With so many citizens working or living outside of the Philippines and based on polls, the people of the Philippines would like YouTube style debates prior to the end of August 2009, as that is the deadline for R.A. 9225 registration to vote via absentee ballot.
To not cherry pick questions, it would be of importance for both U.S., U.K. and the Gulf States able to ask questions.
Certainly with PLDT/Smart/Piltel the Board stresses open governance and why does Mediaquest Holdings, Inc. (formerly e-Bank) and the Lopez family alliance approve a Presidential Debate, among any candidate whom would be on the ballot?
Why not use the Philippines vast technology to provide for an open forum, especially since this is the first election that will provide time for former Philippine citizens whom are for the first time reclaiming their citizenship (except if they have misrepresented themselves or committed fraud) according to the final rules of Philippine Resolution Act 9225.
Your country has challenged me to read the 1973 and 1987 Philippine Constitution and reviewing all acts regarding citizenship which I had believed was very important.
What this has taught me is that the best way to vote is by holding such an international forum which could be streamed on YouTube. I am going to hold a non-scientific poll to see whom Filipinos worldwide would trust to select the questions as CNN had a board overseeing the final decisions.
I would like to ask PLDTs marketing department whom ordered a tricked out bus from their ad agency Ace Saatchi & Saatchi to implement DSL to help collect YouTube questions from other areas than Manila and Cebu.
The bus has the latest technology and could be used for the promotion of democracy as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility programs, and furthermore maybe sell some more DSL units along the way.
Please consider one or more YouTube style debates, and feel free to contact me through Twitter if you have any suggestions about a board that would be fair and not political or personally invested in the success of a specific candidate. I also hope to hear from U.S., U.K., UAE and Filipinos from Chicago to Saudi Arabia (Saudi Arabia is in the top 10 and the only Gulf State in the list of most frequent visitors to this blog).
On a personal note: I am not bitter anymore because that is a waste of time. I may have a guest writer (whom can really write) and publish select e-mails to show how, one person can build a world of fantasy and present it as truth, as my documents do not lie. I just felt like an idiot to believe stories by a then 31-year old friend. I will never lie to you, plus I am detached emotionally and have hopes but not expectations of change. I do believe though that since journalists are unable to be too open, YouTube, would be wonderful for debates, as I ask the families, to support this venture.
If this cannot be done within the Philippines, then we can ask the candidates to travel, to destinations of your choice where the most Philippine citizens congregate including Los Angeles, New York and Atlanta. Everyone whom is running has enough personal money to buy an economy seat on Philippine Airlines or China Airlines which costs about 34,233 PHP (US$711.00 including all taxes/fees) roundtrip from Manila to Los Angeles, for example or
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Best wishes and let Philippine democracy be a free and fair democracy, under the eyes of the Philippine people.
Regards,
Jason Lowen
310.692.0112
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