No matter how hard they try to deny it, the campaign for the 2010 Elections has already begun. And the earlier we accept this reality, the better it would be for us, in terms of being able to seriously scrutinize each candidate whose names are being floated.
We can now start looking, not only at the potential candidate's track records, but more importantly, dig deep into their backgrounds. Aside from the general campaign platforms and usual rhetoric we hear from them, it would also be important to know more about who their advisers and contributors are; their current finances, businesses and investments, including those of their immediate family.
These sets of information will say a lot about their true intentions; the strength of their political will and their capacity to govern a morally-bankrupt bureaucracy.
Transparency must be invoked by us.
As usual, we have to rely on media for our source of genuine information. I say genuine because a lot of the information that will come out will be part of their propaganda. It goes without saying, therefore, that we should be careful in choosing our medium of information, as we should be, in choosing our next leaders.
We can now start looking, not only at the potential candidate's track records, but more importantly, dig deep into their backgrounds. Aside from the general campaign platforms and usual rhetoric we hear from them, it would also be important to know more about who their advisers and contributors are; their current finances, businesses and investments, including those of their immediate family.
These sets of information will say a lot about their true intentions; the strength of their political will and their capacity to govern a morally-bankrupt bureaucracy.
Transparency must be invoked by us.
As usual, we have to rely on media for our source of genuine information. I say genuine because a lot of the information that will come out will be part of their propaganda. It goes without saying, therefore, that we should be careful in choosing our medium of information, as we should be, in choosing our next leaders.
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