My Dear Brother Bishops, Priests and Social Action Staff:
Greetings of the Risen Lord!
On a personal note, I would like to share with you our 2019 Election Guide. Our voters need our accompaniment; many of them need our guidance and instruction on whom to vote, especially in the national level at this time.
While every vote is sacred and personal, consciousness should always be directed towards common good hence, in this extraordinary time, we feel that we need to come out to protect our people and country from the dangerous future – if the present administration’s candidates won in the midterm election – by being partisan.
Inspired and encouraged by Social Teaching and Church documents calling for electorate to be responsible voters through discernment, forum, debates, lay groups have come up with a list of candidates they consider to be competent, qualified and pro-people, pro-country and pro-God.
As also endorsed by Bishop Pabillo, we are sharing and informing you of the lay people’s choice as they underwent a tedious process of discernment to endorse senatorial candidates. Let us help the laity share the results of their discernment choices.
While we do our share, we fully entrust the fate of our country and people to God and we rely the intercession of our dear mother, Mama Mary, that the God of Justice, Truth and Peace will grant our prayers.
Yours in Christ,
Most Rev. Rolando J. Tria Tirona, OCD
Please find attached the election guide and other relevant election materials for your campaign and discernment.
An analyst suggested voting straight 8 only, for a simple mathematical explanation… If the 8 get 10M voltes, any other candidate that was added to the list will also get 10M votes added to their votes, which may dislodge any member of the 8 diretso, causing him/her not to be elected. Every vote count… I can see the logic to this.