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Month: February 2022
Less is More Episode 17: Pagbisita sa Aborlan Palawan, at Dos por Dos Farm
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February 20, 2022
Mr. JUN CRUZ
President
Sangguniang Laiko ng Pilipinas
372 Cabildo St.,Intramuros,Manila
Dear JUN !
Greetings from Caritas Philippines!
Typhoon Odette in December 2021 left more than two million families with no homes and sources of livelihoods. The Catholic Church through Caritas Philippines and the Social Action Network was able to readily assist 335,618 families with food, hygiene/medical kits, shelter kits and solar lamps amounting to 114.3 million pesos.
We were able to do this much with the help of everyone who trusted Caritas Philippines and the Church. However, there are still more than a million families in need of shelters and livelihoods. We cannot just leave them behind.
Continue readingConversations on the CEAP Statement “A Call to Moral Courage in the 2022 Elections”
Sangguniang Laiko ng Pilipinas Conversation on Political Love
Pahayag ng Pamumuno ng mga Kasalukuyang Miyembro ng Lupon ng Sangguniang Laiko ng Pilipinas
Kami, ang mga kasalukuyang miyembro ng Lupon ng Sangguniang Laiko ng Pilipinas, tapat sa aming mandato na maging mga ahente ng pagbabagong panlipunan tulad ng nakapaloob sa kautusang Apostolicam Actuositatem na nagbibigay-diin na ang “renewal of the temporal order” ay dapat gampanan ng mga layko “ bilang kanilang sariling espesyal na obligasyon,” ay naghahangad na gamitin ang utos na ito, “pinangungunahan ng liwanag ng Ebanghelyo at ng isipan ng Simbahan at udyok ng Kristiyanong katangian.” Sa pahayag na ito, patuloy naming pinapa-alalahanan ang aming mga miyembro na “pangunahing gawain ng mga layko, na nabuo sa aral ng Ebanghelyo, na direktang makilahok sa gawaing pampulitika at panlipunan.” (Pope Benedict XVI, Verbum Dei)
Kumuha kami ng mga direksyon mula sa PCP II (Art.8 #1), dahil mahigpit nitong hinikayat na ang mga may “kakayahan at matapat na tao na may integridad” ay dapat na maging mga kandidato sa pulitika at ang mga layko ay dapat “tumulong sa pagbuo ng civic conscience ng populasyon ng pagboto at magtrabaho upang tahasang isulong ang pagpili ng mga pinunong may tunay na integridad sa pampublikong katungkulan.”
Pagkatapos ng serye ng mga sesyon sa pakikinig na isinagawa sa LAIKO Board at mga personal na pagsusuri, sa pamamagitan ng madasalin na pag-unawa, sa mga profile at platform ng mga Presidential Candidates (mula sa ‘science-based’ na pananaliksik, ‘live’ na panayam at ‘data’ na nagmumula sa mga pinagkakatiwalaang mapagkukunan), ang kasalukuyang pamunuan ng Sangguniang Laiko ng Pilipinas ay naka-abot nang mayoryang desisyon (particular, 11 sa 15, na may 3 abstention at 1 absent) tungkol sa pag-endorso ng isang kandidato para sa pagka-Pangulo.
Bagama’t may iba pang mga isyu* na nangangailangan ng karagdagang pag-uusap at pakikipagtulungan, sa palagay namin ay si Bise Presidente LENI ROBREDO, batay sa kanyang ‘track-record’ ng serbisyo, dedikasyon sa mabuting pamamahala, kakayahang magpatupad ng mga pakikipagtulungan at mga programa para sa pagsulong ng mga mahirap, lalo na ang mga nasa laylayan at ang kanyang walang bahid na integridad, ay nadaig niya ang iba.
Sa kasalukuyan nating kaguluhan sa pulitika-ekonomiya at sa sitwasyong pandemya sa Pilipinas, lubos kaming naniniwala na si Bise Presidente Leni Robredo, isang taong may takot sa Diyos, ay ang pinaka-maykakayahang kandidato para sa pagka-Pangulo, at hinihimok namin ang aming mga nasasakupan, kung maaari, na isaalang-alang din ito.
Kaya naman, tahasan naming ine-endorso si Vice President Leni Robredo para sa pinakamataas na posisyon ng ating bayan.
Ipinagkatiwala ang desisyong ito sa ating makapangyarihan at maawaing Panginoon noong Pebrero 5, 2022.
Sa ngalan ng karamihang miyembro,
RAYMOND DANIEL H. CRUZ JR.
Pambansang Pangulo
CBCP-Sangguniang Laiko ng Pilipinas
Mga Abstention: Gertrudes E. Bautista, Dr. Rene Bullecer at Proculo T. Sarmen
Wala: Conchita M. Dela Cruz
*May ‘Reservations’ dahil sa kanyang paninindigan sa SOGIE, Same Sex Civil Union at Decriminalization of Abortion: Xavy Padilla
Leadership Statement of the Current Members of the Board of the Sangguniang Laiko ng Pilipinas
We, the current members of the Board of Sangguniang Laiko ng Pilipinas, faithful to our mandate to be agents of social transformation as contained in the decree Apostolicam Actuositatem which stresses that the “renewal of the temporal order” must be taken up by the laity “as their own special obligation,” aspire to exercise this mandate, “led by the light of the Gospel and the mind of the Church and motivated by Christian character.” With this statement, we continue to remind our members that “it is the primary task of the lay faithful, formed in the school of the Gospel, to be directly involved in political and social activity.” (Pope Benedict XVI, Verbum Dei)
We have taken directions from PCP II (Art.8 #1), as it strongly urged that competent and conscientious persons of integrity should become political candidates and the laity must “help form the civic conscience of the voting population and work to explicitly promote the election of leaders of true integrity to public office.”
After a series of listening sessions conducted in the LAIKO Board and personal evaluations, through prayerful discernment, of the profiles and platforms of the Presidential Candidates (from science-based research, live interviews and data coming from trusted sources), the current leadership of the Sangguniang Laiko ng Pilipinas have reached a majority decision (specifically 11 of 15, with 3 abstentions and 1 absence) regarding the endorsement of a candidate for President.
Though there are still other issues* which need further dialogue and cooperation, we are of the opinion that Vice President LENI ROBREDO, based on her track-record of service, dedication to good governance, ability to implement partnerships and programs for the advancement of the people especially the marginalized and her unassailable integrity, bested the others.
With our current political-economic turmoil and the pandemic situation in the Philippines, we firmly believe that Vice President Leni Robredo, a God-fearing person, is the most capable candidate for the Presidency, and we urge our constituents, if possible, to consider the same.
Hence, we explicitly endorse Vice President Leni Robredo to the highest position of our land.
Entrusting this decision to our mighty and merciful Lord on February 5, 2022.
On behalf of the majority members,
(SGD.)RAYMOND DANIEL H. CRUZ JR.
National President
CBCP-Sangguniang Laiko ng Pilipinas
Abstentions: Gertrudes E. Bautista, Dr. Rene C. Bullecer and Proculo T. Sarmen
Absence: Conchita M. Dela Cruz
*With Reservations on her stance on SOGIE, Same Sex Civil Union and Decriminalization of Abortion: Xavy Padilla