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Apr 03, 2010
By Nicanor Perlas
03 April 2010
Philippine society is dying. The Filipino soul is sinking. There is massive corruption, poverty, conflict, joblessness, sickness and hopelessness all over the land. Millions are seeking and longing for a very different Philippines, one that is alive, dynamic, progressive, peaceful, just and moral. What is the new going to be based on? Where is the power to create the new going to come from?
This is where Easter comes in. Christ overcame the sting and horror of death, forever. With His victory, we now all have the capacity to overcome what is dead in ourselves, especially our doubts, fears and hatred. Only when we overcome these death forces inside can we have to power to resurrect and create the new outside, in ourselves and in our society. We cannot continue to be the victims of the death forces of the past. We have to access the resurrection forces of the future. Only this Resurrection power can allow us to build a new politics, a new Philippines. But we have to have the courage to die first so that the new can emerge and live. This is the meaning of Easter: the occasion not only to celebrate this power of resurrection within us, but also the occasion to make it real and effective in the world.
Posted by: Nicanor Perlas in politics on
Dec 23, 2009
Historical Global Protest Launched Urging COMELEC to Reinstate Perlas as Presidential Candidate
1290 Individuals from 44 Countries Respond to Support "World's Most Promising Green Candidate"
Compares Perlas with Nelson Mandela and Al Gore and Claims Perlas Presidency Will Benefit the World
The efforts of Nicanor Perlas received a tremendous boost today as 1,290 individuals from 44 countries, urged, in a rapidly growing global campaign, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to reinstate Perlas as one of the official presidential candidates in the 2010 national elections.
This marks the first time in the history of Philippine politics that the world has taken up a protest action against COMELEC even before the start of the country's presidential elections.
On December 19, 2009 six individuals from Germany and the United States of America sent out an "Acion Call: "Nick Perlas, world's most promising green candidate, blocked!"at http://apeopleforperlas.ning.com/profiles/blogs/action-call-nick-perlas-worlds. In just three days, 1290 individuals, responded with strong messages of support for Perlas. A significant number of the signatories had known Perlas in one of the latter's keynotes, seminars and workshops given in over 26
Posted by: Nicanor Perlas in politics on
Dec 23, 2009
Perlas Files Motion of Opposition Against COMELEC Decision
Challenges COMELEC Not to be a "Nuisance" To the Will of the Electorate Longing for New Politics
Presidential aspirant Nicanor Perlas today filed a Motion of Opposition against the decision of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to disqualify him as an official candidate in the presidential elections of 2010. He was accompanied by over a hundred supporters, a significant number of whom were leaders of different sectors including women, youth, children, independent political candidates, professionals, artists, environment, academe, NGOs, informal settlers from at least cities in the National Capital Region (NCR), and representatives from other regions of the country.
In his 48-page legal motion, backed by over 120 pages of supporting facts, Perlas demonstrates in great detail why he should not be disqualified. At the same time, Perlas challenged COMELEC: "Do not be a ‘nuisance'. Do not prevent ‘a faithful determination of the true will of the electorate' and their longing for new politics, thereby making a ‘mockery' of the electoral process". Perlas was applying the language of the Omnibus Election Code to COMELEC itself, the very same language that COMELEC
Posted by: Nicanor Perlas in politics on
Dec 17, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
16 December 2009
CONTACT: Nicanor Perlas
Email: info@nicanor-perlas.com
PERLAS TO CHALLENGE COMELEC DECISION
AS LEGALLY FLAWED AND AN INJUSTICE TO
THE FILIPINO ELECTORATE.
In a media conference in front of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), presidential candidate Nicanor Perlas characterized Comelec's decision to disqualify him as an injustice to the electorate, a suppression of new politics, and an obvious bias for rich politicians over more qualified middle class leaders. He also announced that he and his legal team will challenge Comelec's decision as arbitrary, capricious, and legally flawed.
"What kind of message is Comelec sending to the Filipino people? Has it come to this, that money and the political organization that it can buy, have become more important than vision, platform, track record, character, outstanding qualifications, and a real passion to birth a new nation?", asked Perlas. "Are we saying that only the rich can be president of this country?"
Nicanor Perlas is a multi-awarded Filipino leader and has a combination of global and national awards unique among presidentiables. He is one of only three Filipinos who has received the prestigious Alternative Nobel Prize in the past 29
Nicanor Perlas Formalizes Bid for Presidency
Condemns the Massacre in Maguindanao as a Local Manifestation of the National Impunity of Traditional Politics That is Destroying the Nation
Calls on all Filipinos of Good Will to Create a Better Country by Ushering in a New Politics of
Vision, Hope, Competence, Integrity, Courage and Action
[Media usually covers only snippets of a press release. I would like to share the full content of the statement that I gave to the media today, 29 November 2009. In this way, readers can have a full picture of how I am framing my presidential candidacy in the national elections in 2010.]
Today, delivering on his promise, Nicanor Perlas filed his Certificate of Candidacy for the position of President of the Philippines at the national office of the Commission on Elections in Intramuros, National Capital Region. Key members of his volunteer and support group, including his son, Christopher Michael, accompanied Perlas in his bid for the highest political office of the country in the upcoming national elections in 2010. Perlas characterized his presidential bid as responding to the call of millions of Filipinos to have real choices in the 2010 elections, to advance the country into a higher level of
