Ronnie Puno Civility in Politics

There is a piece of good news exiting the nation's political scene. When everybody appears to be harping on negativity and unclean tactics just to forge ahead of the pack and get the attention of the general public, there is one vice presidential aspirant that is bucking the trend and showing his preference for politeness in politics. He's Secretary Ronnie Puno of the Department of Interior and Local Government. The DILG chief has declared his commitment to a conduct of a civil and a perceptive campaign.

Secretary Puno is one of the vice presidential aspirants for next year's elections and he is the preferred candidate of the administration party to partner with Secretary Gilberto Teodoro of Department of Defense. Ronnie Puno has revealed his commitment for a smart conduct of campaign for next year's elections during his speaking engagement at the Manila Overseas Press Club. It is here where the secretary talked about the theme of civility in politics using the post-election as the ideal place for correct healing and genuine reconciliation. Here's a short part of his speech delivered in front of the press club ;

'Great hopes and expectations come with this very important political exercise. The 2010 elections should attain 2 things : it should mark a shift in political campaigning from vicious and soiled to civil, lofty and agenda-driven. Issues and platform should dominate the political discourse, not negativity, mudslinging or name-calling.'

These are interesting words coming from Secretary Ronnie Puno and these can really serve the electoral process if the other interested candidates can follow the lead. The secretary is all for the proper conduct of the elections where rivals running for a similar office should argue based mostly on issues and won't resort to black propaganda. And he has clearly said that the 2010 elections should be different in a way that there'll be no more room for lies and misinformation. He also advised the need to have a new start in politics and believed that now is the time to have a new sort of politics. And since he believes this will be difficult, he has promised that he's going to take the lead.
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