Continuity versus change

INDEED 2016 is fast approaching and October is five months away before aspirants file their certificates of candidacy. By June, we would have a clearer environment on who are running for the presidency. Would a late September filing be in the making? We hope this does not happen since it would be to the interest of the voters to get to know the candidates more and be able to scrutinize the candidates well but not in a manner of demolishing each other just to prove to all one is clean. There’s got to be a better way to screen out candidates. Absent any primaries and run offs, we need to devise a mechanism whereby we are able to select well given the options.

Continuity assumes that the candidate can stand on the record or accomplishment of the incumbent. The presumptive candidate of the Liberal Party would not only stand by the record but also share the burden of the negatives, such as they used all the levers in the impeachment of Corona; DAP, PDAF; Luneta hostage taking; Yolanda; airports and LTO mess; Mamasapano with the BBL and SAF 44; Napoles and allies who have been saved from shame; Conditional Cash Transfer and so much more.