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5. Civics and Democratic Governance

Distinction between democratic governance and 'participatory democracy'

Citizenry as Sovereign Body Politic; and Government's role and accountability as servant, facilitator and leader in a working democracy

People,s collective self-empowerment through 'building-blocks' synergies

Human development and social harmony

Governing to serve the legitimate social, economic, political and cultural rights of the people

THE 15 EMPOWERING PARADIGMS:

1. Total Human Development and Harmony Through Synergism

2. Holistic Health Care and Medicine

3. Deep Ecology and Harmony with Nature

4. Sense of History and Sense of Mission

5. Civics and Democratic Governance

6. Culture as Community Creativity

7. Light-Seeking and Light-Sharing Education

8. Gender Sensitivity, Equality & Harmony

9. Reconstructive/Restor-ative Justice

10. Associative Economics, Social Capital and Sustainable Development

11. Synergetic Leadership and Organizations

12. Appropriate/Adaptive Technology

13. Mutual Enrichment of Families and Friendships

14. Human Dignity and Human Harmony: Human Rights and Peace

15. Aesthetics Without Boundaries: 'Art from the Heart'

A Vision for Philippine Politics

and Politicians

By Rep. Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel

Member, House of Representatives, Congress of the Philippines, representing the party-list Akbayan Citizens' Action Party; Former peace negotiator, former broadcast journalist. (more info here.)

This is excerpted from her interview with the Manila Bulletin.

Asked her vision for the country, Rep. Hontiveros gave this description:
A country where citizens have the power whether directly, through their organizations or their representatives who genuinely represent them. And when they don’t, they can be recalled. They’re not omnipotent. They are not passing down their power like an ancestral domain to their children.
Politics as a profession, yun ang gusto kong makita. And governance na it’s not out of the goodness of the hearts of politicians. It’s our duty. That’s what we’re paid for. It’s our job.

It’s our contract with people. People should expect it from us not because we are magnanimous, but because they put us here. It’s not a forever thing. Like in life.

And I really want an economy where people have a chance, waiting for a chance to work, good, decent work and buhayin yung mga pamilya nila dun. Para maramdaman nila yung dangal nila at ma-recognize at ma-respeto ng iba dignidad nila bilang tao. Hindi sila kawang-gawa. Hindi sila captive ng boto. Tao.

I dream of a Philippines where we celebrate our history, we honor our ancestors, especially our heroes and heroines. And all the ordinary people we never forget, we remember those who went before us. A Philippines where our arts are preserved and enriched and lived, and so beautiful because they are. Kaya lang nine-neglect natin eh. Tapos dine-degrade pa. Nakakalungkot talaga. A country like other countries, hindi naman tayo special kumpara sa iba, where if you choose to and if you a reasonable amount of effort to it, you can be happy, in whatever way you can define, you can be happy. Be a happy person na pwede kang mahalin ng mga tao, pwedeng mong mahalin yung mga gusto mong mahalin and that will make a difference. We’ll be happy because of that.

Yung mga sistema natin, they’ll never be perfect kasi we’re always a human enterprise but we can do a lot, lot more to create that kind of environment, that people don’t have to be miserable even if they work so damn hard. And they have a chance to be happy and lead happy lives.

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