Greetings Comrades and Colleagues!

The national council of the Change Politics Movement met today and reviewed the progress of our work. As of August 17, 2009 we have 4, 151 registered members in the national secretariat! !!

Pagbati sa lahat!!! Congratulations! this is sheer commitment, hardwork and creative mobilization!

The National Council deliberated on the current context and political developments. It also assessed our capacity to conduct the first vote on August 21 and 22 as well as the final vote of September 5……after much debate and discussion, we decided to move the first vote by one week. We wanted to give the secretariat and the provincial coordinators the time to disseminate the information on the candidates and prepare for the special precincts for those who do not have access to mobile phones and internet.

The new dates are:

FIRST VOTE – AUGUST 28 – 29

FINAL VOTE – SEPTEMBER 11

WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS IN A PRESS CONFERENCE ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2009.

LET US DISCERN, DELIBERATE, DEBATE, DISCUSS….AND THEN DECIDE!

WE ARE TAKING THE FIRST STEP TO CHANGE POLITICS BY APPLYING THE CRITERIA WE
AGREED UPON TO CHOOSE AN ACCOUNTABLE AND ETHICAL LEADERSHIP.. ..A
LEADERSHIP WITH INTEGRITY AND PRINCIPLES.. …BALANCING OUR IDEALISM
WITH REALISM….. …LIVING OUT OUR ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP ….

CONTINUING THE LEGACY OF TITA CORY …

DEFENDING DEMOCRACY AND PROSPERITY FOR THE POOR!

SUNFLOWER WISHES,

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