[Presidential Campaign] Sheep without a shepherd

Day 2,049, 07:34 Published in Philippines Republic of China (Taiwan) by Analia Arnheim
"I saw [all Israel] scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd..."
-- 1 Kings 22:17



Three days ago, I received the support of Kilusan ng Makabayang Pilipino, which is under one of its longest reigning presidents, Vincenzo Roque, upon the nomination of former President kb1992.

Now, what I see of our current administration is a white elephant, as I already said in my recent article. We have no shepherd to guide the sheep! Once again, I rose from the shadows of my original party to be their candidate in the upcoming presidential elections on July 5. I first ran for the March 5 elections, second for the April 5 elections. Though I lost twice, I fervently hoped to see the fruit of my efforts to enforce much needed reforms. The country witnessed little of these calls for reform being responded by the past administrations. And so, upon the need of my country, I, Al Raposas, will run for the third time this year as country president candidate.



It has been a recognizable Filipino trait not to vote for losers in the past elections. This has been portrayed in the many runs of Pascual Racuyal from the 1935 to the 1986 elections in RL Philippines. That is the reason why I had second thoughts upon running for the third time in the same year. However, excluding me, we all have foreigners running for the top position!

Emulating Quezon, I say today: It would be better for a Philippines run like hell by Filipinos than a Philippines run like heaven by foreigners. This is because a Filipino administration can always be improved. We have been under foreign leadership for far too long, but had there been any recognizable improvement? What we need is a new Philippines, rebuilt from the old, decrepit one tainted by PTO, so that we can further move forward. I trust the people again, who have shown the power they can unleash last March and April, to show again such power this July.



Of all that I campaigned for on the March 5 elections, none had been applied. I therefore present my platform for the coming July 5 elections, which would be much of what I campaigned for in the past, since none had really been implemented by the past administrations.

• Ministry of Defense Supply Program Expansion: Recipients will now reach citizens up to Level 30, Military Units under the government shall have no limit in experience level to be recipient. (It was Level 34 before, but the treasury had been drained in the past months, thus the necessary downgrade from the past platform. The original program only reached Level 29.)
• Hunger games: a food-raising contest for citizens above the Level 34. Food accumulated would benefit the recipients of the MoD supply program.
• Let’s Take The Initiative Program: launching of a national initiative program which would entertain proposals that are not in-game, like E-Palarong Pambansa or a national religion. This is aimed to increase non-governmental citizens’ participation in national affairs.
• Individual Stimulus Package: allows citizens to apply for funding from the government to buy permanent infrastructure like mines or plantations
• Expansion of the National Armed Forces: as of today, only PSF forms our official armed forces. The Raposas mandate is determined to absorb more units under the government’s fold.
• The Military Unit Requirement: if you are a Philippine citizen, your military unit must be in the Philippines. Otherwise, you will not be covered by any subsidy from the government.
• Veterans One-Time Big-Time Allowance: in commemoration of the fourth year of the Philippines in the New World, we will provide veteran citizens a one time allowance from the government to express our gratitude to their work.
• Free Philippines Project: for some time now, we have been under the occupation of two Asian giants in the New World, China and Indonesia. We must work upon freeing at least two of this regions to give the country a Congress once more.
• Helping NaN: We can always help fight with nations allied with us in NaN, which actually makes us more busy in military campaigns than before, but let us keep in mind to fight for the Philippines first when our country needed us.
• Ghetto Program: learning from the past PTOs, the Raposas mandate campaigns for limiting the number of foreigners in the country, while conducting for baby boom from RL Filipinos and Filipinos at heart.



The Ministries that will be perpetrated if the Raposas mandate is elected are the following:
•Ministry of Defense (in-game)
•Ministry of Foreign Affairs (in-game)
•Ministry of Education (in-game)
•Ministry of Finance or Governor of Central Bank (in-game)
•Ministry of Culture and the Arts: in adherence to our commitment to promote Philippine culture, arts and national patrimony
•Ministry of Transportation: the government shall subsidize moving fees for citizens who need to finish their daily orders





There is a possibility for me to introduce more platforms in the course of my campaign, or if elected country president. I hope that attacks on the comment bar or the feed would not be made by people who consider me as an enemy than a Filipino dedicated to quick and quality public service.

Once again, I am here to serve the best interests of the people. The presidency of a country is not only in fighting experience, length of residence, or battle statistics, it is also in the heart to serve the Filipino people.



As always, followers create leaders, not the other way around. And so I appeal to the Philippine people, urge your party presidents to propose me instead as their candidate. There are still two days. Your voice can create a change. Power to the people!

Erepublik Wiki profile of Al Raposas.