The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) launches ‘Tibok Pinoy’ books as the council’s values development program on Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at Dusit Thani Hotel in Makati, City. (Photo from Dianne Sampang/INQUIRER.net)
MANILA, Philippines — Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) launched on Tuesday the “Tibok Pinoy” books, the council’s values development program that underscores Filipino values for responsible voting.
PPCRV is a national parish-based and non-partisan organization that advocates for clean and honest elections. The Commission on Elections accredited the council, along with the National Movement for Free Elections, as the citizens’ election watchdogs for the 2025 midterm elections.
According to PPCRV Voters Education Committee Head Ana De Villa-Singson, Tibok Pinoy aims to hone citizens as model Filipinos.
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“Not everybody has the benefit of having good examples to follow, and that is why we put Tibok Pinoy together. We need examples, we need models that we can follow because values, they’re no longer given the priority that we are supposed to give,” she said in a speech.
De Villa-Singson also shared that the values development program was a product of crowd-sourced knowledge from a survey conducted among Filipinos on an open-ended question: “List your top 5 to top 6 characteristics that a model Filipino should have.”
De Villa-Singson said that the characteristic that emerged as the top characteristic that a model Filipino should possess is God-fearing and God-loving.
“A model Filipino is God-fearing. A model Filipino is God-loving. After that, he must be magalang, masipag, matulungin, matapat, and makabayan. All of these are crowd-sourced knowledge,” she noted.
Furthermore, PPCRV Chairperson Evelyn Singson underscored the importance of voting and participating in the elections, adding that “the right to vote is a moral obligation of every citizen in every democratic society.”
PPCRV Chairman Emeritus Henrietta De Villa also expressed that voting plays a crucial role in upholding the democracy of the country.
“Ang bansa ay hindi uunlad pag hindi magkaisa ang mga mamamayan. Ang ating demokrasya ay hindi magiging ganap hangga’t ang ating mga botante na Pilipino ay hindi matutong bumoto nang wasto,” De Villa said.
The PPCRV chairperson also called the Tibok Pinoy books the “heart” of the council’s voter’s education program.
“We believe that if we instill our core Filipino values to the minds and hearts of young people, we can guide them to become the champions of change that our country urgently needs,” she added.
Tibok Pinoy is a series of books for a “model Filipino” namely God-loving, honest, respectful, hardworking, helpful, and nationalistic. The other books for a “model netizen” are for discerning, mindful, and safe usage of social media.
The books also have their digital copies uploaded on the website of PPCRV (ppcrv.org).
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