JC de los Reyes

JC de los Reyes is truly an alternative candidate. For starters he wants to alter current philippine culture. His model apparently is drawn from Catholic Teachings.

If there's anything I like its this statement from Ang Kapatiran's Passport to a New Philippines:

A post-evaluation of EDSA I and EDSA II shows that while we
have succeeded in throwing the undesirables out of power, we
have failed to give the successors a “list of our clear aspirations”
for them to achieve for us.

Despite all the People Power Revolutions, we've failed to create a consensus as to what we want for the country. If we don't know where to go we'll get nowhere fast.

The party proposes to change the Filipino as a means of changing the Philippines.

Ang Kapatiran openly declares their adherance to the social teachings of the catholic church. If you're allergic to religion, leave now.

Just as they've said they want to change the behavior of the people. Many of their platform items address this. They want to abolish gambling, create a gunless society, eschew the glorification of sex and violence. They plan on raising savings rates. Pretty lofty and admirable goals.

While their end goal is clear, the action plans are not mentioned in many crucial items. Take savings rate. How do they plan on increasing this when a lot of people have barely enough to survive? Are they imposing forced savings schemes on productive workers? Will OFWs get their remittances appropriated? We can come up with some scary scenarios simply because the plan is not articulated.

On the other hand, some other plans are actually fairly simple and should not pose problems. Prohibiting officials from writing regular columns or having their pictures plastered alongside government projects might only take an executive order.

If we've historically lacked a clear vision to guide action I think Ang Kapatiran suffers the reverse condition. There's a clear vision with no visible means of getting there.

You may  find it strange that I have yet to speak about their candidate. Given the methods, JC de los Reyes is peripheral to the party goal.  He is simply considered the most qualified member to run for the presidential post. If people find that strange its because that is how party politics operate. We are simply unaccustomed to this.

In any event he seems to be a capable leader having experience in local government and in business. I just wish he had used a different company name than Lego Brick. It gives off the wrong impression.