please support ATTY. "ALEX LACSON" FOR SENATOR

I cannot understand why our election laws overly-stress the principle of the “secret ballot.” When we go to the precinct to cast our votes, we are directed fill up the ballots inside booths or cubicles walled all around with wooden or cardboard separators so the person beside us cannot see who we voted for. We are even encouraged to keep quiet about who our choice candidates were.

Why should we keep our choice secret? If we believe in the integrity and competence of our chosen candidates, should we not in fact be trumpeting their names to the world, so other voters will appreciate them as much as we do, and maybe get convinced to vote for them too? It seems to me the only one with a need to keep his vote secret is the one who sold his right to vote for the biblical “mess of pottage.”

This early, yours truly has already made up his mind about certain national candidates he is going to vote for. I picked Noynoy Aquino as my choice for President because he is the one with the most reason to stay honest, and the least motivated to be corrupt. I hold these two criteria as the most vital traits of a Chief Executive during this particular election because they are the ones Filipinos need to regain self-respect.

I chose Mar Roxas for vice president because he was both selfless enough and was possessed with enough common sense to step back from his presidential ambitions and to wait for a more opportune time. An overly-ambitious and impatient candidate is the one the voter must not vote for. He is the most dangerous of the lot.

In the Senate race, I have already picked two newcomers from the Liberal Party; Lawyer Alex Lacson and Yasmin Busran Lao because they did not volunteer to run, and they were handpicked not because they guarantee votes for the Party leadership, but because their track record as persons who place others above self speak volumes about them. I will tell you about other choices as soon as I am already sure about them.

The history of Philippine elections teach us that the best candidate and the best leader is not the one who spent the most in order to get himself or herself elected. The two most-loved and most-respected Presidents in our history are Presidents Ramon Magsaysay and Corazon Aquino, and both of them were absolutely scrupulous about and made sure they did not over-spend during the campaign, and more so when disbursing public funds. We have that celebrated story about Cory Aquino not even allowing her grandchildren to eat candy served at Malacañang unless they paid for them.

At this low point in our nation’s history when Filipinos have a low regard of themselves – and our image abroad is not much better – a return to an honest and clean leadership is what we need to pick ourselves up from the dumps and to bring back self-respect. This kind we will get only if we pick them out from among the ones running for office, and trumpet them as the best choices. Keeping our choices secret and known only to ourselves will not get them into office.

BAGONG ISTORYA: Salu salo para sa ating kinabukasan

Cocktail Fundraising Event for Atty. Alex Lacson’s Senatorial Campaign
March 5, 7pm, Gateway Suites, 4/F Gateway Mall, Araneta Center, Cubao
You are invited to attend “BAGONG ISTORYA: Salu salo para sa ating kinabukasan” on March 5, 7 pm at Gateway Suites, Gateway Mall, Araneta Center, Cubao. This is a fundraising cocktail event organized by the volunteers of the Alex Lacson for Senator Movement.
Each ticket is P2,500. Your contribution can help write a new story for our country – ang BAGONG ISTORYA para sa ating bansa!
On March 5, Atty. Alex Lacson will thank you for your support. Artist Joniver Robles will be playing his signature blues. There will also be a silent auction of paintings by Mans Gonzales, and many more.
To view the complete list of artwork to be auctioned, click here.
You can buy BAGONG ISTORYA t-shirts, as well as Alex Lacson’s bestselling book, “12 Little Things Every Filipino Can Do To Help Our Country.”
For tickets deliveries and collection of payments, contact:
Makati – Mr. Alex Uy (0939 5777 762)
Ortigas – Atty. Sahlee Alejo (0920 9023 982)
Quezon City – Atty. Ingrid Gorre (0920 9281 317)
Let’s see each other on March 5!

ATTY. ALEX “PINOY” LACSON

Author of the Best-Selling Book, “12 Little Things Every Filipino Can Do To Help Our Country” and the famous poem “I Am Filipino”

Educational Background

Leadership Course, Haggai Leadership Institute, Singapore, where he delivered the valedictory address for all the graduates from 53 countries, 2007 Program of Instruction for Lawyers, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A., 2002 Bachelor of Laws, University of the Philippines (U.P.) Diliman, Quezon City, 1996 (working student) Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, U.P. Diliman, Quezon City, 1991 (working student) Philippine Military Academy, 1983-1986

Awards

Good Citizen/Good Filipino Award from the People Power Commission, February 25, 2009 Best Filipino (in Linguistics) Award from MI International School, March 2009 Young Filipino Achievers Award from Global Pinoy, 2006 Galing Pilipino Award from Galing Pilipino Movement, 2005

Work Experience

Partner, Malcolm Law Office, 2002-present Principal, Alay Pinoy Publishing House, 2005-present Lecturer, Mandatory Continuing Legal Education for Lawyers, LegalAdvantage and CD Asia Technology Lecturer, PNP Values Formation Program Lecturer, Institute for Solidarity in Asia (ISA) Speaker, DIWA Foundation (Enhancement Program for Teachers) Retreat Speaker to priests, lay ministers and faith communities under the Dilaab Foundation; Speaker, Parish Renewal Experience; Speaker, Haggai Leadership Training Member of the Board of Trustees of World Vision (Philippines) and Alay Buhay Foundation, both working for poor and marginalized children, families and communities nationwide, and Dilaab Foundation, which promotes Heroic Christian Citizenship among our people Counsel, United Nations Development Program, 1997-2004 Columnist, Business World newspaper, 1996-2003 Legal Counsel, People’s Task Force for Bases Clean-Up, representing victims of the toxic waste left in Subic Naval and Clark Air Bases Court Attorney, Office of Justice Teodoro Padilla, Supreme Court of the Philippines, 1996 Chief of Staff, Office of Rep. Manuel Sanchez, House of Representatives, 1992-1995 Writer/Researcher, Davide Fact-Finding Commission on the 1989 Coup D’Etat, 1990

Affiliations

Trustee, World Vision (Philippines), 2007 – present Trustee, Dilaab Foundation, 2007 – present Trustee, Alay Buhay Foundation, 2007 – present Member, Philippine Haggai Member, Couples For Christ, Greenmeadows Chapter Member, Rotary Club of the Philippines, Pasig Chapter Member and former Lord Chancellor, Alpha Phi Beta, U.P. College of Law

Personal Data

Married to Atty. Pia Pena, blessed with 4 children Born in Kabankalan, Negros Occidental, to Jose and Fe Lacson; one of 7 siblings; his father finished high school only while his mother was a public school teacher (Grade 2) all her life Sponsor, together with his wife, of 38 scholars in Negros Occidental