Leadership like the presidency requires one to possess the qualities needed to be an effective leader.
This includes gaining full control of the needed resources that you will utilize in order to function effectively as a leader.
You also need the support of the people or sectors who have a share in the decision-making or who have a part in the implementation of the tasks laid out. This clearly means "all the stakeholders". It may not be possible to have them all by your side but at least you should have the bigger number.
The powers stated in the 2nd paragraph, are handed down to the leader from the time he or she is sworn into office. All the powers and privileges are automatically inherited, so to speak.
The third is actually the result of what he has been and how he has performed as a public servant prior to his assumption of the presidency.
So the biggest question lies in the
QUALITIES of the man eyeing the presidency.
1)
Integrity*** not corrupt or he is not ruled by his greed for money and power or someone who depends on God Almighty.
2)
Wisdom (broad-minded or intelligent ... plus smart as well)
*** intelligence basically means the amount of knowledge you hold. Being smart on the other hand is the ability to perceive the relationship between different sets of information or knowledge.
3)
Determination *** the courage fired up by his integrity and which is sustained by his wisdom as well to keep on despite the odds and failures
You cannot simply be a leader simply because you know something or that you come from a well known family like that of Ninoy Aquino or Ferdinand Marcos.
Ferdinand Marcos for his wisdom while Ninoy Aquino for his determination and integrity.
To really measure the presidentiables, you need to look at their achievements.
Don't get fooled by those "words of a saint" lines. It comes cheap.... but will surely get a lot from you (not do a lot for you) later on when you give in to their deceptive tongues and outfits.
Look at their achievements in the past years. That alone will tell what kind of a man they really are.
Look at their capacity to create great ideas too.These include government projects aimed at improving the lives of the general public and supporting laws that will set the rallying point to such endeavors.
Laws like protecting the environment, health and education programs (free college or similar options), livelihood programs (soft financing, free technical training) and less taxes for the individual worker but without crippling the government's internal revenues.
There are a lot of projects that can be done to uplift the lives of people.
WE NEED SOMEONE WHO CAN IDENTIFY THOSE IDEAS AND WHO CAN REALLY PUT THOSE IDEAS INTO ACTION.Now, let your heart and mind guide you in your decision.
Please, think about the 3 qualities as much as possible when you cast your vote.
How do we know if one possesses those 3 qualities (Integrity, Wisdom, Determination)?
One is by seeing how successful one has become. Especially, one who made it to the top from a nobody or with nothing in possession but without having resorted to evil.
These people have 2 things in common. WISDOM and DETERMINATION.
God's mercy's part is the "big opportunity" that they could tap into.
Again, let your heart and mind guide you in your decision and please think about the 3 qualities as much as possible.
Our voting power can do a lot for the next 6 or 11 years. Let's make the best out of it.In the end, it's your own analysis and conscience or choice that will tell you where to cast your vote for.
In all these, at least I have done my part as how my heart wants me to and will gladly accept the next President whoever that may be, believing that it's God
Almighty who wanted him there.
and
say NO to Parliamentary Government!Our voting power is the greatest empowerment our constitution has vested upon us!
Let's not lose it.
It's our only hope to changing the color of our politics.
It's like a giant flashflood that sweeps across the land to bring forth new life and direction.
To help our people recognize that person they must look at the capacities of that person if he can really deliver.
Words are cheap like
"lalabanan ko ang kurapsiyon" or
"lalabanan ko ang kahirapan."Anybody can say that. So, the solution is identify who can walk his talk.
One way is looking at his achievements. It is the measure of his determination and skills.
We must not keep silent on the issues.
We need to voice out what we feel...
because the presidency is a matter of our lives too.After all the volley of black-propaganda, we now know who's the better one.
Freedom of the press is working at its best!
Our chosen candidate may not the cleanest and most honest, but his achievements, his capacity to lead and govern, the general public perception on him, the influence-peddlers around him, his own
"kamag-anak" incorporated and his indebtedness to those who provided funds for his campaign have given us the measurements that we can rely on in knowing the man and what he will become after the promises and stage acts have culminated into the election result.
In all, the safest way to elect a president is to the one who is not beholden to anyone and who does not have a horde or influence-peddlers around him and who does have a clan, who's craving for power and money, of his own that he is obligated to consult when there's a conflict of interest.
We need someone who doesn't need to murder the powerless just to protect his wealth and greed.
God bless us all.
