I LIKE MOST the planned policy of the youngest presidential candidate at last Monday’s Inquirer debate. JC de los Reyes of Kapatiran Party said he would dismantle family dynasties.
SOMEONE ASKED ME RECENTLY: “DON’T you think that transforming the choice into a moral one is a little too high for the masa to grasp? Don’t you think the better tack would be to talk about gut issues (malapit sa bituka)?”
THE INQUIRER-SPONSORED presidential debate at the University of the Philippines on Monday turned out to be a free-for-all on too many issues. There was hardly any confrontation among the eight presidential candidates on hard issues.
TUESDAY WAS THE FIRST DAY of the official campaign period and most of the news was about how the candidates were breaking the law. Even in the early morning hours, there were already reports of police nabbing groups of men caught defacing walls, bridges and any fixed spot imaginable with posters of candidates.
I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE EXPECTING A COLUMN about yesterday’s Inquirer forum at UP with the presidential candidates. I have a lot to share about that event, but I have to postpone that article because I want to write about a very urgent issue, one which has implications for the elections.
