Hippie Colors

Elections are coming soon and here’s a list of senatoriables I will vote for. This initial listing is based on party affiliations. I’ll deal with individuals later:

For whatever it’s worth, I’m voting for the three candidates of Ang Kapatiran. Martin Bautista, Adrian Sison and Zosimo Parades. If you want principled politics, these three are the way to go. They may not win (even if Bautista is number 29) but better to waste my votes on them than waste my votes on the others.

Then I’m voting for the two candidates of the Liberal Party: Noynoy Aquino and Francis Pangilinan. The Liberal Party is probably the most principled of all the mainstream parties.

And finally, I’m voting for Sonia Roco of Aksyon Demokratiko (currently 15th in SWS).

I don’t know who else I will vote for but I’m clear on who I am not voting for:

• John Osmena for his consistent stand against agrarian reform.
• Ed Angara. Ed Angara and principled politics?
• Joker Arroyo for not being brave and for saying recently he doesn’t think that agrarian reform should be extended
• Tito Sotto and Tessie Aquino-Oreta, for obvious reasons
• Honasan and Trillanes for resorting to extra-constitutional means
• Pichay and Zubiri for calling for the abolition of the Senate while they were in the House
• Cesar Montano and Richard Gomez
• Chavit and Magsaysay? Hindi pang Senado.
• In general, I am not inclined to vote for anyone in the administration ticket. So bye-bye Recto and Defensor.

Some of the others are not even worth mentioning.

So that leaves me with Villar, Legarda, Lacson, Escudero, Cayetano, Pimentel, Coseteng. I have nothing against Cayetano and Pimentel for being related to sitting Senators. Pimentel, especially who is competent on his own. If you want to talk about dynasties, pag-usapan na lang natin si Gloria, Mikey, Dato and Iggy. Now that’s a dynasty.

Good luck to us all. Let’s also not forget the local elections. Danton Remoto is running for 3rd district of Quezon City. Let’s support him!