At stake on May elections, future of our country - PAPIBY BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
FOR A FRAUD-FREE ELECTION. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo with veteran journalist and PAPI president Juan Punzalan Dayang (BRZabal)
KALIBO, Aklan - What is at stake in the May 14 elections are not the fortunes of the candidates but the validity of the people’s beliefs and the future of the Filipino nation, according to the Publishers Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PAPI).
Juan P. Dayang, PAPI president, who met with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo over lunch last Wednesday in Malacañang Palace together with PAPI national officers, regional chairmen, coordinators, and project directors, said:
“The political exercises on May 14 could be a watershed event in the history of our country. What are at stake are not the fortunes of the candidates but the validity of our democratic beliefs and the future of the Filipino nation.”
Dayang, a native of Aklan, said the elections should be orderly, clean, and the results respected because they are credible and truly reflective of the people’s will.
“A clean and orderly election will restore our people’s faith and confidence in our democratic system. These are among the compelling reasons why elections should be honest, peaceful and clean,” Dayang stressed.
He said President Arroyo will gain a measure of political ascendancy if the results are respected because they are credible.
“The dissident movement and military adventurism will lose steam and will become irrelevant to the Filipino people,” Dayang said.
Dayang exhorted the leaders of the community press to be more aware of the people’s fears, hopes, and aspirations. “Let us endeavor to be objective, fair and understanding as we monitor the election campaign with utmost objectivity. Let’s crystallize the issues and the views and programs of government of the senatorial, congressional, including those aspirants for local government unit posts,” Dayang said.
Stressing that the overriding concern of the press is to make the elections very orderly and fraud-free, Dayang appealed to his colleagues to pledge anew their loyalty to the flag and country.
PAPI, which largely constitutes the community press, represents over 800 publications nationwide. Under its umbrella are publishers, editors, reporters, columnists, writers, and other media workers with some networking alliances with the broadcast sector of the Philippine press.
Juan P. Dayang, PAPI president, who met with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo over lunch last Wednesday in Malacañang Palace together with PAPI national officers, regional chairmen, coordinators, and project directors, said:
“The political exercises on May 14 could be a watershed event in the history of our country. What are at stake are not the fortunes of the candidates but the validity of our democratic beliefs and the future of the Filipino nation.”
Dayang, a native of Aklan, said the elections should be orderly, clean, and the results respected because they are credible and truly reflective of the people’s will.
“A clean and orderly election will restore our people’s faith and confidence in our democratic system. These are among the compelling reasons why elections should be honest, peaceful and clean,” Dayang stressed.
He said President Arroyo will gain a measure of political ascendancy if the results are respected because they are credible.
“The dissident movement and military adventurism will lose steam and will become irrelevant to the Filipino people,” Dayang said.
Dayang exhorted the leaders of the community press to be more aware of the people’s fears, hopes, and aspirations. “Let us endeavor to be objective, fair and understanding as we monitor the election campaign with utmost objectivity. Let’s crystallize the issues and the views and programs of government of the senatorial, congressional, including those aspirants for local government unit posts,” Dayang said.
Stressing that the overriding concern of the press is to make the elections very orderly and fraud-free, Dayang appealed to his colleagues to pledge anew their loyalty to the flag and country.
PAPI, which largely constitutes the community press, represents over 800 publications nationwide. Under its umbrella are publishers, editors, reporters, columnists, writers, and other media workers with some networking alliances with the broadcast sector of the Philippine press.
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