It will be my first time to participate in nationwide elections this coming Monday, May 10. Though I really have no intense feelings about the elections, I acknowledge the fact that every single vote counts. Unless of course when cheating comes in. But this post is not about that.
Talking about putting party lists into the House of Representatives, I don’t know how many party lists will be placed in the government. I heard they use some kind of formula for that, but I’m pretty sure there will be a number of party lists to be chosen from. I believe that one of the party lists we should look on and consider voting for is the Liquified Petroleum Gas Marketer’s Association party list (LPGMA). Why them? Because they advocate on maintaining reasonably priced LPG (Liquified Petroleum Gas) accessible to household consumers. And we, voters, are all household consumers, right?
Never a time in our economy’s state wherein LPG price never became an important issue. LPG is a prime mover in our country’s economy affecting at least 3 areas, i.e., food security, health and environment. LPG price hikes may affect lots of households and businesses. You don’t want to go back to using firewood or coconut husk in cooking food at home, right? Aside from the hassle, it has an effect on the preservation of trees. Sustained exposure to alternative cooking methods or fuels also result to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or Black Lung (based on a study). People like our family who are into food business also get affected with unprecedented LPG price hikes. Everyone gets affected since everyone uses and depends on LPG. So, decide if you want a sector concerned with keeping the LPG price affordable to the masses represented in our government.
LPG-MA party-list #161 is a non-stock, non-profit, organization representing the independent players in the industry. The sectoral group is set to participate in the upcoming May 10, 2010 elections having as its special interest Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) industry and its allied concerns.
On a personal note, LPG-MA will be one of my top choices, but not yet the final one. I will only truly vote for a party list that is in line with my career, social status and views.
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Posted May 9th, 2010 at 7:43 AM
Madaog siguro pero di lang ko sure if mao ba jud ni ako i-vote. Still thinking..
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I just hope they are not really LP|GMA or a partylist of Gloria Arroyo.
If they can REALLY lower down the prices of LPG then good. If not, then they must have been using and abusing the partylist system just to advance their selfish interests.
Besides, the partylist system should be about representing a marginalized sector. Is the LPG industry a marginalized sector when the people behind LPGMA are raking in billions of profits from selling LPGs?
And sorry, this is just my opinion but it is plain stupid to consider LPG as something essential that we won’t live without. If there’s something really essential that would allow us to buy LPGs, then it should be the salaries of workers! We won’t have any problem in buying our needs if we get adequate compensation.
Anyway, this is a free country and that’s you choice.
I just hope LPGMA will really do what it had been promising to its voters. If not, then voters should not have second doubts to not vote for them come next election.
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