Abuse of Power and the Alliance for the Common Good

You, who feel outrage for the abuse of power displayed by the Pangandamans, enough for you to want their resignation, may log on at http://angkapatiranparty.org under Petitions and add your signature to the growing list there.

I first heard of the party AngKapatiran (Alliance for the Common Good) in February 2007. I was in between jobs then and all I could do when I joined the party was to add my two-cents worth to the forums. I had applied online after reading the party platform and principles. When the party campaigned in Sampaloc, Manila, the nearest venue to me, I had just been hired by a company and would only be able to go after office hours. I hurried from UN Ave. to Sampaloc near UST. But the party procession had passed and the affair was over by the time I found their last destination.I went home depressed. I had missed my chance of meeting the other party members face-to-face.

In May 2007, I voted straight and only for the three AngKapatiran senatoriables - Adrian Sison, Martin Bautista and Jess Paredes even if the odds were against them. I had not planned on blockvoting but I really believed that it was the time for a breath of fresh air where politics in the Philippines was concerned and I don't mean neophytes. There were actor never-rans who were running, too.

My three candidates lost the elections but they were not the least of the pack and that fact gave me hope. For when I gave them my vote, I had felt that I was voting not for myself or my family alone but for every unsung Filipino.

Somehow I got too busy with my new job but I visited http://angkapatiran.org and http://kpkcommongood.blogspot.com for some news time and again.

Recently, I joined the e-group ang_kapatiran and registered with the group's new website not because I was planning to run for public office but because I was willing to work with other people, who would be mere nobodys in the eyes of the powers-that-be, to regain our chances for an egalitarian way of life.

Please join AngKapatiran Party and stop the abuse of power. It is not about some bigtime artista or trapo. It is about common people with common dreams. It is about you and me.