I was just wondering this because I was reading about how pacquiao's fight supposedly delayed a coup d'etat. I know close to nothing about philippine politics(except that it's corrupt) but if the current president was ousted who would the people want as the next president??

Pacquiao for Prez fo sho!

hehe totally!! the first president from mindanao!!

How about Aga Mulach for president.

If GMA is ousted, the Philippines probably will be repeating history. Another widow will probably be put to the presidency. You guys probably know who I am talking about. Then the Philippines will be moving backward instead of moving forward. God Bless the Philippines.

I think I've seen this guy before in a commercial for muffins while I was in philippines. why this guy? btw, is he mestizo?

How about Ping Lacson?

....Im still waiting for East Thailand's union with Thailand proper

lol

what the hell?

What about Ramos agen? I've always thought he was a good president.

siri is saying that philippines is eastern thailand, he's such kidder

that would be cool, philippines and indonesia would have similar presidents(former generals)

haha mr. bahaw. kai bao di ay ka sa gi ingun nako (spelling)??


Think about it..Thailand + Philippines = POWERFUL ASEAN STATE

Thailand will have to change its name to Western Philippines.

hey we were once united by land!

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maybe then will jean claude van dam make goofy fighting movies in the PI too!

Malaysia and Indonesia should join the partay!

Sabah and the Philippines will also be united

wow Siri your knowledge of my language impresses. it impresses too much, you got a bisaya gf helping you or something?

HOLY $hit!! I never realized how close western philippines was to malaysia. and I wonder how many of those islands south of mindanao belong to philippines before it reaches indonesia

hey I just noticed that name Kota Kinabalu 2

if thats the case, then we should have a joint effort to invade vietnam....
vietnam is blocking the route between philippines and west philippines...

I can even travel the whole Philippines riding a motorcycle I dont have to ride a plane or boat. I can even go to Thailand riding a motorcycle.

Sounds that Sirikit is planning to create a "boxing bastion" in Asia. LOL

HAH! Why should we change our name? We have a higher GNP and a higher GDP per capita as well as a FAR MORE powerful military lol 2

No, I think the Philippines should rightfully join the Fatherland and be known as Eastern Thailand. lol. but thats just my own imperialist point of view (joking around) lollll or am I? 2



haha oo gyud! Kai bao man ko kai DAGHANG man ko amigo kanang bisaya. Kai bao ka naa ko x gf pinay, taga bohol man shiya. Hoy naman..easy na easy man ang pilipino ug bisaya para nako. lol time for you naman to learn ahong language! Easy man pud nang thai, just try lang!




LOL!!! Eastern Thailand should have continuity with the mainland, perhaps we should 'reunite' peninsular malaysia with thailand, and the philippines. I dont think a war with vietnam would be something our great empire state can afford and expect to have financial supremacy in south east asia. Take over the weaker countries first

Oh you guys make me laugh!!!

Sorry naman if hindi ako maka sabi tagalog kasi hindi mashyado ko..only little naman.

Cheers!


LONG LIVE EAST AND WESTERN THAILAND! 2

lol ur funny 2 I hope this doesn't become a flame war. The guy's joking so let's leave it at that.

i know it was just a prank.... hahahahaha

Of course you guys know im joking. Plus. I luvvvv the philippines! I love the people, culture, food, girls, girls girls, girls, beach resorts, METRO MANILA!!! as well i love the language and the warth of the nation!

Mahal na mahal kita!

sup dyosa anong balita dyan?

.... oh my i don't know what's the hell is going around here,
what i know is that now is my big day for it is my birthday and we're getting off topic.... nyaha....

oh wow! congratz! I hope you have a great bday and may all ur wishes and dreams come true on this special occasion! corny ano? Anyways how old r u turning?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

k back to topic.

thank you .... i'm 19 haha.... 2

why does philippines have the honor of being eastern thailand? why can't laos and cambodia be eastern thailand? take myanmar too, get all the land that thailand "legitimately conquered" but had to give away

and I knew it!!! so you were cheating!! maybe I'll try learning thai but I am always apprehensive to learn a language that doesn't use western alphabet and besides bahasa melayu is keeping me pretty busy atm

so goodluck to you, your dreams about acquiring philippines, and most of all goodluck to your king!!

amen to that brother!

If your king ran for president of the Phillippines ill vote for him lol, you thai's are very lucky to have him hes a good a man and a great example for all leaders.

ok enough fantasizing and let's get back to what his thread is supposed to be about. I have been reading aroud in the internet and wondered if this guy would be a good candidate for president:

you filipinos living in the philippines already know who he is but for those who don't this is a place with info about him
info 1

info 2

I don't even know if he wants to be president

Aysus! Sirikitong a Thai can speak Bisayan? Wow, I'm very proud of you bro!!!

The topic: For me, my opinion would be for a balikbayan to run for president after establishing a political party that does social work in the country to show what it is capable of. Not the same recycled politicians that we have now. Time for some new blood.

ok guys I just remembered asking my parents how exactly senatores get elected. I didn't understand because in my head I kept thinking it was like how americans elect their senators. can someone here clearly explain how senators get elected please

oh and btw isn't pimentel an indian last name?

Manila?! For Christ's sake. Haha. Kidding.



Hey, cute taglish. You're learning.. or have you already learned?

You're exactly right! I cannot figure why it seems Filipinos would rather put someone that is "popular" in office to guide their country, moreso than someone that is "qualified!" Poe was an actor, God Bless his soul, however; did you really want an ACTOR handling your doemestic and international/world affairs? Appointing someone that is "popular" vs "qualified" to run your country makes no sense at all. Sometimes I'm confused at the way Filipinos think.

Benigno Aquino was the best hope for the P.I. Symbolically electing widows may give you a "moral" victory, however; it does nothing in bringing in the level of expertise and experience needed to run a country, which is a very very very complicated job! Much less a country as full of corruption as the P.I. You need someone that is not only educated, but has had success at governing a province or region already. Someone that has tried and tested their ideology, indicators and tools on a lower level and now has the guts to take to the next level...

how bout Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.??he's been running ilocos norte pretty well while he is the governor..last time he ran unopposed too..he helped build the windmills in ilocos norte which is the first in Southeast Asia..however, it would be hard for filipinos to accept him because of his name...

i vote for nora aunor.

you know she's here in the united states awaiting trial, right??

i'll go for walden bello or for one of the tañadas. real patriots!!! but i know that is next to impossible to happen. most pinoys don't even know them. and US will certainly not be happy with Bello( one reason why i like him) , but hey we will get good oil deal from Venezuela, he is one of Chavez's idol. we'd be less affected by all the price blackoiling (c'mon folks forgive the forced pun of balckmailing 2 ) by the middle east powers.

i don't know if Jovito Salonga is still sharp, if he still is, he'd be a very good transitional president while we make the structural and constitutional changes that are necessary.

no the the marcoses or others from the traditional dynasties. ilocos, probably had benefited from his rule and i respect his legacy among ilocanos. he certainly was a great man and could have remained that way had he not been blinded by wealth and power. but we have to always remember that he is also one of the main reasons of all this mess we are in right now. one of his worst sins is the politicisation of the military. from then on, men in uniform had ceased to be looked up to as guardians and defenders of the people. they have been seen as birds of prey disguised as doves. some of them are really there for the people but they will be still seen as vultures. it is very difficult for a country to be stable when its people cannot even trust its military. as my grandma shared, before the marcos militarization, to have a police man or soldier around gives tha assurance of security and order, but now to see these men in uniform gives you that feeling that they are about to ask you for bribes or arrest you for trumped up charges.

there are good policemen and soldiers, i have friends and uncles who are. but honestly don't we have that weird fear when we see a policeman? hulidap bantay salakay?

whoever the pinoys choose, in case GMA is evicted, may we learn from our history. indeed one of the greatest flaws of Filipinos is that we have very short historical memory. it's good to forgive but some things should not be forgotten. forgiveness comes with justice.

going back to the question. president who????
for constitutional reasons, i'd go for - certainly not De Castro, among the senators my gut tells me to go for Mar Roxas or Joker arroyo. This is an uninformed choice so argue if you like . enlighten me, explain it to the gut, hope it understands. 2

but if this reckless wish come true, i'd hope to learn from whatever comes out of it. i think we pinoys as a country can learn from mortal combat eh! 2
i think at one point it was said there that, Learn from your life's mistakes for you might be doomed to repeat it.

Aint our government the same circus with a different cast? and yes showbizland have noticed that fact, that's why they're flocking to be politicians. tHey have the credentials eh!

i know i heard. lol!

drug charges, is it? grabe. kawawa naman sha.

I think Gordon will make a great president, he's intelligent and knows the needs of the filipino people and country.

i would like either Bayani Fernando or Panfilo Lacson
as president... we need a disciplinarian... 2

yea Lacson would be a good president...i wanted him to win the 2004 presidential elections...if he becomes president, i'm pretty sure he would really enforce laws and be really tough...Col. Abadilla was his mentor after all...

In the United States, senators get elected in their own respective state. For example, Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein were elected to the senate by the California voters. Only the California voters could elect them, they don't get elected from other states. United States has 50 states, so two senators from each state, makes it 100 senators.

In the Philippines, Senators get elected nationally, they get elected in their own respective province and region, and also get elected from other regions. There are 24 senators in the Philippine Senate. Senate-candidates from National Capital Region or other regions can be elected from other regions. (IMHO, this su*ks because once that senator in Metro Manila, for example, gets elected, he or she only cares about Metro Manila, those regions that voted for him or her are ignored).

Before Martial Law, I think Philippine senators were elected in their own respective regions. Philippines used to have 12 regions with 2 senators in every region, that's why there's 24 senators in the Philippine Senate. However, when the Cory Constitution was passed by some stupid politicians in 1987, they didn't think about bringing back the 1935 Constitution, which is patterned after the U.S. Constitution. They didn't think about giving every region at least 2 senators that would represent their region in the higher chamber of congress. Pag ganito, balanse lahat, walang problema. So now, there are regions that don't have its own representative in the Senate, and ARMM is one of them. This is one of the reason kung bakit ang mga Filipino Muslims are feeling left out, dahil wala silang tagapagsalita sa Senado. Majority of the Senators right now are either from Central Luzon, National Capital Region and Calabarzon Region IV-A.

There are 12 Senators right now and their term end in 2007. Some of them would seek re-election, and I'm sure there will be a lot of politicians who want to be elected in the Senate. And the 12 candidates that get the highest votes will fill that 12 vacant seat in the senate. Those in the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th places would be using the vote buying tactics, dagdag-bawas, and they would send their "tutas" to Mindanao and other regions that have slow count to rig their votes in their favors. And then those 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, placers would be crying that they have been cheated.

Majority of the politicians cheated in every elections, the richer the candidates the more votes he or she gets because that candidate pays more.

whoever it is will probably run the country to the ground just like the last president.