what will you do if you receive money by a candidate who's running...
@totallyundecided (3190)
Philippines
May 3, 2007 10:33am CST
for this coming May 14 elections?
well, my friend called. she sounded so funny coz she told me that a certain candidate went in to their soccer practice and then gave each of them a thousand pesos and told them to vote for him this coming elections (May 14) and they all said yes.
then she asked me what i will do if i was in her place. for a moment, i don't know what to say.
what's your say about this?
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9 responses
@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
4 May 07
I think it is not fair to vote for a candidate...who is buying his votes by offering money. His intentions do not appear to be honest and In my opinion this kind of candidates should be discouraged if we want to have an honest and clean fellows to operate.
@totallyundecided (3190)
• Philippines
4 May 07
yeah. i know that but vote buying here in philippines, ike cool hunks said, it's not new anymore. people here, due to financial crisis, often accepts money so that they can buy food.
sometimes, i think of not voting anymore coz somehow, i don't know if it still makes a difference. =(
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@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
4 May 07
Oh! I did know that poor people in your place are lured and enticed that way to buy the vote. I think it is a kind of exploitation of poor people that you give them money and buy votes.
deepak
@Deane_2005 (1644)
• Philippines
4 May 07
Is that candidate running for higher office?. I am estactic about it since I have not dealt with such practices before even I had become an SK official before. I guess such type of persons is vote buying already considering that a thousand pesos is a big amount in our country today. But I rather vote for candidates that are not buying votes but those who have the capacity and the eagerness to help the people .
@totallyundecided (3190)
• Philippines
6 May 07
he's a senatorial candidate. =)
thanks for dropping by Deane. =)
@coolhunkz (360)
• Philippines
3 May 07
vote buying in the phil. is rampant and tolerated.. so im not amaze anymore of this news... you might ask me what would i do i think its better to accept the money but never vote for that candidate....
@totallyundecided (3190)
• Philippines
4 May 07
superb plan of action there coolhunks. i'll do that. and besides, no one will really know. =)
@tallpaulno44a (1574)
• United States
3 May 07
I'll go along with the others: Take the $ and vote for whomever you want to vote for.
@totallyundecided (3190)
• Philippines
4 May 07
LOL!!! that's the paul i know. jk. tc paul!!! no new jokes? =(
@ryanphil01 (4182)
• Philippines
3 May 07
i have been waiting for that opportunity to receive "gifts" from candidates, but as of date i had not experienced it yet. should that happen to me, though' i will be putting myself in hot water and endanger my life, i will use the money as evidence of vote buying against the said candidate and report to the nearest COMELEC office.
@totallyundecided (3190)
• Philippines
4 May 07
lol. i am too but i guess not as brave as you that i will report it to comelec. thanks ryan. =)
@bitchgoddess (36)
• Philippines
4 May 07
Well, honestly, a thousand pesos is not bad. But does the candidate know your cousin's name and his/her precint? if not, then i guess that candidate will never know if your cousin really voted for him/her. I would probably get the money but i will definitely not vote for that candidate. Giving away money in exchange for votes is a major turn off!
@totallyundecided (3190)
• Philippines
4 May 07
yeah. i agree with you. lol. no, the candidate just went to the field and gave them a thousand bucks each.
@totallyundecided (3190)
• Philippines
4 May 07
lol. funny coz the taxi driver i rode in this morning, i told him about this situation and he said, he'll take the money but will not vote for the candidate. i should do that too.
thanks for the legal advice
@Stryker14 (138)
• Qatar
3 May 07
I'll gonna take the money, and campaign and vote for other candidate. Because if he will win, it more than a thousand pesos he will gonna take from every filipinos..
@dyubert (18)
• Philippines
4 May 07
all i know is when i received a money from a politician that is running...well i just put it on my offerings on my church..in that way i know more people will benefit from the said money..God Bless us all
