{"id":50492,"date":"2015-05-27T00:16:22","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T16:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=50492"},"modified":"2025-01-16T16:54:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T21:54:17","slug":"drilon-campaigns-for-voter-education-in-upcoming-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/05\/27\/drilon-campaigns-for-voter-education-in-upcoming-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Drilon campaigns for voter education in upcoming election"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_39245\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39245\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/franklin-drilon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39245\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/franklin-drilon-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"Senate President Franklin Drilon opens the First Session of the Senate for the Year 2015 on Tuesday (Jan. 20, 2015) at the Senate Building in Pasay City. (PNA photo by Avito C. Dalan)\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senate President Franklin Drilon opens the First Session of the Senate for the Year 2015 on Tuesday (Jan. 20, 2015) at the Senate Building in Pasay City. (PNA photo by Avito C. Dalan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 Senate President Franklin Drilon wants to intensify voter education in the country adding that the people should not pick an \u201cundeserving\u201d leader.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Bombo Radyo, Drilon said that voters must carefully look into the integrity of the candidates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHuwag po tayo magpadala sa mga salita ng kung sinu-sino, kundi ay tignan natin ng husto yung mga humaharap na kandidato at tignan natin ang kanilang integridad,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>(Let us not be swayed by sweet talks but instead let\u2019s scrutinize very well these candidates and focus on their integrity.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSa akin po ay pinakaimportante ang integridad sa ihahalal natin na lider ng bansa. Dahilan po sa kung hindi maganda ang record, ay uulitin po ito kapag nahalal na sa puwesto,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>(For me, what\u2019s important is integrity in electing a leader in this country. Because if there\u2019s a bad record, this will be repeated once they\u2019re in office)<\/p>\n<p>He then urged the government to intensify its campaign to enhance voter education in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Drilon also added that as responsible citizens\u2019 it is the people\u2019s duty to be one with the government in promoting voter education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHindi na po nila kailangan pa na maghintay pa. Ito po ay tungkulin natin bilang mamamayan ng ating bansa.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy singulair online <a href=\"https:\/\/bewellct.com\/js\/js\/singulair.html\">https:\/\/bewellct.com\/js\/js\/singulair.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> Dapat po turuan natin lalo na ang ating mga kabataan na ang kahalagahan ng mga eleksyon, at huwag nating pabayaan na ang ating bansa ay mapunta duon sa mga hindi bagay na mamuno sa ating bansa,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>(They don\u2019t have to wait anymore.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy lopressor online <a href=\"https:\/\/bewellct.com\/js\/js\/lopressor.html\">https:\/\/bewellct.com\/js\/js\/lopressor.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> This is our duty as citizens of our country. We should teach the youth the importance of an election and let us not allow our country to be handled by those who aren\u2019t fit to run the nation.)<\/p>\n<p>He added that it is important for the voters specially the youth to elect the right people who will be leading the future of the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSa akin po, importante ang voters\u2019 education, upang ipaliwanag natin lalo na sa ating kabataan ang kahalagahan ng tamang pagboto sa mga pinuno ng ating bansa, dahilan diyan po nakasalalay ang kinabukasan ng ating bayan,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy doxycycline online <a href=\"https:\/\/bewellct.com\/js\/js\/doxycycline.html\">https:\/\/bewellct.com\/js\/js\/doxycycline.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>(For me, what\u2019s important is voters\u2019 education to explain especially to the youth the importance of electing the right leaders for our country, because the future of our nation lies there.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 Senate President Franklin Drilon wants to intensify voter education in the country adding that the people should not &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":39245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","mauthors-lei-fontamillas","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50492"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284694,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50492\/revisions\/284694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}