Any news and, particularly, views? Kay has ignored the whole thing, as she never votes anyway. (I did tell her that if Risa Hontiveros loses by one vote I shall blamer her...) Would like to hear from the slightly more politically active...
My wife's family are all rooting for Governor Remulla in Cavite. He is leading in the partial count so far.
Well, I hope he wins! One news agency says 46 dead, 72 incidents of election related violence including Manny Pacquiao punching out a Mayor who tried to stop him handing out food and cash (he did get arrested for that!) and 76% turnout, which is an admirable figure. Assuming that most of them are actual live voters, of course.
How do they vote the new senators in? Are their regional contests like in the UK? Or is simply the candidates with the most votes?
The Senate has, under the 87 Constitution , 24 members who serve for six years and are elected on a nationwide franchise. Half are elected every three years. The House of Representatives has regional Congressmen (i.e. congressmen elected for each region) and also what are called sectoral Congressmen, usually called "party-list" Congressmen - these make up 20% of the total. Thus the "slate" to be voted on at each three year election includes twelve Senators as well as loads of other people and the ballot paper is about a foot long (and in small print!) edited to add - this crossed with the post saying that your wife had explained it - her explanation will have been better than mine!
Yep, I was looking at Hagedorns partial result figure and wondered who he was up against. But now I know....32 other candidates and the top 12 win the day. That right?
Yes - first past the post, nationally. It's a fairly brutal system - the more so because the party structures are so weak that, in effect, only a millionaire can contemplate running for the Senate.
The wife's family have been promised 2000peso each if they vote for one particular bloke! Obviously they won't let this sway their opinion and only vote after careful consideration of who is best to serve their community and do whats right for them.............oh hang on they're taking the 2000peso after all!
Wife went to vote yesterday and found she would have to queue up 27 times to be given 27 different ballot papers. She didn't bother, life's too short! The result of the election of Davao's Mayor and Vice-Mayor was known beforehand - neither candidate had opponents, so Rody Duterte - the Vice-Mayor and previously Mayor - took over from his daughter, Sara, as Mayor and his son became the Vice-Mayor. No change: Duterte family firmly in control.
Just got back from Tag B.. Every mall and store was jammed packed with one day millionaire shoppers..The queues went right down the isles!! If they dont spend at least 50 million today alone I would be surprised. Why cant Filipino`s save for a rainy day?
A few years ago the Economist calculated that, to stand a chance of being elected, a candidate for the Senate needs to spend around twelve million US dollars. What the Economist tactfully did not go on to say is that, once elected, a Senator has six years to make that back with interest.
The trouble is that Filipinos are basically honest. They take the money and stay bought, whereas what they should do is take the money from both sides and then do as they like.
That is a cracking idea. I know last time we where in the province and the local elections where on I was not allowed to go for a walk on my own in case the local freedom fighters (or whats left of them) the MPA lifted me and wanted ransom money!!Good luck with the that. The wife had spent it all by then!!
The rich Elite, making sure to be elected, so to be able to pass and approve laws to make themselves even richer and more unaccountable...
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Good to see its only vote buying that's happening so far in the wifes province. Probably because everyone is too poor to own or buy a gun!!
