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NoyNoy Aquino

Manny Villar

Gibo Teodoro

Joseph Estrada

[Acanthus117]

wut

[Vester]

I know, right? He really needs to take a firmer stand.

Hmmm... no socialist candidates?  Bah!

Socialsm is dirty tool of communist dogs who seek derail of democracy!!!!!11!!1one

[Osmosis Jones]

I know, right? He really needs to take a firmer stand.

Ba-dum TISH!

Vester, I'm curious, is your nation secular (at least nominally)? I.e. does it have some provision for a seperation of church and state?

[Acanthus117]

No, the Philippines is a heavily Roman Catholic country. That is why Vester said that the church has sway here. I guess we're a bit of an oddity in SEA.

[Vester]

The constitution is partially based on the American one, so yes, separation of Church and State is active.

Of course, this is a moot point when majority of the country is Christian. (Mostly Catholic; some Baptist, the rest are Born Again or Jehovah's Witnesses and Iglesia ni Kristo). It's even more moot considering most of the rest is Muslim, especially in the South.

EDIT: Ninja'd by Ysengrin Acanthus.

[Osmosis Jones]

No, the Philippines is a heavily Roman Catholic country. That is why Vester said that the church has sway here. I guess we're a bit of an oddity in SEA.

I was aware of the predominance of faith, it was actually part of the reason I asked the question; does the legislature reflect the demographic 

The constitution is partially based on the American one, so yes, separation of Church and State is active.

Of course, this is a moot point when majority of the country is Christian. (Mostly Catholic; some Baptist, the rest are Born Again or Jehovah's Witnesses and Iglesia ni Kristo). It's even more moot considering most of the rest is Muslim, especially in the South.

Ahhh, exactly what I wanted to know. Foreign politics is always interesting.

[Vester]

Glad to be of service.

[Neonivek]

Hehe. I don't know how some of us can be dumb naive enough to vote for a president who robbed the country blind.

It has happened before.

The most common way is to immediately sell off all your countries' assets to foreign conglomerates, possibly getting paid on the side, and watch as everyone enjoys a few years of good times!

People will remember the good times. Not the fact that you put them there.

[Acanthus117]

Hehe. I don't know how some of us can be dumb naive enough to vote for a president who robbed the country blind.

It has happened before.

The most common way is to immediately sell off all your countries' assets to foreign conglomerates, possibly getting paid on the side, and watch as everyone enjoys a few years of good times!

People will remember the good times. Not the fact that you put them there.

He was in house arrest for years. I don't think he could've done much.

[Vester]

Also, he complained about his knee a lot. That's one of the key ways he avoided justice. Hospitalization.

[Vester]

Vester casts Resurrection.

NEWSFLASH, PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT ACTUALLY BE INTERESTED.

AS OF RIGHT NOW? 2:10 AM? JOSEPH "ERAP" ESTRADA MIGHT WIN THIS ELECTION.

If this happens, my country is going down.

[RedKing]

Wait...are we talking about the lounge singer/bad movie actor dude that was President several years back?

[Vester]

The one who was convicted?

Yeah, that one. He's in the OP, looking rather untrustworthy.

[RedKing]

 

Next you're going to tell me that the corpse of Ferdinand Marcos is running in 2nd place.

[Vester]

I'm pretty sure his son just won a senate seat.

Which is also bad.