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Bishop reminds bets: Don’t dupe voters

/ 04:18 PM February 11, 2016

A bishop has urged politicians seeking posts in the upcoming May elections to remain truthful and not to resort to duping voters.

In a radio interview, Novaliches Bishop Emeritus Teodoro Bacani laid out his four demands to candidates—all of which zeroing on “common good.”

“Hamon ko sa mga kandidato: una, magpakatotoo kayo, huwag magkunwari, at magsabi ng totoo. Ikalawa, harinawa ay plataporma ang inyong ilahad sa mga tao sa halip na siraan o mga pang-entertain lang ang gagawin ninyo. Ilahad ninyo nang malinaw kung ano ang programa ninyo kung kayo ay mahalal bilang mga pinuno ng bayan.

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“Ikatlo, napakahalaga, harinawa sa inyong pagkakampanya at sa halalan na ito ay gawin ninyo ang para sa ikabubuti ng sambayanan, yung common good. At ikaapat, please, please naman, huwag mamimili o huwag magbibili, huwag mamimili ng boto ng mga tao; huwag ninyong kukurapin ang mga tao,” Bacani said in a Radyo Veritas interview.
On the voters’ end, the bishop said that the electorate should scrutinize the platforms of the candidates and to shun the practice of selling their votes.

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Bacani said that the voters should think what is good for the country by not choosing corrupt politicians.

“Pakiusap ko po, kilatisin ninyong mabuti ang mga kandidato. Yung mga magnanakaw po, mga corrupt, huwag niyo nang iboboto. Alam niyo, ang corruption po ay isang addiction at ang addiction ay mahirap pigilin; kapag nalagay sa puwesto ang addict sa kayamanan, sa pera, ay lalo pong magnanakaw yan; para kang naglagay ng ipis sa isang tambak na basura. Pakiusap ko sa inyo, huwag ninyong ipagbibili ang inyong boto,” he said.

Bacani seemed to echo Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle’s message for this year’s Ash Wednesday.

In his message, Tagle lashed out against politicians who promote themselves under the guise of “charity.”

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