CBCP WANTS GOOD MEN TO RUN IN 2010 ELECTIONS
By Dona Pazzibugan
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:27:00 07/14/2009
MANILA, Philippines—Aside from their usual call on the faithful to vote wisely, Catholic Church leaders are encouraging principled persons to run for public office in next year’s presidential and national elections.
“We call upon those who are competent, persons of integrity and [persons] committed to change to get involved directly in principled partisan politics and become candidates for political election, aware that the common good is above the good of vested interests,” the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said.
The influential CBCP issued the pastoral statement at the conclusion of its two-day plenary assembly on Sunday. Its members elected a new set of officers, with Tandag (Surigao Del Sur) Bishop Nereo Odchimar as incoming president by Dec. 1.
The bishops also reiterated their opposition to renewed attempts by administration lawmakers to convert the House of Representatives into a constituent assembly in order to amend the Constitution before the 2010 elections.
The CBCP reminded the laity that “it is within their right, as well as their duty, to campaign for candidates they believe to be competent, honest and public service-minded in order to reform our country.”
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