TRAPO (Traditional Politicians)

[Luskan]

I don't want to pinpoint any politician because the main reason why these people are preserved is because of the voters mindset.

like what happened last election: candidate x was voted because he was gwapo, smart-talking, very young, against the person I hated etc. etc. etc. and the outcome was a very less productive senate.
Even if others vote for what is right, many of the illiterate still vote for those who are media-hyped.

Popularity indeed matters and it's a sad reality.

[reclamador]

Bro;

Atong trabahoon nga maka sabot ang mga botante nga dili ni popularity contest. dili ni pa gwapohay.

ato ning nasod atong ayohon !!!

Keep the Faith !!!

[mannyamador]

Edcel Lagman = SUPERTRAPO!

[reclamador]

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Lihok nasab ang power team nga mga IrO sa Mandaue. Gi apil man ni nery si quisumbing sa ilang groupo !
apil nasab ni sila sa mga IrO ?

bros, checkout this link : Cebu Daily News | Cebu's Only Independent Newspaper

not authorized diay ang TRAPO ! Wa pa diay maapil ang mga Quisumbings sa mga IrO sa Mandaue !

Keep the Faith !!!

[reclamador]

Bros,

i'm going to share with you a big reason why i think mayor Jonas is NOT a Trapo !

please read this news item below.



Break free of bad habits: Jonas; lawyers applaud dump's closure



Saturday, June 13, 2009

By Justin K. Vestil and Oscar C. Pineda

MANDAUE City Mayor Jonas Cortes urged Mandauehanons, in his Independence Day message yesterday, to free themselves from bad habits in disposing of their waste and to stop "passing the buck."

"Our freedom is tested by another challenge, of separating our garbage. Let us be open-minded and let us not pass the buck to others," Cortes told government employees and students at a program in front of City Hall.

He described as "political suicide" his decision to close the city's dumpsite in Barangay Umapad, as part of enforcing the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act or Republic Act 9003.

But environmentalists Antonio Oposa and some of his foreign colleagues called it a show of strong political will.

"You have all done something ordinary in an extraordinary way," Oposa said, during a visit to the dumpsite.

Aside from Los Baños in Laguna and Sta. Barbara in Iloilo Province, Oposa said Mandaue City is the first highly urbanized city in the country to have closed a dumpsite and taken steps to strictly enforce waste segregation.

Cortes closed the dumpsite last June 5 to comply with Executive Order 774, which aims to reduce solid waste by 50 percent. The order complements the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000, which gave a limited period for the operation of open dumpsites.

Mandaue City's Independence Day rites started with a mass at 6:30 a.m. at St. Joseph Shrine, then a wreath-laying at the Rizal and Bonifacio monuments across the street from the church. A program followed in front of City Hall.

Cortes said he realized that some people are unhappy with the additional job of segregating their household waste.

But Oposa urged the mayor, vice mayor, city councilors and all Mandauehanons to take pride in what they are doing to manage their garbage.

To be environmentally successful, every local government needs a good environment management system (EMS) with five major components: environment laws and government agencies to enforce them; funds; environmentally educated people; planning; and political will.

That advice came from lawyer Lin Lye Heng, an associate professor at the National University of Singapore.

"Give your support to the mayor, he is doing the right thing," she said at the dumpsite.

Oposa said as he will nominate Cortes, as the Mandauehanon's representative, for an international award through the Asia Pacific Center for Environmental Laws. Lye is the deputy director of the Singapore-based center.

The Global Legal Action on Climate Change (GLACC), which Oposa leads, said the Philippines should follow countries like Singapore and South Africa when it comes to the strict application of environmental laws.

GLACC invited Heng and Robin Adams, a lawyer and expert on environmental laws from South Africa, to talk to lawyers regarding environmental compliance.

Heng talked about how the former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew transformed Singapore into a First World country through the strict implementation of national policies, particularly environmental laws.

Heng cited, as examples, Singapore's strict regulation of air pollutants, such as by requiring car owners to fine-tune their cars and cut emissions, or risk as much as 12,000 Singaporean dollars in fines.

Oposa added that Philippine politicians should exercise such political will to improve environmental conditions.

"In a robust democracy, the drawback is that lawmakers think very short term," said Oposa.

[PentiumPoor]

Ang mga tawo nga nibotar aning mga traditional politician ang mga trapo

[hunt99]

aw wa gani morag apil man sator ocampo ani

[reclamador]

aw wa gani morag apil man sator ocampo ani

mas grabe among representa-thief ... err ... representative diay, kay negative (-) pa ni iyang net assets pagsugod "serbisyo" poorest member of congress man gani ni siya adtong panahona.

karon after 15 years serbisyo iyang mga kauban nga poorest, poorest lang gihapon... kaning among congresswoman dili na poorest... kay ni saka naman iyang net assets to more than 1,000 - 2,000 %

akong tan-aw Negosyo, dili Serbisyo

[colossus]

That is why we have to vote wisely in the coming elections. We don't want to elect another traditional politician for our district, city or municipality, or country. In almost all of the elective posts nationwide, we can refer to a trapo because they are literally everywhere.

Sometimes, even the innocent people who were elected became trapo once they enter the system. But some remained to be at their best. I just hope we can choose the right people this time. Otherwise, we should not simply blame them but we should ourselves for giving them the right to hold public office when they do not deserve such.

[SioDenz]

That is why we have to vote wisely in the coming elections. We don't want to elect another traditional politician for our district, city or municipality, or country. In almost all of the elective posts nationwide, we can refer to a trapo because they are literally everywhere.

Sometimes, even the innocent people who were elected became trapo once they enter the system. But some remained to be at their best. I just hope we can choose the right people this time. Otherwise, we should not simply blame them but we should ourselves for giving them the right to hold public office when they do not deserve such.

Unsaon man pagpili ug way kapili-an? ug tarong sa mga nilansar?