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Election questions

Election season begins, my blog entry for Global Voices.

As a voter, I have many questions which I hope will be answered in the coming elections. Some of them are the following:

1. The camp of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has twice beaten the Senatorial lineup of former President Joseph Estrada in 2001 and 2004. Who will win in the third round?

2. Or will the force lean towards the ‘third farce’, I mean 'third force'?

3. How do we ensure the success of internet voting? Will it be implemented this year?

4. How many will die during election campaigning? How can we end election-related violence? Will there be more election hotspots?

5. Will Comelec disqualify incumbent officials for premature election campaigning?

6. How many nuisance candidates will be disqualified? Will the administration accept Atty. Oliver Lozano in its Senate slate?

7. Who will emerge as victorious between the gambling lord and quarrying king?

8. Will Richard Gomez find a party that will accommodate his political ambition?

9. Can Senator Franklin Drilon beat Raul Gonzales, the elder, in Iloilo?

10. Elections in Quezon City is boring. Will Mayor Sonny Belmonte field a dummy candidate to make his campaign easier?

11. Who will receive the endorsement of Iglesia ni Cristo, Jesus is Lord Movement, El Shaddai and the Catholic bishops?

12. Will there be an organization of showbiz stars in the Senate? I have a proposal: Alliance of Showbiz Stars in the Senate or ASS.

13. How many days, weeks or months will it take to count all the votes?

14. Will there be another Senator from the island of Mindanao? I hope so.

15. What will be the most memorable campaign jingle? Who will run with the most creative campaign TV ad? Who will be endorsed by popular showbiz personalities?

16. Will there be a special screening of the TV program ‘Family Feud’ in the Philippine Senate?

17. Will Namfrel redeem its credibility this year?

18. How can we stop dagdag-bawas? Or how can we minimize its detrimental impact? Who will be the victims of dagdag-bawas in the Senate race?

19. Can Comelec catch all ‘flying’ and ‘ghost’ voters?

20. Will there be a new kind of fertilizer scam through the rice distribution program in schools?

21. Will there be more local officials associated with the Opposition who will be dismissed by Malacañang?

22. Will ChaCha be a major electoral issue? Will it be resurrected after the elections?

23. Where is Fidel Valdes Ramos? Where are the Marcoses?

24. Will the Left emerge stronger or weaker after the elections?

25. Will the military be involved in election disputes and scandals again?

26. Who will be the more influential kingmaker: GMA-7 or ABS-CBN?

27. Will there be more partylist representatives in the Lower House?

28. Who will receive more votes: Gringo Honasan, the coup master? Or Antonio Trillanes, the coup apprentice? Who will run among the Aquino clan: Tessie, the sister of Ninoy? Or Noynoy, the brother of Kris?

29. Will there be another ‘Hello Garci’ controversy? Who are the individuals in the ‘Hello Garci’ audio recording?

30. Will there be a huge turn-out of voters? Or will Filipinos finally shun a discredited political exercise? How can we encourage overseas Filipinos to vote?

31. After the elections, will President Gloria Arroyo realize she’s already a political lameduck?

posted by: mongpalatino at January 26, 2007 07:24 | link | comments (3) |
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#1  26 January 2007 - 17:50

 

nice list you have here...

Anonymous

#2  27 January 2007 - 04:27

 

hope we find the answers... btw mong, thanks for including my blog in your global voices round up. salamat-jove

Anonymous

#3  29 January 2007 - 15:27

 

The COMELEC need not look far, the flying and ghost voters are in the Sigaw/UNLAD lists. Noynoy is in and the dancing queen is out. I hope Koko Pimentel and Adel Tamano makes it to the senate. Kuya Vi and Mr. Bio-fuel should be disqualified, parehong trapo. The Family Feud is here to stay as long as congress sits on the Dynasty Bill. The Pampanga gubernatorial race, well, uulan ng ash fall at piso.
The police not the military will be involved in election fraud this time.
I hope and pray that there will be more partylist congressmen this time around. Sectoral representation is what we need and not run -of-the-mill bills the lower house churns out. Masyadong parochial ang views ng district representation. Better yet, abolish the congress and make it all sectoral representation. I don't know why some people are still afraid of the left, takot ba sila na umunlad ang mahihirap?

Thanks for using my post in you global voices entry.

schumey

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