PART 1: The Situation PART 1: The Situation Addressed Addressed

What is the Peoples Primaries and why do we need it now?

by: Atty. Charlie Serapioby: Atty. Charlie Serapio

PEOPLES’ PRIMARIESPEOPLES’ PRIMARIES

PHILOSOPHY – Sovereignty resides in the people, PHILOSOPHY – Sovereignty resides in the people, hence there must be congruence hence there must be congruence between the source of power (the between the source of power (the people) and the leaders invested people) and the leaders invested with the authority to exercise the with the authority to exercise the power. (Law / Gov’t.) (Bureaucracy)power. (Law / Gov’t.) (Bureaucracy)

IDEA – The representatives who exercise the IDEA – The representatives who exercise the sovereign power of the people must sovereign power of the people must be produced by a process that allows be produced by a process that allows broad-based participation by them.broad-based participation by them.

CONCEPT - The primaries can be understood CONCEPT - The primaries can be understood therefore as a GOAL, PROCESS and therefore as a GOAL, PROCESS and MEANSMEANS

AS A GOAL:AS A GOAL:

Alleviate corruption in Alleviate corruption in National and Local politics by National and Local politics by

raising and selecting God-raising and selecting God-loving, “non-trapo” and loving, “non-trapo” and

competent public officials competent public officials concerned with the common concerned with the common good and committed to the good and committed to the

empowerment of the Filipino empowerment of the Filipino people to achieve progress.people to achieve progress.

AS A PROCESS:AS A PROCESS:

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

AS A MEANS:AS A MEANS:

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

The Objectives:The Objectives:

1.1. Mobilize 20% of the electorate per congressional Mobilize 20% of the electorate per congressional district, particularly among the youth who district, particularly among the youth who registered as voters, to participate in the Primaries registered as voters, to participate in the Primaries and later support the chosen candidates.and later support the chosen candidates.

2.2. Unite reform-minded organizations to work for the Unite reform-minded organizations to work for the election of good, responsible, and reform-oriented election of good, responsible, and reform-oriented leaders, particularly at the highest levels of leaders, particularly at the highest levels of government.government.

3.3. Provide an environment and a structure for a Provide an environment and a structure for a political machinery to emerge, where various political machinery to emerge, where various advocacies may be represented and become part advocacies may be represented and become part of the platform of government to be adopted by the of the platform of government to be adopted by the slate of candidates who will form the “ Peoples slate of candidates who will form the “ Peoples Dream Team “.Dream Team “.

CONTEXTUAL SETTING OF THE CONTEXTUAL SETTING OF THE PEOPLES’ PRIMARIESPEOPLES’ PRIMARIES

““Non-Trapo”Non-Trapo” ““Trapo”Trapo”vvs.s.Change AgentChange Agent

Spiritual/MoralistSpiritual/Moralist

Alter power Alter power Arrangement/ Reform Arrangement/ Reform Status quoStatus quoPluralistic PoliticsPluralistic Politics

Establishment Establishment Accomplice Accomplice Materialist, Patronage Materialist, Patronage Politics, Politics,

Maintain power Maintain power arrangement / pro status arrangement / pro status quo.quo.Dynastic PoliticsDynastic Politics Bottoms-up organized Bottoms-up organized

movement, transparent.movement, transparent. top-down, self-top-down, self-

Proclaimed Proclaimed machineries, machineries, manipulative.manipulative.

Developmental and Developmental and Ethical Media Ethical Media

““ACDC” or utilizes ACDC” or utilizes “Envelopmental” Media. “Envelopmental” Media.

People campaign People campaign financed. financed.

Oligarchic campaign Oligarchic campaign financed. financed. Subservient to special Subservient to special interestinterest

Experiential Idealist,Experiential Idealist,Supports Common Good, Supports Common Good, “walk the talk”. “walk the talk”.

Transactional Politics, Transactional Politics, Pragmatist, “double Pragmatist, “double talk”.talk”.Voter intimidation thru Voter intimidation thru guns, goons, gold.guns, goons, gold.

REQUISITE REQUISITE CONDITIONSCONDITIONS

Unified Peoples AgendaUnified Peoples Agenda

Unified Peoples CoalitionUnified Peoples Coalition

Unified Leadership & Unified Leadership & SlateSlate

Adequate Resources and Adequate Resources and Cooperative MediaCooperative Media

New Wine, New New Wine, New WineskinWineskin

““And no one puts new wine And no one puts new wine into old wineskin, for the into old wineskin, for the wine would burst the skins wine would burst the skins and then both the wine and then both the wine and the skins would be and the skins would be lost. But new wine, new lost. But new wine, new wineskin.”wineskin.”

Mark. 2:22Mark. 2:22

PART 2: Organizational PART 2: Organizational ProcessesProcesses

How are we Organize and Develop the Peoples’

Primaries?

by: Philip Camaraby: Philip Camara

HOW PP WORKSHOW PP WORKS

•District-basedDistrict-based

•Electoral Voting SystemElectoral Voting System

•One Qualified Person – One Qualified Person – One VoteOne Vote

•Computerized SMS-based Computerized SMS-based Vote Tallying SystemVote Tallying System

DISTRICT ELECTORAL VOTE DISTRICT ELECTORAL VOTE SYSTEMSYSTEM

Each District has between 1 to 12 Each District has between 1 to 12 electoral votes.electoral votes.

1 electoral vote for minimum of 1,000 1 electoral vote for minimum of 1,000 electors.electors.

1 additional electoral vote for every 1 additional electoral vote for every increment of 10,000 electors. increment of 10,000 electors.

12 electoral votes for a District will be 12 electoral votes for a District will be defined as maximum.defined as maximum.

216 Districts Nationwide216 Districts Nationwide

Presidential Nominee winner is he/she Presidential Nominee winner is he/she who wins the majority of the Total who wins the majority of the Total Electoral Votes.Electoral Votes.

ORGANIZING THE DISTRICT ORGANIZING THE DISTRICT ELECTORATEELECTORATE

National Facilitators Group District Reps National Facilitators Group District Reps become the DISTRICT TECHNICAL become the DISTRICT TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP (DTWG).WORKING GROUP (DTWG).

The DTWG recruits sub-district orgs to The DTWG recruits sub-district orgs to form the DISTRICT FACILITATORS GROUP form the DISTRICT FACILITATORS GROUP (DFG).(DFG).

The DFG recruits District Electors from The DFG recruits District Electors from among its members and spheres of among its members and spheres of influence.influence.

Minimum of 1,000 Electors for District to Minimum of 1,000 Electors for District to join. (Oct. 15 to Oct. 30, 2009).join. (Oct. 15 to Oct. 30, 2009).

Voting ControlVoting ControlMaster Voter Control Numbers Master Voter Control Numbers

(MVCN) are Only Issued by the (MVCN) are Only Issued by the National Facilitators Group to DFGs.National Facilitators Group to DFGs.

DFG recruited Electors must register DFG recruited Electors must register their participation by sending their their participation by sending their MVCN by SMS.MVCN by SMS.

Elector’s name, voting place and Elector’s name, voting place and MVCN are locked by the NFG MVCN are locked by the NFG Computer System.Computer System.

The System will only recognize One The System will only recognize One Vote per MVCN.Vote per MVCN.

Winning Presidential Winning Presidential NomineeNominee

Why a Congressional District Electoral Voting System?

1. To equalize participation and ensure balanced representation of all areas in the Philippines;

2. Ensure non-domination by limited sector or organizations that are disproportionately large;

3. Make the process less subject to manipulation or suspicions of manipulation.

Who will Organize and Facilitate the Primaries?The Technical Working Group (TWG)

Designs the overall scheme and prepares the operations templates.

They will assist in the formation of the National Facilitator’s Group (NFG) and Screening Committee (SC).

They shall establish a Voting Control System; Assigned pre-numbers will be distributed to DFGs to

effectively register the Peoples’ Primaries electorates; These will be control numbers for voting through SMS. They will include members of Partisan movements

and reform, non-trapo political parties who will nominate candidates to the primaries.

Who will Organize and Facilitate the Primaries?The National Facilitators Group (NFG) 

They will be responsible in organizing the District Facilitator’s Groups (DFGs) and District Selection Committee (DSC);

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.

They will be composed of Non-Partisan movements and organizations affiliated, allied with MGG and like-minded groups and will primarily be responsible in conducting the People’s Primaries.

Who will Organize and Facilitate the Primaries?The Screening Committee (SC) They will determine who will qualify to join the

primaries based on the MGG Candidate Criteria and the definition of a “Trapo” and “Non-Trapo”*. They shall consist of representatives of moral and spiritual organizations e.g. CBCP, Ulama Muslim Council, NCCP/UCCP, AMRSP, Transparochial Communities, etc.

*See attachments

Who can Participate and be Nominated in Who can Participate and be Nominated in the Peoples’ Primaries to Develop the the Peoples’ Primaries to Develop the People’s Agenda, Coalition and Slate? People’s Agenda, Coalition and Slate? 1) Any socio-civic or religious organization and their registered

members*;

2) Movements, trade organizations, NGO’s, cooperatives and their registered members*;

3) “Non-Trapo” Political parties and their registered members.*1) *Registered with the National Facilitators Group (NFG);

4) They are not necessarily politicians who want to be elected in 2010;

5) 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;

6) He/She has Good Moral Character (Refer to Non-Trapo Definition and Candidate Criteria w/ Scorecard);

7) Nominated by the people through community caucuses and “ Circles of Discernment” and endorsed by like-minded community organizations;

8) Commissioned by the District Facilitators Group assigned in the District.

What are the Basic Policy of What are the Basic Policy of Peoples’ Primaries?Peoples’ Primaries? The Non-Partisan Organizations will conduct the

Primaries; The registered electorates and the 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 People’s 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 Reform 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 ( Inputs from partisan and non-partisan); Organize the People’s Coalition and determine the People’s National Slate (based on the results of the Primaries).

Organizational Organizational ProcessProcess

TECHNICAL TECHNICAL WORKING WORKING

GROUPGROUP

NATIONAL NATIONAL FACILITATOFACILITATORS’ GROUPRS’ GROUP

NATIONAL NATIONAL TECHNICAL TECHNICAL WORKING WORKING

COMMITTEECOMMITTEE

NATIONAL NATIONAL SELECTION SELECTION COMMITTEECOMMITTEE

DISTRICT DISTRICT ORGANIZINORGANIZIN

G G COMMITTEECOMMITTEE

DISTRICT DISTRICT FACILITATOFACILITATORS’ GROUPRS’ GROUP

DISTRICT DISTRICT TECHNICAL TECHNICAL WORKING WORKING

COMMITTEECOMMITTEE

DISTRICT DISTRICT SELECTION SELECTION COMMITTEECOMMITTEE

PEOPLES’ PEOPLES’ PRIMARIES PRIMARIES

ELECTORATESELECTORATES

Organizational Organizational Chart Chart

Organizational Organizational Chart Chart

NATIONAL NATIONAL FACILITATOFACILITATORS’ GROUPRS’ GROUP

NATIONAL NATIONAL TECHNICAL TECHNICAL WORKING WORKING

COMMITTEECOMMITTEE

NATIONAL NATIONAL SELECTION SELECTION COMMITTEECOMMITTEE

DISTRICT DISTRICT FACILITATOFACILITATORS’ GROUPRS’ GROUP

DISTRICT DISTRICT TECHNICAL TECHNICAL WORKING WORKING

COMMITTEECOMMITTEE

DISTRICT DISTRICT SELECTION SELECTION COMMITTEECOMMITTEE

PEOPLES’ PEOPLES’ PRIMARIES PRIMARIES

ELECTORATESELECTORATES

PART 3: PART 3:

Strategic Support Components and

Organizational Development Tools for the Peoples’

Primaries

by: Andy Q. Rosalesby: Andy Q. Rosales

New Wine, New New Wine, New WineskinWineskin

““And no one puts new wine And no one puts new wine into old wineskin, for the into old wineskin, for the wine would burst the skins wine would burst the skins and then both the wine and then both the wine and the skins would be and the skins would be lost. But new wine, new lost. But new wine, new wineskin.”wineskin.”

Mark. 2:22Mark. 2:22

PEOPLES’ PEOPLES’ PRIMARIESPRIMARIES

WARCHEST WARCHEST MOBILIZATIMOBILIZATI

ONON

LEVELING LEVELING THE THE

ELECTORAL ELECTORAL PLAYING PLAYING

FIELDFIELD

ELECTION ELECTION ENGAGEMEENGAGEME

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MTPDP MTPDP FORMULATIFORMULATI

ONON

PEOPLE’S PEOPLE’S COALITIOCOALITIO

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Defining the Defining the cause, cause,

processes and processes and Agreeing to Agreeing to the Target the Target

Political Political Markets Markets

Formulation Formulation of Peoples’ of Peoples’

AgendaAgenda

Establishing Establishing the Peoples’ the Peoples’

CoalitionCoalition

Determining Determining the Peoples’ the Peoples’

SlateSlate

Tangkilikan Tangkilikan thru thru Bayanihan

sa Hanap-Buhay FrameworkFramework

Set up Set up Community Community Kitchen and Kitchen and Mini Pinoy Mini Pinoy Marts, etc. Marts, etc. using the using the

Community Franchising System

Launch Local Launch Local Exchange Exchange Trading Trading

System (LETS) System (LETS) / Bartering, / Bartering,

Data Base of Data Base of Skills and Skills and

Community Community Resources, Resources,

etc.etc. Neutralize Neutralize COMELEC and COMELEC and

CourtsCourts

Expose Expose Corrupt Corrupt

COMELEC and COMELEC and Court OfficialsCourt Officials

Massive Massive Orientation of Orientation of

Peoples Peoples AgendaAgenda

Local Peoples’ Local Peoples’ Coalition Coalition Building Building

Organization Organization of AKA 182of AKA 182

Massive Massive Accreditation Accreditation of POs, NGOs of POs, NGOs and Private and Private

Sector Sector OrganizationsOrganizations

Massive Massive Campaign Campaign

using proven using proven election election

Technology Technology and Local and Local

Development Development Planning Planning Agenda Agenda

Setting thru Setting thru Caucuses and Caucuses and

“Pulong “Pulong Bahays”Bahays”

Tap Non-Tap Non-Partisan/NeutrPartisan/Neutr

al al Organizations Organizations to Facilitate to Facilitate the Peoples’ the Peoples’

PrimariesPrimaries

NATIONAL NATIONAL TECHNICAL TECHNICAL

WORKING GroupWORKING Group

Reconstitution Reconstitution of Local of Local

Special Bodies Special Bodies & LDCs& LDCs

DocumentatioDocumentation of election n of election

violations and violations and Filing of DQ Filing of DQ

Cases in Cases in COMELECCOMELEC

Adoption of Adoption of Standard Standard

Local Local Development Development

Planning Planning Framework Framework

Organization Organization of MAGING of MAGING

TAPAT TAPAT (Movement for (Movement for Government Government

Transparency Transparency and and

Accountability to Accountability to Institutionalize Institutionalize

Peoples Peoples Participation and Participation and Empowerment)Empowerment)Petition SC for Petition SC for the Extension the Extension

of Filing of of Filing of CandidacyCandidacy

PART 3:PART 3:

Detailed Schedule of Activities of the Peoples’

Primaries

by: Roy Cabonegroby: Roy Cabonegro

STEP 1:PREPARATORY WORK

A. NAT ORGANIZING COMM (NOC) completes the framework1. Defining Trapo, Non-Trapo 2. Process & ScheduleThey Identify members for the NAT FACILITATORS GRP (NFG) & NAT SCREENING COMMITTEE (NSC)

B. NOC convenes the NFG among non-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. NFGNFG convenes convenes Non-Trapo/ Non-Trapo/ Reformist Partisan Grps Reformist Partisan Grps re: re: the Peoples' Primaries & invites the Peoples' Primaries & invites them to have a covenant that them to have a covenant that they will: a) form a PEOPLES' they will: a) form a PEOPLES' COALITION w/ a buttom up COALITION w/ a buttom up process for a political agenda & process for a political agenda & nominees; b) respect the results nominees; b) respect the results of the primaries; and c) support of the primaries; and c) support the winners of the Primaries.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. B. DFGsDFGs conducts District conducts District Caucuses nationwideCaucuses 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 Eligible candidates for the Primaries (Nat to Local) the Primaries (Nat to Local) are announce by the NSC & are announce by the NSC & DSCs respectivelyDSCs respectively

STEP 4A:PEOPLES PRIMARIES (DISTRICT LEVEL)- utilizing a Electoral College system of 5 votes for every average district

DFGs coordinates Peoples' DFGs coordinates Peoples' Primary Elections through Primary Elections through a series of caucuses to: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 4b:PEOPLES PRIMARIES(NAT CONVENTION)A. Delegates ratifies the Delegates ratifies the PEOPLES AGENDA.PEOPLES AGENDA.B. VP & 12 Senators to be VP & 12 Senators to be elected by the convention elected by the convention delegates & declareddelegates & declaredC. Run-Off elections for P/VP Run-Off elections for P/VP conducted if needed.conducted if needed.D. Coalition Candidates declared.Coalition Candidates declared.

STEP 5:PREPARATION FOR ELECTIONS

A. The PEOPLES' The PEOPLES' COALITION registers COALITION registers with COMELECwith COMELEC

B. The PEOPLES' The PEOPLES' COALITION COALITION Candidates (National to Candidates (National to Local) files candidacy Local) files candidacy under the coalition.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 All members of the PEOPLES' COALITION PEOPLES' COALITION will be re-convened & will be re-convened & organize at the district organize at the district levels to prepare for levels to prepare for campaigning, fund campaigning, fund raising, election, etcraising, election, etc

D. PEOPLES' PEOPLES' COALITION members COALITION members mobilizes for mobilizes for nationwide campaign nationwide campaign and campaign/elections and campaign/elections fund raisingfund raising

STEP 6:ELECTION DAY!

Coalition members Coalition members mobilizes for election-mobilizes for election-related workrelated work

PRAY!!!

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?

May-JuneMay-June June-JulyJune-July July-AugustJuly-August August-OctoberAugust-October Nov 09 – May 10Nov 09 – May 10 June-July 2010June-July 2010

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. DFGsDFGs collaborates collaborates with local organizations with local organizations to invite individual voters to invite individual voters per district to join the per district to join the Peoples Coalition & Peoples Coalition & exercise their electoral exercise their electoral privilege for the privilege for the primaries and assign primaries and assign them specific voter them specific voter control number.control number.(* Part of the requirement to be able to enjoy this electoral privilege is to contribute at least P10 to the Coalition)

b) NFGNFG & & DFGs DFGs w/ their w/ their respective respective TWGsTWGs coordinate with coordinate with participating participating Partisan Partisan Groups Groups & other & other interested groups to interested groups to prepare campaigning prepare campaigning tools tools (e.g. CD of video

presentation of candidates) & & organizing local events organizing local events to facilitate campaigningto facilitate campaigning

THANK YOU!THANK YOU!

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May God bless us May God bless us All!All!