Why Should We Vote for Nicanor Perlas in 2010?

Why vote for Nicky? What are his credentials and how is he different from other candidates? Through this article I am presenting to you the reason why we should support Nick Perlas. It is you who will finally tell whether he is indeed a worthy candidate, deserving of your vote. I cannot shove it to you but what I ask you is to be objective.

Now WHY SHOULD WE VOTE AND SUPPORT NICKY?

Systemic Strategic Agenda

Nicanor Perlas is often praised as a globally renowned environmentalist. But he is not a one-issue person. He has made significant and outstanding contributions in other issue areas important to the future of the country. These include: poverty reduction, anti-corruption, education, peace building, sustainable agriculture, trade policy, globalization, leadership formation, science and technology, among others. Systemic challenges require systemic responses, an approach Perlas is comfortable with. He can place his wide-ranging talents and track record in the systemic and structural renewal of the Philippines. See www.nicanorperlas.com or www.nicanor-perlas.com for more details.

Societal Threefolding Partnerships

We face deep problems in governance. But we also are confronted with many other kinds of challenges that are cultural, economic, and societal in nature. These include poverty, corruption, unemployment, low quality education, unsustainable population levels, conflict, drugs, environmental degradation, and others. A purely political approach, while important, will not be enough. Solving these problems requires harnessing the collective resources, skills, and intelligence of the three key actors in society: civil society in culture, government in politics, and business in the economy, hence the term societal threefolding partnership. Nicanor Perlas is a world authority on societal threefolding. His book, Shaping Globalization: Civil Society, Cultural Power, and Threefolding has become a global bestseller and has influenced diverse institutions including the United Nations, global thinkers, and local governments in the Philippines.

Mainstreaming of Positive Initiatives

There are thousands of promising initiatives throughout the country. These initiatives address dozens of problem areas and give positive solutions to most, if not, all the problems we face in the country. We have initiatives in renewable energies, eco-tourism, solid waste management, participatory governance, sustainable agriculture, poverty reduction thru micro-finance, meaningful artistic and cultural festivals, drug rehabilitation, and so on. Yet past governments simply chose to ignore these hotbeds of societal innovation. Through appropriate means, Nicanor Perlas will harness these points of light into a powerful network of excellence that will be the basis for creating a visionary Philippines.

Importance of Civil Society and Cultural Transformation

Structural and systemic transformation is important. But human beings populate and manage the political, cultural, and economic institutions of this country. Thus, in the end, mindsets, values, attitudes, and habits of people, in short, its culture, will determine the ultimate success of efforts to create a better country. The heart and mind of any revolution is the revolution of hearts and minds. In partnership with and in support of civil society, the key actor in culture, Perlas will encourage a cultural revolution that is peaceful, creative, and celebratory. This will be the foundation, the living basis for massive reforms in government and business that will propel the renaissance of the Philippines, domestically and globally.

While most political leaders have no idea of the nature and capabilities of civil society and have often been in conflict with its active citizens, Perlas has been a leader in civil society for over 40 years and has written one of the most influential books on civil society in the world. Perlas will use his expertise and competence in this area to encourage wide-ranging partnerships with civil society to lay the cultural basis for renewing Philippine society.

Inner Change and Creativity as Basis of Societal Transformation

Computer science has a saying: garbage in, garbage out. The wrong software can render the most sophisticated computer hardware dysfunctional and worthless. The same is true in societal transformation. We may create the most wonderful constitution, sets of laws, and structures of governance, but if people remain lazy, cynical, apathetic, corrupt, and hopeless, then our structural reform will never take off. Profound societal transformation can only be done on the basis of inner change.

Past and present governments, with rare exceptions, have no understanding of and appreciation for the importance of human development within a societal transformation context. But Nicanor Perlas has had extensive experience in socially engaged human and leadership development. Perlas will harness his competence in this area to secure the long-term renewal of government institutions on the basis of self-directed inner change of its key leaders, management, and staff.

Tayong Lahat! Ngayon! (All together! Now!)

Systemic transformation, societal threefolding partnerships, positive initiatives, cultural transformation, and inner-change all point to one reality. No single person, no matter how brilliant and competent, can change the country alone. It will require the engagement of millions of citizens to renew a country. Most governments do not appreciate the genius of its people, no matter what economic class they may belong to. But Nicanor Perlas has been facilitating national and global workshops on harnessing the collective intelligence of groups of people. With his rally cry, TAYONG LAHAT! NGAYON!, Perlas will become the first Philippine President, if voters say so, to harness the collective intelligence of a nation to realize its highest aspirations and to change its destiny forever.

Ginhawa ng Pilipinas, Perlas Na… Tayong Lahat Caravan Goes Baguio

Nick Perlas is holding a Forum in Baguio for all Tayong Lahat ay Perlas Volunteers on Sept. 1, 2009.

The forum begins at 8AM and ends at 5PM. Venue is at the SF Training Center, 24 Naguilan Road, Baguio City. If you want to participate or have friends who are in Baguio, please contact Francis Caguioa at 09293879247 or 09229377066.

This is an incredible opportunity to meet Nick Perlas, ask questions, and discuss how we’re going to bring about the new and better Philippines.

Email us: info@nicanor-perlas.com
Read more: Official Site of Nicanor Perlas.

Ginhawa ng Pilipinas. Tayong Lahat ay Perlas.

Supporting Nick Perlas is a Support for a Better Philippines

The main reason that people will not support a new candidate is either because he is presumed to be non winnable or because the do not know him. These two reasons are flawed and should not be the basis of choosing a candidate to vote. The sole criteria for choosing a candidate is his qualification and platform of governance.

Candidates winnability is based on the fact if we will vote for him or not. If we believe in a candidate and vote for him then he can surely win but if we will not because we assume that our votes will be wasted then he will not win. A vote is not wasted whether a candidate wins or not… it is wasted if we vote for the wrong candidate.

Nicanor “Nick” Perlas is the only candidate that is more than qualified to be President of the Philippines. He is the only candidate with a complete development framework on how to make our country better and how together we can create a better future for this country. His problem perhaps is how to articulate this based on the colloquial or “masa” terms but is that a reason not to vote for him?

Nicanor “Nick” Perlas is the only candidate which sees every Filipino participation in solving the problem. Nicanor “Nick” Perlas is the only candidate who is spiritual in nature but transcends various religions. Nicanor “Nick” Perlas is the only candidate who is incorruptible. Nicanor “Nick” Perlas is the only candidate who had definitely walks his talk and stand by his principles.

I can say this because I have read on what he is, who he is and what are his plans. Will you vote for a candidate who boast about his qualifications alone but does not want to hear out your opinion? If we want to change this country everyone should contribute.

Some will say it is not yet time. But this is crap because since I am young this phrase was told time and time again but things happen despite that. It will be time if we says its time. It will be time if we act on it.

If we want to have a better Philippines for us and our children and our children’s children then PLEASE SUPPORT NICANOR PERLAS.

This is our chance to really make this country better and be proud of who we are as a people.