Philippine Business of Politics and 2010 Election

According to Wikipedia; Political science is often described as the study of politics defined as "who gets what, when and how". Also; Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. Again, according to Wikipedia; A business (also called a firm or an enterprise) is a legally recognized organization designed to provide goods and/or services to consumers, governments or other businesses.

The same meanings for both subjects are defined in the internet and the dictionary. Some articles also discusses the life of business people turn politicians and returning back to business sectors and taking office in the government and going back and forth. In other words, the experience in the business sector is fundamental in shaping policies being crafted in the chambers of congress or the parliaments. However, it is true in many situations that politicians can turn bad and be eaten by a traditional system.

Politics and business may also share the same impact in non-governmental and religious organizations. In every idealist group of people, there is always a traditional system or an organic system. Whichever the case of a system adapted, the tendency of implementing successfully is through the leadership provided and the commitment to continue for improvements. This is not the case in some governments which is run by advantageous or well connected citizens, business monopolies and political dynasties. The hate and love for politicians doing their business in their offices are transparent in the people’s reaction through the times. There are mass protest, mass support and disobedience as in the Philippines case. In a way, long time politicians are already immune to these protest and they know how to react. Just as they know how to play all the tricks in politics they have also learned when to be an ally and an enemy for certain conditions.

The case of Sen. Manny Villar in the Philippines is a typical case of organized removal of him in the senate presidency. The organized agenda is a compromise politicians move to find a balance in the coming presidential election. It is however suspicious that opposition’s against opposition’s group did it to themselves. They seem to be having the same problem as last presidential elections. No opposition president last time won the election because the general vote was divided. This 2010 election is the current business in the senate’s chambers. For sure there will be a lot of demolition job and publicity that will come. The business of politics for the 2010 is serious and with a lot of rumor towards charter change distracts everybody, there is probably a destination that will surprise everybody for the next two years. (To be continued)

President Obama

Congratulations to President Barak Obama! Wish him well in his journey in solving the economic situations, lift back the free spirit and create peace across the globe!

Same Old Faces and Problems….

There they are again, same old political faces making notice that they will be running for the 2010 presidential election in the Philippines.

I came back one time in 2004; well my bet lost it…….

It’s true what they say, that you need to be an outsider for a while to see the beauty or what not of a place you’ve been. I would say that life back home is still layback. Still a lot of regions with internal conflicts, lack of bridge-road infrastructures, and transport like high speed trains to connect the north and the south, a high KW/hour from power suppliers and generators, basic food still high, land & housing expensive, survival had turn most Filipinos to work abroad. I don’t have a survey of how many people would like to go abroad but I can guess there would be more than half of the working class.

What kind of a president we need? Based on the hard experiences that the Filipinos had starting from: Spanish Rule, Japanese Occupation, American Liberation, Marshall Rule and Edsa people powers, what we need is a president who can appoint leaders who are professional in the different departments of government. We need a president who knows how to “discipline” the country, a president that can be fearful yet loved by the masses, someone who can bridge the country as one.