Seek the Common Good…Let us Win this Election!
“The year 2019 is not just an ordinary election year. The midterm election on May 13 is in itself already crucial. In our country today the checks and balances in the government are being undermined. So far the Senate is the institution in the government that is holding out as our country is inching towards total control. It is very crucial therefore that we elect public officials who are principled, courageous and who have the common good as their main concern and not their own political interests. We encourage voters to be very discerning in their votes. Let the lay groups engage in discernment circles to help one another know the candidates well and choose the candidates with the common good of the whole country in mind and not according to what the candidates promise, much less according to what voters have received from these candidates. Participation in politics for Christian lay people is not just to be limited to non-partisan involvement. Christians are also encouraged to engage in principled partisan politics. This means that they can campaign for good candidates as an exercise of their Christian faith.” (CBCP-Seek the Common Good)
As we enter the last few weeks of this midterm election’s campaign period, we call upon all Lay Groups and Christian Organizations to pause and consider their non-partisan stance in this particular and very crucial elections. If by being non-partisan our organizations would allow our countrymen to be exposed to more harm, then this is called “Harmful Non-partisanship”. If our reason for being apolitical is to keep our members united and loyal to our organizations, then for this election we are espousing “Unpatriotic Loyalty and False Unity”. If by remaining conveniently vague with our stand as an organization and we are quietly comfortable for our members to cast their personal “conscience votes” with a slim chance of winning, we call this a “Defeatist Mentality”.
In this election, when the sovereignty of our country, the lives of our people and the honor of the Philippines, etc., are at stake, we cannot anymore remain as NON-PARTISAN Organizations.
We therefore call all our Christian Leaders and Patriotic Filipinos to take the risk. True Leaders make a stand and DO WHATEVER IT TAKES! Let us win this election through our Principled and Patriotic Organizational Action, for this is for our common good.
Let us VOTE STRAIGHT the People’s Choice Movement’s Discerned and Selected 10 Best Candidates… The PCM 10:
Gary Alejano- No. 5, Bam Aquino- No. 9, Neri Colmenares- No. 22, Chel Diokno- No. 25, Samira Gutoc- No. 36, Florin Hilbay- No.37, Romy Macalintal- No. 41, Grace Poe – No. 55, Mar Roxas- No. 57, and Erin Tañada- No. 59.
A WINNING, PRINCIPLED AND PATRIOTIC ORGANIZATIONAL RESPONSE is the ONLY CHOICE!
For our country, we need to win. We must win!
For and with the entire Sangguniang Laiko ng Pilipinas Board,
MA. JULIETA F. WASAN, Ph.D.
President
Sangguniang Laiko ng Pilipinas
25 April 2019
https://news.mb.com.ph/2019/03/26/cbcp-official-asks-faithful-to-campaign-for-lay-leaders-10-choices-for-senate-seats/
https://www.rappler.com/nation/politics/elections/2019/226742-catholic-christian-groups-endorse-otso-diretso-other-bets
