed conflict through genuine economic development benefitting our country and our people first and serving the global community second.

Once peace is achieved, there should be provisions for constants dialogue and review of commitments to prevent the recurrence of animosity and discord.
On foreign relations and the Visiting Forces Agreement

An independent foreign policy based on the respect for national sovereignty, peaceful settlement of conflicts and mutual benefits of concerned countries shall be charted.

We need to promote and increase trade relations with our Asian neighbors in the spirit of equality and mutually beneficial accords. We should learn from each other the knowledge built around years of technology, research and development and marketing promotions.

The Visiting Forces Agreement must be reviewed and its terms negotiated – specifically on Philippine criminal jurisdiction, the prolonged presence of US troops and non-combat participation – based on the provisions of the fundamental laws of the land.

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THE PLATFORM OF SENATOR BENIGNO “NOYNOY” S. AQUINO III

A National Leadership in Need of Transformational Change

* Its legitimacy is under question;
* It persecutes those who expose the truth about its illegitimacy and corruption;
* It stays in power by corrupting individuals and institutions;
* It confuses the people with half-truths and outright lies;
* It rewards, rather than punishes, wrongdoing;
* It offers no lasting solutions for the many problems of the country;
* It weakens the democratic institutions that hold our leaders accountable.
* It hinders our local governments from delivering basic services;
* It has no vision of governance beyond political survival and self- enrichment.

A People Crying out for Change

* Corruption robs our children of their protection, nutrition and education.
* Corruption destroys our families and communities.
* Corruption steals from our farmers and workers.
* Corruption deters businessmen from investing in our economy.
* This has eroded our spirit as individuals, as communities, as a people.
* We have lost trust in the democratic institutions we so courageously re-established after the dictatorship.
* Our proven capacity for collective outrage and righteous resistance has been weakened.
* We have ceased to depend on the patriotism and civic engagement that used to animate many of our efforts.
* We have become divided and alienated, focusing only on ourselves and on our individual pursuits.
* Our moral faculties as a people have been paralyzed.
* We have retreated into a dark world of self-absorption and cynicism. Our collective despair has reached its lowest point.

Then finally, the gift of Light

Cory Aquino passed on to the next life. From our sadness, we awakened to a shaft of light cutting through the darkness. She left the

Filipinos a legacy of selfless love for country and people. Filipinos’ connection with each other was rekindled.

In death, she enabled us to hope again for decent government. The millions who connected with Cory at her funeral represented something more than euphoria, sentiment or transient emotions. They represented the reverent memory of a good leader in the past and the firm hope of having a similarly good leader in the future.

A People’s Campaign of Renewed Hope…

* Anchored on Ninoy’s and Cory’s legacy of change through the ways of democracy
* Embraces the qualities of integrity, humility and trust-worthiness in public leadership
* Recognizes the absence of these qualities in government as a major cause of widespread poverty, misery and despair.

The Vision for the Philippines:

A country with…

1. A re-awakened sense of right and wrong, through the living examples of our highest leaders;

2. An organized and widely-shared rapid expansion of our economy through a government dedicated to honing and mobilizing our people’s skills and energies as well as the responsible harnessing of our natural resources;

3. A collective belief that doing the right thing does not only make sense morally, but translates into economic value as well;

4. Public institutions rebuilt on the strong solidarity of our society and its communities.

Our Mission:

We will start to make these changes first in ourselves—by doing the right things, by giving value to excellence and integrity and rejecting mediocrity and dishonesty, and by giving priority to others over ourselves.

We will make these changes across many aspects of our national life.

A Commitment to Transformational Leadership:

1. From a President who tolerates corruption to a President who is the nation’s first and most determined fighter of corruption.

2. From a government that merely conjures economic growth statistics that our people know to be unreal to a government that prioritizes jobs that empower the people and provide them with opportunities to rise above poverty.

3. From relegating education to just one of many concerns to making education the central strategy for investing in our people, reducing poverty and building national competitiveness.

4. From treating health as just another area for political patronage to recognizing the advancement and protection of public health, which includes responsible parenthood, as key measures of good governance.

5. From justice that money and connections can buy to a truly impartial system of institutions that deliver equal justice to rich or poor.

Economy

6. From government policies influenced by well-connected private interests to a leadership that executes all the laws of the land with impartiality and decisiveness.

7. From treating the rural economy as just a source of problems, to recognizing farms and rural enterprises as vital to achieving food security and more equitable economic growth, worthy of re-investment for sustained productivity.

8. From government anti-poverty programs that instill a dole-out mentality to well-considered programs that build capacity and create opportunity among the poor and the marginalized in the country.

9. From a government that dampens private initiative and enterprise to a government that creates conditions conducive to the growth and competitiveness of private businesses, big, medium and small.

10. From a government that treats its people as an export commodity and a means to earn foreign exchange, disregarding the social cost to Filipino families to a government that creates jobs at home, so that working abroad will be a choice rather than a necessity; and when its citizens do choose to become OFWs, their welfare and protection will still be the government’s priority.

Government Service

11. From Presidential appointees chosen mainly out of political accommodation to discerning selection based on integrity, competence and performance in serving the public good.

12. From demoralized but dedicated civil servants, military and police personnel destined for failure and frustration due to inadequate operational support to professional, motivated and energized bureaucracies with adequate means to perform their public service missions.

Gender Equality

13. From a lack of concern for gender disparities and shortfalls, to the promotion of equal gender opportunity in all spheres of public policies and programs.

Peace & Order

14. From a disjointed, short-sighted Mindanao policy that merely reacts to events and incidents to one that seeks a broadly supported just peace and will redress decades of neglect of the Moro and other peoples of Mindanao.

Environment

15. From allowing environmental blight to spoil our cities, where both the rich and the poor bear with congestion and urban decay to planning alternative, inclusive urban developments where people of varying income levels are integrated in productive, healthy and safe communities.

16. From a government obsessed with exploiting the country for immediate gains to the detriment of its environment to a government that will encourage sustainable use of resources to benefit the present and future generations.

This platform is a commitment to change that Filipinos can depend on. With trust in their leaders, everyone can work and build a greater future together.

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from the ofw campaign, it shifted to introducing the villar persona and his history. these were the ads where he told viewers his roots in tondo, that he himself was poor. the idea is to paint a personality profile of villar to the voters, sort of like distributing his resume to the voters. in advertising terms, this was to establish villar’s brand image in more concrete terms.

during this time he also ran ads that talked to the youth.  while the target in those ads clearly shifted to young voters, it continued to be on the idea of building the villar brand image. in these ads he was saying that villar is someone different from what people may have originally though of him. he was a down to earth man to whom people, specially young voters can relate to.

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MANILA, Philippines – Nacionalista Party (NP) standard-bearer Sen. Manuel Villar Jr. and his running-mate Loren Legarda yesterday filed their certificates of candidacy (COCs) for president and vice-president, respectively, with the Commission on Elections (Comelec).

Villar and Legarda were accompanied by some NP “senatoriables” led by Sen. Pia Cayetano, Ilocos Norte Rep. Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Adel Tamano, Susan Ople, Gwendolyn Pimentel and Ramon Mitra.

The NP team heard Mass at 8:30 a.m. officiated by Parañaque Bishop Jessie Mercado at the nearby Manila Cathedral, where supporters, close relatives and friends clad in Villar’s signature orange and Legarda’s white joined the candidates.

Villar’s wife, Las Piñas Rep. Cynthia Villar, and three children –Paolo, Mark and Camille – were also at the church.

“This is the beginning of our desire to uplift our countrymen from poverty,” Villar said in Filipino.

The Comelec received Villar’s COC at 9:53 a.m. Villar and his supporters had to pass through the supporters of Jesus is Lord (JIL) Bro. Eddie Villanueva, who also filed his COC for president.

The throng of orange-wearing supporters divided the JIL-crowd who wore yellow.

Villar said he is proud of the NP lineup, which represents a cross-section of society.

Also present during the filing were Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr., NP secretary-general Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano and his wife Rep. Lani Cayetano, NP spokesman Gilbert Remulla, Rep. Timmy Chipeco, and former Ilocos Norte Rep. Imee Marcos.

Detained Col. Ariel Querubin, who is also part of the NP senatorial slate, filed his COC after he got a temporary pass from detention.

Querubin arrived at the Comelec with his wife Pong and children. He was in military uniform but later changed to civilian clothes to signify his intent to join public office.

Legarda, in an interview, said that Gabriela Rep. Liza Maza is rejoining the NP after a “misunderstanding” between her and the party had been ironed out.

Maza and Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo decided not to join the NP slate and instead filed their bids as independent candidates after Villar allied with the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan and included Rep. Marcos in the senatorial slate.

Villar said his party offers “true change” not only in leadership but “improvement in the lives of poor Filipinos.”

“This filing formalizes our campaign against poverty and corruption. Our slate has representatives who advocate for environment, overseas Filipino workers, health, women, and labor groups. We need to fight poverty,” he said.

Villar vowed to alleviate the lives of the poor if he wins as president during his proclamation rally in Tondo, Manila last Sunday night.

“A hungry person is not free. A person who has no decent life has no freedom. And freedom and democracy have no meaning if the Filipino people is living in poverty,” Villar said in Filipino during the rally at Macario Sakay park, just a stone’s throw away from their old house.

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Forty-four percent of the respondents said they would elect Aquino as the next President if the May 2010 elections were held now. Following Aquino were Senator Manuel Villar of the Nacionalista Party (NP) with 19 percent, Senator Francis G. Escudero with 13 percent, and former President Joseph Estrada with 11 percent.

The other presidential hopeful included in the survey registered at most 4 percent, including Vice President Noli De Castro who got 4 percent and Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro, standard-bearer of the administration party Lakas-Kampi-CMD, who got 2 percent.

Less than one in ten Filipinos (4 percent) does not have a favored presidential candidate at the moment, according to the survey.

Last month, Escudero resigned from the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC), but did not say if he is no longer seeking the presidency.

In expressing their voting preference, respondents cited the presidential hopefuls’ clean public record (malinis) or alternatively, not being corrupt (hindi kurakot), according to the polling agency.

The survey, which had 1,800 respondents who are of voting age, was conducted through face-to-face interviews. It had a +/-2 percent error margin at the 95 percent confidence level.

According to Pulse Asia, the following developments dominated the news headlines during the conduct of the survey: (1) the formal declaration of former President Joseph Estrada of his bid for the presidency in 2010 and questions raised regarding the legality of this bid; (2) Senator Loren Legarda’s declaration of her plans for the May 2010 elections and Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Ronaldo V. Puno’s withdrawal from the vice-presidential race; (3) Senator Francis G. Escudero’s departure from the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC);

(4) the continuing search for a running mate by both Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilbert C. Teodoro Jr. and Senator Manuel B. Villar Jr.; (4) the long lines of late registrants catching the last days of registration for the May 2010 elections; (5) the resignation of Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Hermogenes E. Ebdane Jr.; (6) continuing relief efforts in the aftermath of typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng, as well as the arrival of two new storms; and (7) the freeze on oil prices and other energy products, as well as basic commodities, imposed by the government.

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