Challenges!Challenges!Lito Monico C. LorenzanaLito Monico C. Lorenzana

Democracy..2016

Be a LEADER…Now!

Centrist…2010

….a symptom of putrefaction in our body politic

“Ang Matuwid na Daan”

MATUWID NA DAAN???

SAMI KAMI

DYAN!!!

KAMI RIN!

Matuwid Kaya?

Cebu Rep. Pablo Garcia, NUP Chairman,

Nueva Ecija Rep. Rodolfo AntoninoNUP President

Gloria Macapagal-ArroyoPampanga RepresentativeLAKAS-KAMPI President

LAKAS-KAMPI Kami

Noon! Pero LIBERAL Na Kami Ngayon!

We need POLITICAL

PARTY REFORM!

We need POLITICAL

PARTY REFORM!

REPORMA!

REPORMA!

“… failure of our leaders to unite and inspire our diverse peoples as a nation.”

…the State is unable to apply the law equally to all.

“This vicious politics of patronage has allowed few oligarchs and bosses to rule us from colonial times to post-colonial times and their rule has brought us nothing but a facade of democracy, its mirage but not its miracle.”

The Philippine Government Structure concentrates too much power in central government and a highly centralized bureaucracy. …So many concerns are passed on to the attention of the chief executive unnecessarily - paralyzing the office in the process.

With 80 provinces, 60 cities, 1500 towns and municipalities and 300,000 baranggays to oversee, the executive department have to resort to interim and sometimes confusing and duplicating configurations

The citizens are not allowed to decide on matters that will affect directly their own lives

Philippine Economy is controlled by a few powerful monopolies, cartels and conglomerates distorting the competition in their favor; intimidate and oppress the few competitors and make the market hostile for entrance of newcomers and their flowering.

Consequences: Less capitalized individuals …have less chances entering the market

Productivity and competitiveness are lower…

We can’t grow our wealth to provide…for social security and income distribution…

We do not have enough means for providing good education, health care and work…

Governance

Centrist Democracy

It is NOT a New Concept

It permeated the political fabric of the nation through the Christian/Muslim-based political movements in the 1960’s

• An atmosphere of FREEDOM is a prerequisite

• SELF-DETERMINATION, an essential component

• Make available to each individual the needed ingredients for a DECENT LIFE

• Strive to create a truly functioning Democracy and the Rule of Law

• Build a strong and sustainable Political Parties

• Establish a thriving Social Market Economy

• Work for the adoption and practice the Principle of Subsidiarity

In a democracy Intelligent Choice by the citizenry is an indispensable prerequisite for the leadership’s ascendancy to legitimate political power

The leaders…must govern following a set of laws that recognizes all are within the law and none above.

Political Parties are the primary vehicles to gain political power

Members and their leadership are expected to adhere to a set of principles

PRINCIPLES

Strategies written in a platform unique to that party

PLATFORM

Political

Create job opportuniti

es!

Education, Housing and Health Care!

Members don’t pay dues and don’t have a real stake in them.

Funds are personal contributions by the self-proclaimed candidates and party big wigs and members of the oligarchy

Political Party

Reform

Internal party mechanisms for the membership to influence programs and platforms

Clear procedures to enable party members to select or nominate qualified candidates

It must have its own rules to govern its internal democracy for members to abide

Representatives must exercise power consistently based on the philosophy of governance and values

Government subsidy to all legitimate political parties can be initiated, enabling qualified but poor candidates to run

Elected office holder losses his position when he abandons his party and the party in turn has the option to replace him with a member of good standing

Open the markets to free entrance and exit of competitors

Establish a well-functioning market economy free from distortions and

unfair practices

Institute a functioning social justice and social security systems

Institutionalize sustainable development …built in the market through clear rules, incentives and sanctions

Self-determination and being in control of their lives are the features of reverence for human dignity.

Principle of Subsidiarity dictates that the power for taking decisions shall rest on the lowest level structure

Where the lower levels of the administrative structure cannot solve problems of that level, the higher echelons shall support them

Central governments must decentralized these competencies to local governments; strengthening of local self-administration

On the other hand, they were also shown the heights that the German people can reach up to – the beauty of their culture, the resilience of their people. And a government that truly works.

CDO,14 MAY 2011