here’s something from bf’s blog:

A two-party system whose campaigns are funded by public money will moderate poll spending and minimize vote buying and other forms of electoral fraud.

A campaign based on issues and on distinct political and economic philosophies will offer voters a genuine choice on election day.

A responsible campaign financing law will penalize and prohibit unconscionable campaign contributions and influence buying by big political patrons. This practice corrupts the electoral process by making politicians beholden to vested interests.

Furthermore, no reform is complete if we allow politicians to make a mockery of the electoral system. Election protests pending before the Electoral Tribunals sleep the sleep of the dead. Cases are decided years after the elections are over. The wheels of justice grind exceedingly slow. The will of the people is frustrated. If blessed in 2010, I will look into how we can abbreviate the electoral protests so that the will of the people can prevail. Only then can we serve justice and observe the true meaning of democracy.

what’s unappealing to me aboout our parties is that they don’t really have an ideology. what they have in abundance are interests. i read somewhere that in our country there is only one true political party and it’s the communist party of the philippines.

Gordon was another, though he failed to mention this himself during the first ANC Forum.

Having mentioned his name once, let me get to other ideas.

– The funding should not go to the candidates directly but to the party that nominated him.

– Make party switching illegal.

– Revise the OEC (omnibus election code) to allow political campaigns prior to the election period. This is very much like the idea of legalizing drugs or prostitution so that government can regulate it.