EMPOWERING THE PEOPLE, ‘RE-ESTABLISHING the BUREAUCRACY’

1. EMPOWERING THE PEOPLE, ‘RE-ESTABLISHING the BUREAUCRACY’ THROUGH THE PEOPLES’ PRIMARIES

2. PEOPLES’ PRIMARIES PHILOSOPHY – Sovereignty resides in the people, hence there must be congruence between the source of power (the people) and the leaders invested with the authority to exercise the power. (Law / Gov’t.) (Bureaucracy) IDEA – The representatives who exercise the sovereign power of the people must be produced by a process that allows broad-based participation by them. CONCEPT - The primaries can be understood therefore as a GOAL, PROCESS and MEANS

3. AS A GOAL: To raise and select God-loving, “non-trapo” and competent public officials concerned with the common good and committed to the empowerment of the Filipino people to achieve progress.

4. AS A PROCESS: A CONSULTATIVE MECHANISM CONSISTING OF: • Development of the Peoples’ Platform; • Vetting, i.e. qualifying, nominating, endorsing, short-listing, and voting to produce the Peoples’ Slate. • TO BE IMPLEMENTED BY: • A Formal ‘Mandating Body’ (Structure & System) – Peoples’ Coalition;

5. AS A MEANS: IT IS AN ORGANIZATIONAL TOOL TO AROUSE, MOBILIZE, UNITE AND ORGANIZE PEOPLES’ PARTICIPATION AND INVOLVEMENT IN EFFECTING LEADERSHIP CHANGE.

6. The Objectives: Establish new political culture; Unite the Transformed Political groups into one Peoples’ Political Coalition; To mobilize 20% of the Electorates per Congressional District (250,000 registered voters) to participate in the Peoples’ Primaries;

7. REQUISITE CONDITIONS • Unified Peoples Agenda • Unified Peoples Coalition • Unified Leadership & Slate • Adequate Resources and Cooperative Media

8. Who are the Organizers and Facilitators? • The Technical Working Group (TWG) will design the over-all scheme and prepare the operations templates; • Like-minded Non-Partisan National Organizations will be tapped as National Facilitators Group (NFG) members; • CBCP, Ulama Muslim Council, NCCP/UCCP, AMRSP, Transparochial Communities, and other moral and spiritual organizations shall be tapped who will act as the National Selection Committee (NSC). They will determine who will qualify to join the primaries.

9. How to organize and develop the Peoples’ Primaries? • The Technical Working Group (TWG) will initiate the formation of the National Facilitator’s Group (NFG) and National Screening Committee (NSC); • Conduct Peoples’ Primaries Summit to orient the like-minded national organizations i.e. good governance groups, who will be invited as NFG members. • Invite Spiritual and Religious Leaders to present the Peoples’ Primaries System and invite them to compose the NSC • The NFG will be responsible in organizing the District Organizing Committees (DOCs) to form the District Facilitator’s Groups (DFGs) and District Selection Committee (DCS); • Conduct local caucuses and orient the like-minded organizations and individuals who will be invited as DFG members. • Invite Spiritual and Religious Leaders in the District to present the Peoples’ Primaries System and invite them to compose the DSC. • Upon the DFGs organization, the DOCs will serve its District Technical Working Committee (DTWC);

10. Organizational Process TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP NATIONAL SELECTION COMMITTEE NATIONAL FACILITATORS’ GROUP NATIONAL TECHNICAL WORKING COMMITTEE DISTRICT ORGANIZING COMMITTEE DISTRICT SELECTION COMMITTEE DISTRICT FACILITATORS’ GROUP DISTRICT TECHNICAL WORKING COMMITTEE PEOPLES’ PRIMARIES ELECTORATES

11. Organizational Chart NATIONAL SELECTION COMMITTEE NATIONAL FACILITATORS’ GROUP NATIONAL TECHNICAL WORKING COMMITTEE DISTRICT SELECTION COMMITTEE DISTRICT FACILITATORS’ GROUP DISTRICT TECHNICAL WORKING COMMITTEE PEOPLES’ PRIMARIES ELECTORATES

12. How to organize and develop the Peoples’ Primaries Electoral Process? • NTWC, NFG and NSC shall establish a Nomination Control System; Assigned pre-numbers will be distributed to DFGs; These will be control numbers for voting through SMS. • Peoples’ Primaries electorates who will join the nomination process must register and pay a fee. • Organizations who will endorse nominee/s shall pay a nomination fee/s and raise fund for their nominee’s participation in a “Peoples Convention” to be held in Metro Manila to formulate the People’s Agenda, organize the People’s Coalition and determine the People’s Slate.

13. Who can be Nominated to Develop the People’s Agenda, Coalition and Slate? • They are not necessarily politicians who want to be elected in 2010; • They are also nominated because of their proven development initiatives in the community, organizational skills and sensible public relations that she/he is willing to share and integrate with other nominees and will abide by the Peoples’ Primaries policies; • He/She has Good Moral Character (Refer to Non-Trapo Definition and Candidate Criteria w/ Scorecard); • Nominated by the people through community caucuses and “ Circles of Discernment” and endorsed by like-minded community organizations; • Commissioned by the District Facilitators Group assigned in the District.

14. CONTEXTUAL SETTING OF THE PEOPLES’ PRIMARIES “Non-Trapo” vs. “Trapo” • Change Agent • Spiritual/Moralist • Establishment Accomplice • Materialist, Patronage Politics, • Experiential Idealist, • Supports Common Good, “walk the talk”. • Transactional Politics, Pragmatist, “double talk”. • Voter intimidation thru guns, goons, gold. • People campaign financed. • Oligarchic campaign financed. • Subservient to special interest • Developmental and Ethical Media • “ACDC” or utilizes “Envelopmental” Media. • Alter power Arrangement/ Reform Status quo • Pluralistic Politics • Maintain power arrangement / pro status quo. • Dynastic Politics • Bottoms-up organized movement, transparent. • top-down, self-Proclaimed machineries, manipulative.

15. What are the Basic Policy of Peoples’ Primaries? • The Non-Partisan Organizations will conduct the Primaries • Candidates who choose to participate in the Primaries shall sign a covenant that they will support whoever is chosen as the official candidates for the Peoples Slate • The Official Candidates for the People’s Slate shall join his/her organization/political party to become a full-fledged member of the People’s Coalition to fully serve its Platform of Governance;( the Coalition of Partisan Groups) • Selected Candidates share his/her resources and machineries to the war chest of the People’s Coalition. • A “Peoples Convention” will be held in Metro Manila to formulate the People’s Agenda a (partisan and non-partisan); organize the People’s Coalition and determine the People’s National Slate (based on the results of the Primaries).

16. 2010 Peoples Primaries STEP 1: PREPARATORY WORK A. NAT ORGANIZING COMM (NOC) completes the framework 1. Defining Trapo, Non-Trapo 2. Process & Schedule They Identify members for the NAT FACILITATORS GRP (NFG)&NAT SCREENING COMMITTEE (NSC)‏ B. NOC convenes the NFG amongnon-partisan groups. As the NFG is convened, the NOC will transform itself into a Nat Technical Wrkng Grp (NTWG)‏ C. NFG dialogues w/ impartial national leaders to endorse the Primaries and act as NSC D. NFG convenes Non-Trapo/ Reformist Partisan Grps re: the Peoples' Primaries & invites them to have a covenant that they will: a) form a PEOPLES' COALITION w/ a buttom up process for a political agenda & nominees; b) respect the results of the primaries; and c) support the winners of the Primaries. E. The NFG organizes District Organizing Committees (DOC) who in turn will organize District Facilitators' Groups (DFGs) & District Screening Committee (DSC). As DFGs are formed, the DOCs are transformed to District TWGs STEP 2: NOMINATION A. NTWG & NFG, develops & disseminates guidelines for the conduct of District Caucuses to: a) draw out a REFORM AGENDA for the PEOPLES' COALITION, & b) nominates nat & local candidates to the Primaries B. DFGs conducts District Caucuses nationwide C. District Caucuses submits its local nominees to the DSCs & national nominees to the Partisan Groups and contributes designated nomination fee. D. Partisan Groups nominates their nat & local candidates for the Primary to NSC & respective DSCs and contributes designated nomination fee/s. C. The NSC reviews national nominees & DSCs reviews local nominees and subjects them to the Trapo-Non-Trapo criteria to determine eligibility. D. Eligible candidates for the Primaries (Nat to Local) are announce by the NSC & DSCs respectively STEP 3: PRE-PRIMARIES A. NTWG & NFG sets up IT system (eg. 4-digit number, database & program) for the SMS voting for the Primaries. B. NTWG & NFG designates control numbers for target voters per district (at least 15% of total voters per district) and assigns these numbers to DFGs B. DFGs collaborates with local organizations to invite individual voters per district to join the Peoples Coalition & exercise their electoral privilege for the primaries and assign them specific voter control number. (* Part of the requirement to be able to enjoy this electoral privilege is to contribute at least P10 to the Coalition)‏ b)NFG & DFGs w/ their respective TWGs coordinate with participating Partisan Groups & other interested groups to prepare campaigning tools (e.g. CD of video presentation of candidates) & organizing local events to facilitate campaigning STEP 4A: PEOPLES PRIMARIES (DISTRICT LEVEL)‏- utilizing a Electoral College system of 5 votes for every average district DFGs coordinates Peoples' Primary Elections through a series of caucuses to: (1) Validates the PEOPLES AGENDA crafted from the nomination process (2) Elect a President, respective Congress Rep, Governor, Mayor from the nominees using SMS w/ control nos. (4) Elects delegate/s to the Nat Convention & empowers them to articulate the Peoples' Agenda, vote a VP, 12 Senators & in any Run-off elections. (Each district will raise funds to send convention delegates)‏ * NFG & DFGs encourages non-partisan groups to organize parallel events to support the primaries (e.g. debates, fora, etc)‏ STEP 5: PREPARATION FOR ELECTIONS A. The PEOPLES' COALITION registers with COMELEC B. The PEOPLES' COALITION Candidates (National to Local) files candidacy under the coalition.(those with membership with other parties must now terminate these affiliations to be part of the coalition)‏ C. All members of the PEOPLES' COALITION will be re-convened & organize at the district levels to prepare for campaigning, fund raising, election, etc D. PEOPLES' COALITION members mobilizes for nationwide campaign and campaign/elections fund raising STEP 7: POST-ELECTION A. Conduct assessment of the election B. Craft plans to mobilize the coalition in direct and/or parallel governance. C. Further consolidating the structures of the PEOPLES' COALITION by discussing and agreeing on a clear party building program and plans; possibly including the election of national and local party leadership. Comrades, to institutionalize Peoples Empowerment, didn’t we agree to maximize all people empowerment provisions in Local Govt Code esp. Local Development Council mechanisms? STEP 4b: PEOPLES PRIMARIES (NAT CONVENTION)‏ A. Delegates ratifies the PEOPLES AGENDA. B. VP & 12 Senators to be elected by the convention delegates & declared C. Run-Off elections for P/VP conducted if needed. D.Coalition Candidates declared. STEP 6: ELECTION DAY! Coalition members mobilizes for election-related work PRAY!!! May-June June-July July-August August-October Nov 09 – May 10 June-July 2010

17. PEOPLE’S COALITION NATIONAL TECHNICAL WORKING Group PEOPLES’ PRIMARIES WARCHEST MOBILIZATION LEVELING THE ELECTORAL PLAYING FIELD ELECTION ENGAGEMENT MTPDP FORMULATION Defining the cause, processes and Agreeing to the Target Political Markets Tangkilikan thru Bayanihan sa Hanap-Buhay Framework Organization of MAGING TAPAT (Movement for Government Transparency and Accountability to Institutionalize Peoples Participation and Empowerment) Massive Orientation of Peoples Agenda Organization of AKA 182 Massive Accreditation of POs, NGOs and Private Sector Organizations Local Peoples’ Coalition Building Launch Local Exchange Trading System / Bartering, etc. Tap Moral Force, CBCP, etc. to Facilitate the Peoples’ Primaries Massive Campaign using proven election Technology and Local Development Planning Agenda Setting thru Caucuses and “PulongBahays” Reconstitution of Local Special Bodies & LDCs Set up Community Kitchen and Mini Pinoy Marts Petition SC for the Extension of Filing of Candidacy Formulation of Peoples’ Agenda Adoption of Standard Local Development Planning Framework Establishing the Peoples’ Coalition July 2009 - July 2010 Neutralize COMELEC and Courts Determining the Peoples’ Slate Documentation of election violations and Filing of DQ Cases in COMELEC May - July 2010 Expose Corrupt COMELEC and Court Officials May - Nov 29, 2009 February - May 2010 July 2009 - February 2010

18. New Wine, New Wineskin “And no one puts new wine into old wineskin, for the wine would burst the skins and then both the wine and the skins would be lost. But new wine, new wineskin.” Mark. 2:22

19. Wala na bang Iba? PEOPLES' PRIMARIES NA!

20. People are Primary... PEOPLES' PRIMARIES is a MUST!

21. THANK YOU! and May God bless us All!