The Comelec has released the official list of candidates for President in the 2022 election. Some of these names are familiar to everyone but some are not. Let's take a look at each candidate and see what they have to offer the Philippines.
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I created these profiles after the Comelec released a list of fifteen tentative candidates in December. I am leaving those who were cut from this list since then because I think it is important to hear everyone's voice. Some of these alleged nuisance candidates offer ideas very different from the status quo which is what the majority of the official candidates represent. Make no mistake, whoever is elected President will be someone who will tow the line and keep the status quo. Just look at Duterte who fooled everyone into thinking he would buck the system and make the Philippines great again. He turned out to be the same old fart as everyone else.
1. Ernesto Corpus Abella
Also known as Ernie Abella this liar was Duterte's spokesperson at the beginning of his term. He lied about who knew what and when they knew it about the Marawi siege. If he is elected don't expect anything but more prevarications and side stepping. The platform of this businessman and former evangelist includes pushing for the participation of the people in governance.
(For the longest time, the government and the big businesses have been running the country. The ordinary citizens, private citizens, and small entrepreneurs are not included in the discussion.)
If elected as the country’s leader, he also seeks to provide children and senior citizens better access to food and healthcare services.
Also known as Larry Andes I emailed him for some autobiographical details but the email on his Facebook page, thebraveboyofbicol2022@gmail.com, is not working. Gmail was unable to deliver to that address. But what he lacks in personality he more than makes up for in program. His program is known as FLAG LAMP which stands for Free Our Lands Against Greed Larry Andes Movement for President. His seven point agenda includes agriculture; education, science, and sports; health & welfare, youth empowerment; massive countryside development through small and medium scale industry development; credible defense or respectable deterrence; environment repair; and justice & human rights.
But why does the Philippines need Larry Andes?
Our new leader must be a problem-solver. Recently, we have elected presidents with a conservative agenda or irrelevant to the pressing needs of the country. This election, how about we look for one whose agenda is just making things work? The paralysis within the past administrations has been harming the country and putting the future of Filipino people at risk. No wonder so many of us are pessimistic about the direction of the country. We DESPERATELY NEED A PRESIDENT who will strive tirelessly to identify and work for us in finding practical solutions to our manifold problems. We need a president NOW who understands that those problems are so complex and so big that overcoming them will require massive cohesive support and collaboration with the multiple private / non – government sectors and all the various socio – economic structures of the country. The most important quality that we need for the next president : he must be a UNIFIER of all Filipinos. The nation is divided over how to deal with challenges such as pandemic and environmental issues, the quality of public education, economic inequality, our life security and more. Too many presidential candidates of all stripes are working overtime to deepen our divisions, to turn us against one another, to play to our fears. They are prepared to place all that holds us together as one people, as Filipinos, at risk for their own ambitions. The next president must lead in restoring civility to our political process. We must hope that the president we elect next year will again and again remind all FILIPINOS of our common destiny, and that our fate as a nation and as a people is bound up with one another. Our new leader should appeal, in our hero Apolinario Mabini’s words, “.A nation will perish because not of evil men but of good men who just watch and did nothing ”
AND THIS IS WHY WE NEED HILARIO ANDES FOR THE NEXT PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTIAL SEAT
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That's more than any of these other candidates have said to justify voting for them.
3. Gerald Balita Arcega
Gerald Arcega is a failed 2019 Senatorial candidate who is tossing his hat into the 2022 Presidential race. In fact a Google search pull up mostly information from 2019 and nothing about his 2022 aspirations. In 2019 he ran on the Labor Party ticket but this time he is an independent. Also known as Sultan Mohammed Issa (Issa is the name of Jesus in Islam FYI) Gerald has been a private citizen all his life and aims to end poverty, put to death corrupt politicians, and make government owned corporations people owned. He is also a Christian convert to Islam which explains his Islamic name.
4. Leodegario Quitain De Guzman
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Leody De Guzman is a wholesome and hardworking man of the people. Just look at his family Christmas dinner photo for proof. He has been involved with the trade unions for almost three decades and fights for the rights of the common working man. He is the only candidate who is challenging the interests of the rich.
(Our platform is the only platform in this election that is ready to confront the wealth, interests, and influence of the billionaires, who got even richer amid a pandemic and recession, while millions of Filipinos are locked in poverty.)
Their proposals include a P750-national minimum wage and the imposition of a “billionaire’s tax” on the country’s richest 250 families.
They are also proposing to end contractualization by mandating the direct hiring of employees, an immediate salary hike for healthcare and other COVID-19 frontliners, and access to free and quality health care for all.
“Our platform proves that we are the only force capable of stopping the Marcos-Duterte axis of evil and the only one with a comprehensive program for social transformation,” the vice presidential aspirant said.
They said they will “demilitarize society, uphold human rights, and punish mass-murderers and plunderers.”
They said they will do this by holding “accountable past and present public officials for their crimes against the public good, including the prosecution of Rodrigo Duterte and accomplices through the local judicial system and the International Criminal court for the thousands of extrajudicial killings during his term.”
Guzman also wants to exhume Ferdinand Marcos and repeal the 2020 Anti-terrorism law.
5. Francisco Moreno Domagoso
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Isko Moreno Domagoso is currently the mayor of Manila but is riding a nationwide wave of mass support for his alleged reformatory and no nonsense ways. This former garbage collector and porn star is hoping to give the performance of his life as he vies for the Office of the President. Public service is what Moreno has to offer if he is elected President.
His ten point agenda includes reforming and improving housing, education, labor and employment, health, tourism and creatives, infrastructures, digital transformation, agriculture, good governance, and smart governance.
6. Norberto Borja Gonzales
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Norberto Gonzales was Defense Secretary during Gloria Arroyo's administration. He is running on the Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas ticket. He is running on a platform of reform.
Addressing the media after he filed his candidacy, Gonzales said it is time to change the “rotten” politics he said is prevailing in the country.
“We have always been saying, as a party, that ang talagang sumisira sa kinabukasan natin at ang hindi magandang pagtakbo ng gobyerno ay yung hindi magandang paggamit ng pulitika dito sa atin,” he said.
(We have always been saying, as a party, that what is wrecking our future and the reason for the ugly way that our government is being run is the ugly way politics is being used here.)
Gonzales floated the possibility of changing the Constitution and shifting to a parliamentary form of government, but it was not clear whether he would actually pursue these reforms.
7. Panfilo Morena Lacson
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Ping Lacson is a former PNP Chief and long time Senator whose political stances are based on whatever he is currently watching on Netflix. The absurd movie Life of David Gale is why he no longer is an advocate for restoring the death penalty. Starting off as a Duterte defender and "yes-man" Lacson gradually became a vocal critic going so far as to show him up by planting a flag on Pag-asa Island in the Spratlys which was clearly mocking Duterte's campaign promise to jet-ski to the Spratlys and do the same. Lacson is running with BFF comedian and accused rapist Vic Sotto in order to counter Duterte's brand of leadership calling themselves more competent and incorruptible which is laughable seeing as Lacson was involved in two destabilization plots against the Arroyo administration and has had many charges of corruption lodged against him over the years.
In his own speech, Lacson took a swipe at the President, starting with Duterte’s admission that he thought leading the Philippines would be as easy as leading Davao City, where he was mayor for more than two decades.
“(We should not rest the future of our country on a wrong presumption),” the retired general said.
Lacson and Sotto, both 73 years old, seek to challenge the Duterte brand of leadership by running on a similar platform – law and order – but packaging themselves as competent and incorruptible. Lacson is gunning for the presidency while Sotto is his vice presidential running mate.
He also claims he will wipe out thieves on the street and in the government,
8. Danilo Ancero Lihaylihay (removed)
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Danilo Lihaylihay is a lawyer who believes the government owes him P12 trillion for his help in recovering some of Marcos' ill-gotten wealth. The Supreme Court turned him down.
The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed the petition filed by tax informer Danilo Lihaylihay, which seeks to compel the government to pay him close to PHP12 trillion representing his 25 percent reward for his role in the recovery of the ill-gotten wealth of the Marcos family and their cronies.
In 2016 he also ran for President promising to pay of the national debt within 30 days.
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IF ELECTED PRESIDENT, I AM GOING TO SETTLE/PAY THE P6.4-TRILLIONS NATIONAL DEBTS WITHIN 30 DAYS UPON ASSUMPTION OF OFFICE. MY PRIVATE FUNDS IS ALWAYS READY AND HELD-IN-TRUST IN MY FAVOR BY THE TREASURER OF THE PHILIPPINES PURSUANT TO LAW (RA 2338) IN RELATION TO SUPREME COURT RESOLUTION DATED JANUARY 28, 2013 IN G.R. NO. 192223 ENTITLED "DANILO A. LIHAYLIHAY VS. THE TREASURER OF THE PHILIPPINES, ET AL". I WILL IMMEDIATELY DISMANTLE OR SCRAP THE PRESIDENTIAL PORK BECAUSE IT IS THE GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER OF ALL CORRUPTIONS IN ORDER TO FREE THIS NATION FROM ECONOMIC BONDAGE AND POVERTY.
This will write finis of all doubts where to get the funds to implement my platform of government, public welfare projects of government, massive economic development and world-class rehabilitation of the entire Philippines. I am the sole beneficial owner/sole redeemer/sole claimant/sole rewardee of the global Marcos wealth or of the DIVINE WEALTH pursuant to law (R.A. NO. 2338) and jurisprudence in relation to Supreme Court G.R. No. 192223 entitled "Danilo A. Lihaylihay vs. The Treasurer of the Philippines, et al".
9. Faisal Montay Mangondato
Faisal Mangondato lost his bid for the Senate in 2019 but thinks he's got what it takes to win the Presidency in 2022. There is not much about his platform to be found online. He is a proponent of Federalism and he would also like to see an end to EJKs and he is against political dynasties.
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10. Ferdinand Jr. Romualdez Marcos
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BongBong Marcos is a lot of things. He is a sore loser who lost the 2016 Vice Presidential race, he is a friend of The Beatles, he is the only son of dictator Ferdinand Marcos, and he is a convicted tax evader who was sentenced to seven years in prison. The only thing he really has to offer the nation is his name. But even if the Marcos dictatorship was a golden age of prosperity as so many revisionists claim Junior with his special diploma from Oxford is not his father who actually did graduate from college. This limp noodle's plan for the nation seems to be limited to a vague unifying of the country.
“I am today announcing my intention to run for the Presidency of the Philippines in the upcoming May 2022 elections. I will bring that form of unifying leadership back to our country. Join me in this noblest of causes and we will succeed. Sama-sama tayong babangon muli [Together we will get back on our feet],” Marcos said.
“Hangad kong ibalik ang mapagkaisang paglilingkod na magbubuklod sa ating bansa. Tayo’y magkaisa at sama-sama tayong babangon mula sa hagupit ng pandemya, babangon mula sa paglulugmok ng ating ekonomiya [I dream of restoring a unifying kind of service that will bind our nation. Let’s be united and together recover from the pandemic; let us arise from the ruins of the economy],” he added.
11. Maria Aurora Busoy Marcos (removed)
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Maria Aurora Marcos is a 61 year old business woman from Tarlac who thinks she has what it takes to run this kindergarten known as the Philippines. "Among Maria Aurora’s platforms were securing health and insurance for Filipinos, free hospitalization, eradicating corruption, and increasing wages." Being an unknown and an independent means she does not have the political machinery of many of the other candidates. What it does not mean is that she is resorting to gutter politics as the Marcos Jr. camp claims.
In a statement, presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. commended Comelec for for its decision declaring Tiburcio Marcos and Maria Aurora Marcos nuisance candidates.
"We give it to the members of this august body for seeing through the schemes and machinations of certain political camps to make a mockery of the electoral process by resorting to gutter politics," Marcos spokesman Vic Rodriguez said.
12. Jose Jr. Cabrera Montemayor
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Jose Jr. Montemayor is a cardiologist and an attorney. He is also an economist and he hopes to apply all those skills to fixing what ails this nation.
Vowing to eliminate COVID-19, corruption, and criminality, cardiologist Dr. Jose Montemayor Jr. filed his certificate of candidacy for president in Eleksyon 2022.
“Our country is facing a very serious crisis, especially a pandemic, you know, one who is running for president must have ample knowledge on what is this virus and what are the effects of this virus especially not only in the health condition of our country but also on the economic side. I am also an economist aside from being a lawyer and a doctor,” Montemayor said after filing his COC.
He likewise emphasized that the Filipino people were “desperately looking” for a leader that was knowledgeable, had integrity, and had the trust of the people.
Montemayor said he would run his campaign with his party, the Democratic Party of the Philippines.
“We will conduct this campaign at the grassroots level, as well as all the professional organizations, and the Born Again Christians which accounts for 35 million,” he said.
13. Edgar Babanto Niez (removed)
Edgar Niez is running for President because God told him to and God is angry.
Presidential aspirant Edgar Niez asked Filipinos to vote for him in next year’s general polls as he announced that God had told him to run for president.
Niez was the sixth individual who filed a certificate of candidacy (COC) for president during the fifth day of the COC filing. He said that “with God, nothing is impossible.”
“God said to me that he’s angry…and he only needs repentance and reconciliation as I asked him ‘what will we do Lord?,’” said Niez.
“God instructed me to run as His representative,” he added.
If the Filipino people elected him as president, Niez said he will fairly impose the laws of the country.
“I will enforce laws justly and equally, eradicate poverty, create businesses and jobs that respect rights and balance of nature—- and foster citizenry whose members live in Godly lives as we develop as a nation doing God’s work for all humanity,” he said.
https://mb.com.ph/2021/10/05/presidential-aspirant-claims-god-told-him-to-lead-ph/
14. Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao
Manny Pacman Pacquiao is a boxing champion beloved by the whole world. Rising up from extreme poverty to become the only world champion in eight divisions he has proved his dedication and it is the same dedication that has taken him from being a Congressman to a Senator and now, he hopes, the Presidency. Not only has God chosen Manny for the job but in 2017 Duterte anointed him as the next President. Pacquiao's platform includes rooting out corruption and being beloved Philippine boxing icon Manny Pacman Pacquiao.
15. Maria Leonor Gerona Robredo
Leni Robredo is the nation's current spare tire who is longing to be the whole car. Some say she is running to beat Duterte or beat Marcos, she already did that in 2016, but she will say she is running for a different reason. What is that reason? Serbisyong. Everyone says that. Her platform includes empowering the healthcare system and investing heavily in the agricultural sector to avert the "food crisis." Oh, and she also wants to legalize drugs, stop the war against the CPP-NPA, and have America all up in the business of the Philippines because she is a dangerous CIA Yellowtard plant. Joke lang? There are people who actually believe that.
There you have it. That is all the 2022 Presidential candidates. Now it's all up to you to decide who will get your vote. Choose but choose wisely. And remember, if you choose not to decide you still have made a choice.
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