Months ahead of the 2010 elections, contenders for the presidency have forged a gentleman’s agreement to keep next year’s national elections clean, honest and peaceful.
But two of the front-running hopefuls—Vice President Noli de Castro and Senator Manuel Villar—snubbed yet another forum aimed at engaging presidential aspirants on issues and policies.
De Castro and Villar, who both project themselves as pro-poor, had earlier rejected similar invitations by the ANC Leadership Forum. The two prefer to engage the public through expensive advertisements.
Heavy rains on Thursday did not prevent former President Joseph Estrada, Senators Mar Roxas, Francis Escudero, Loren Legarda, Richard Gordon, and Pampanga Governor Eddie Panlilio from attending the forum sponsored by election watchdog Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting/National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (PPCRV/Namfrel). It was held at the historic Plaza Miranda in Quiapo, Manila.
They signed a covenant rejecting “guns, goons and gold” in the elections and bound themselves to an agreement that they will oppose any charter change before 2010 polls.
Signings of such covenants are usually held after the candidates have filed their certificates of candidacies. These are, more often than not, for ceremonial purposes. The agreements, especially when it comes to election spending, are wantonly violated in the thick and heat of the campaign period.
Source: Presidential aspirants sign covenant
Comment:
What is a covenant?
A covenant in its most general sense, is a solemn promise to engage in or refrain from a specified action.
Under the common law a covenant was distinguished from an ordinary contract by the presence of a seal. Because the presence of a seal indicated an unusual solemnity in the promises made in a covenant, the common law would enforce a covenant even in the absence of consideration.
Source: Wikipedia
For me a covenant is an irrevocable commitment made by the covenanter to the public. I just hope that they will be true to this covenant they signed of rejecting “guns, goons and gold”.
But two of the front-running hopefuls—Vice President Noli de Castro and Senator Manuel Villar—snubbed yet another forum aimed at engaging presidential aspirants on issues and policies.
De Castro and Villar, who both project themselves as pro-poor, had earlier rejected similar invitations by the ANC Leadership Forum. The two prefer to engage the public through expensive advertisements.
Heavy rains on Thursday did not prevent former President Joseph Estrada, Senators Mar Roxas, Francis Escudero, Loren Legarda, Richard Gordon, and Pampanga Governor Eddie Panlilio from attending the forum sponsored by election watchdog Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting/National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (PPCRV/Namfrel). It was held at the historic Plaza Miranda in Quiapo, Manila.
They signed a covenant rejecting “guns, goons and gold” in the elections and bound themselves to an agreement that they will oppose any charter change before 2010 polls.
Signings of such covenants are usually held after the candidates have filed their certificates of candidacies. These are, more often than not, for ceremonial purposes. The agreements, especially when it comes to election spending, are wantonly violated in the thick and heat of the campaign period.
Source: Presidential aspirants sign covenant
Comment:
What is a covenant?
A covenant in its most general sense, is a solemn promise to engage in or refrain from a specified action.
Under the common law a covenant was distinguished from an ordinary contract by the presence of a seal. Because the presence of a seal indicated an unusual solemnity in the promises made in a covenant, the common law would enforce a covenant even in the absence of consideration.
Source: Wikipedia
For me a covenant is an irrevocable commitment made by the covenanter to the public. I just hope that they will be true to this covenant they signed of rejecting “guns, goons and gold”.
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