Has any of the members of Nick’s party been elected to a political office before? There’s another new party called Democratic Party of the Philippines. They have thousands of coordinators and a full slate of senators and congressmen, yet their Presidential and VP candidates were rejected as nuisance candidates.

The name of the game is and has always been “winnability.”

Best,
Perry

It’s a free country and you can vote for anyone of your choice. Honestly, if Dolphy ran for office, he’d win hands down. So, let’s leave it at that.

The botom line is: what has Nick Perlas done for the Philippines and Pinoys to earn the people’s vote?

Best,
Perry

Nick is party president of a new, authentic political party, the Partido ng Marangal na Sambayanan (PANGMASA) with over 700 coordinators all over the country. We are currently building and strengthening it to be the genuine party for New Politics in 2010 and beyond.

And the “must” you are talking about, we all have that “must” in PANGMASA and actually as a Filipino, not just Nick. If New Politics is just about Nick, then what is the point? If the election is only about the candidates, not the electorate and not the people, again, what’s the point?

Anyway, just a matter of clarification. Thanks for the conversation and the chance to express the sentiments of the New Philippines, New Politics and Nick Perlas supporter and mover.

blessings of light and peace,

Nex

I guess this is where we just agree to disagree. Winnability is not something I ever subscribe to, and though I myself am pragmatic and practical (which means I use what currently exists to understand the challenge), I continue to go by my idealism to create my reality, and not accept what is “realistic” because once you do that, how can you change “reality”?

Voting for the most qualified AND the winnable — to me is still the lesser choice, the compromise, the “realistic” option. This to me is what “nasayang na boto” means. Imagine, having the real choice to do what one is called to do and then just be swayed by the idea of winnability, by being influenced by others’ opinion and relinquishing my power of choice to others?? No way! What I do is find the most qualified and with other people make him/them winnable.

I voted once in college because I also believed in what the candidate was about, and the capacity of the candidate then, he won and he did great. I have never voted and was only moved to vote now because I believe in what Nick stands for (I am one with his vision because it is the vision and desire of all Filipinos, I believe), and his capacity (track record, humility, intelligence, integrity, honesty, and so much more impeccable qualities) to lead this country. I know he will win, and I will do what I can, in my power to help him and the other independents who are aligned with New Politics.

As long as we continue to move according to what we believe in, we will help emerge the New Philippines. We may disagree now, but in the end, I know that all Filipinos will choose what is right and help each other heal ourselves, our land, our culture, our nation and the rest of the world.

blessings of light and peace,

Nex

Like any rule, there’s always an exception to the rule. That’s the reality of life.

Let’s be realistic here. Nick doesn’t have a war chest to match Manny Villar or the following that Noynoy has. Nick doesn’t have a political organization, a “must” to win.

Nick is very smart and is probably more qualified than most of the presidential candidates. But he simply isn’t winnable. A vote for him could help another candidate win and that candidate might be the least desired person to be our president. So to prevent this from happening vote for the most qualified but winnable candidate.

Best,
Perry

It seems to me that there is no rule of thumb because you yourself pointed out that there have been two “exceptions”, both considered legitimate presidents of our country. To me, the new doesn’t emerge from history, it has to actually defy the chains of the past to create a different reality. New Politics is not about fitting into the mold.

Anyway, at the end of the day, ratings won’t do the Filipino any good – so why buy into it? The real question is not about who rates, or who has the more Media mileage (which is personality politics and traditional politics) –it’s still about who has the political will and the capacity to lead us into the New Philippines, to help us address the systemic problems we are facing, especially the urgent demands of Climate Change. Nick does not rate because he does not go the usual way of “planted surveys”, but rest assured that he is more “popular” now than he was in June. There are still a lot of ways to reach the people, and Nick will certainly do that because that is also the point of New Politics –authentic participation and dialogue.

Forward, Onward, Toward the New Philippines,

Nex

The only reason why Perlas has poor rating is that he is an “unknown quantity” and doesn’t have national name recognition. If you don’t visit his website you wouldn’t get to know him. The problem is that a large majority of Filipinos are not computer-savvy; thus, they wouldn’t be able to get to know him.

Best,
Perry

History tells us that no president — except Cory and Ramos– had won the presidency wtihout first being elected to a national office (Senator or Vice President).

The same rule of thumb would apply to all the other candidates like Bro. Eddie Villanueva and JC delos Reyes.

Best,
Perry

For me the question is: Why do we always let ourselves be influenced and swayed by perception? In terms of the Media, manipulating us into thinking ala-Wowowee, that what sells is what we should subscribe to. That the truth is what’s staring us in the television, boldly printed in the newspapers, and screaming from the radio shows. The truth is we have to decide on our own. We have to dig deeper. We have to empower ourselves into following what is right for us, not for them. Ratings, just like everything we have in this country is not to be trusted, they all succumb to what sells, what brings more money. Ratings are bought and sold. Only you can trust yourself. If you believe in something, go for it, don’t let anybody or anything stop you. Nick Perlas doesn’t rate because he doesn’t buy rates, in the same way that all his Media appearances have been freebies. By campaign period, you’ll probably see more of him but rest assured that’s through donations from people who believe in his cause, who put their stake in the New Politics and the New Philippines.

Second,
Why didn’t Nick run for senate?

Well because we have enough laws, and what our country needs is the will to implement those laws — a power the chief executive of the land has, but time and again, failed to do. The senate is not where we should put the best person who knows the solutions to our complex problems and can build partnerships to solve these problems, and most of all has the political will (which most of our politicians keep failing at) to overhaul our corrupt systems.

And lastly,
Nick is never going to be a forgotten “hero”, he was not trying to be a hero anyway –heroes are in all of us and if we peg another person to be the hero for us, we’re not going anywhere, yet again. We’ve seen so many of our heroes die for the country, and that’s all they are now, dead heroes –but the symbolic meaning of what they’ve done has left us with who we are today –Filipinos who are FREE, still we keep living as if our hands were tied. If all Filipinos were empowered, no one needs to be a hero for our people, for our country. We just have to wake up and realize that. That is what Nick really is about, not a hero, but someone who’s telling us that we are free to follow our highest ideals, and emerge a country that is truly MALAYA, MAKATARUNGAN, at MARANGAL –the New Philippines! It is possible, if we believe, and act on it, NOW.

Nick in the Senate will not bring about the change that his ideas and platform holds. A Senator has a legislative job. The problem of the Philippines is at the helm of the executive branch. Do you honestly think that to elect any other president than Nick Perlas would bring about real positive change in our country?

Please if you do believe that the only setback in the Perlas candidacy is his poor rating in the polls, i hope you find it in your capacity to help Perlas build that rating. A survey rating is not an indication of qualifications. Surveys are meant to do trending. And we can all help change that.

Thanks and i hope we do no betray our being true to a NEW YEAR.