Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Bayaning napilitan ka nga ba?
Bayani ka nga ba...o isa ka lamang bayaning napilitan?
From the latest figures of Comelec, there are more than 48 million voters in the Philippines for the May 2010 Elections. As to absentee voters (including the OFWs), news reports count us to over one million.In 2004, 64.89 percent of 359,296 registered OAVs voted in the 2004 elections. In 2007, there were 504,124 registered overseas voters, but only 16.21% cast their ballots (ABS-CBN News).
Will our voices remain muted in 2010? I doubt. I believe this May 2010 Elections will see more OFWs exercising their right to vote.
Let's vote, kabayan. Let's show them that we are not 'bayaning napilitan'?
Notes:
- I did this video for an old post published on November 2009.
- If you wish to find out if you're a registered absentee voter for this year's election, visit this Comelec page. (Don't look for Saudi Arabia under 'S'; it's under 'K' as Kingdom of Saudi Arabia). Or you can quicksearch it here.
Sana nga this time around maraming bumoto. Last presidential election hindi rin ako naka boto dahil hindi ako naka pag register. Ngayon lang uli na ulit.
Sana nga lamang maging wise tayong lahat sa pag boto.Sana hindi tayo mabulag sa mga maling paniniwala na sinasabi ng ibang politico.
It is very disappointing that as per Comelec's official report, "there are 589,830 overseas absentee voters who were approved for the 2010 elections with 224,884 new OAVs applicants who enlisted between February and August on 2009."
But this should never discourage us in exercising our responsibility as Filipinos on this coming election. Each one of us has a moral and spiritual responsibility to participate in the electoral process of our land.
May our vote brings change to our land and may change begin with me.
ang nakakatamad bomoto ay yung nasa malalamig na bansa.Kung malapit lang ang voting centers, fine, pero kugn nag i snowmaggedon gaya ng sa washington, wala talaga maasahan na dumami ang lalabas to vote.
Kaya hindi rin masabing bayani or napipilitang bayani. Mnsan, katams na, kasi suot ka heavy coat, uot ng chain ang kotse, guwantes, papala pa muna ng snow pala bago i andar ang car....
Sana ginawa na lan june ang eleksyun, hehe. SUmmer kasi sa FRANCE lol
may post din ako about 2010 elections...
ang sa akin naman ay kung sino ang sa tingin ng aking mga kaibigang magbabasa ang worth-it i-boto..
first time voter po eee!!!
excited...
at ang alam ko, parehas pa rin ang excitement na mararamdaman ko kahit na maka-ilang beses na kong boboto!
I WANT TO BE PART OF THE CHANGE.
:P
It only goes to show that OFWs are feed up with Philippine politics. I hope that the automation will change this. I don't necessarily agree with the statistics kasi it's from ABS CBN .. ha ha ha ha..well, I'm always biased against them naman.. :) :) :)
do you know your entry is google searcheable?
http://images.google.ae/images?hl=en&rlz=1W1WZPC_en&um=1&q=OFW+Hero&sa=N&start=18&ndsp=18
Kaya tayo ina-abuso ng gobyerno, dahil karamihan sa atin, walang paki! Show them that we are politically active by voting and they will think twice before they mess with us.
Nebz in connection with the aov list. i just receive an email from pag-asa group and it from ellene a. sana
Center for Migrant Advocacy Philippines
cmaphils@pldtdsl. net
"hello mga kasama sa pag-asa. kung matagal mag open ang comelec website, you may contact us and we will verify the status of your oav registration.
related to this, baka puedeng makatulong ang pag asa group sa pag inform din sa mga iba pang kasama sa EP tungkol sa status ng kanilang oav registration? we can provide you the complete list of the oav approved voters sa EP...."
maybe they can contact her for info of their status.
Honestly, after the 'Hello Garci' scandal, nawalan na ako ng ganang bumoto. =,{
Nebz thanks sa post na to. I was able to confirm via quicksearch that I am an eligible voter. So my vote will definitely count on election day. God bless Nebz!
Thank you for this important reminder Nebz! The right to vote is a duty of all Filipinos around the world!
Honestly, nebz, if may isang reliable Ka blogs member sa Senado, a special seat baga, not voted, baka magtiwala pa ako sa gobyerno.
So far, they dont give us even a promise of "I will see, or let us look into the ofws matters...wala nada, aalis na lang si gloria, wala pa rin....
Haayzzz.
Thank you sa info, this is very helpful.
Happy Valentines Day.