 Today, popularity alone will not guarantee victory.
 Elections is nothing but MONEY politics.
 It makes the media go wild and crazy.
 Manipulated Survey and Paid Ads are their tools!
 Money and/or promise of position in government makes the
adrenalin of political operators and mercenaries rise.
 Business for profit is the dominating interest.
 Public office became a mere extension of the big business to
protect their economic agenda. They fund winnable candidates.
 Corruption means COMELEC.
 COMELEC only means Commission.
 Sacred votes no more… Bcoz of PCOS!
 OLIGARCHS AND FAMILY DYNASTY RULES!
 Not to mention the role of the “Unseen Hands”.
Urban Poor Sectoral
Primaries in 2013 Elections.
People’s Primaries in the
next Barangay Elections.
People’s Primaries in 2016
Elections.
Quezon City Model
2013 Urban
Poor
Sectoral
Primaries
Review Bgy.
Development
Planning
Process
One (1) Councilor
per District with
Common Fund,
Legislative Staff
and Agenda
Execute the
First 100
Days Action
Plan
File Case or
Recall Erring
Barangay
Officials
Peoples’
Primaries
for Barangay
and 2016
Elections
 26,000+ Families in Danger Zone Areas x 3 Voters/Family
capitalizing the formulation of People’s Proposal to avail
the P50B Presidential Fund for Mass Housing.
 USAP-assisted PCUP Accredited Urban Poor
Organizations whose task is to assert the genuine
representation in Local Housing Board who is mandated
by law to formulate the Local Shelter Plan.
 PMDG-USAP Barangay Chapters whose task is to assert
genuine multi-sectoral representation in Local
Development Council and other Local Special Bodies who
is mandated by law to formulate the Comprehensive
Multi-Sectoral Local Development Plan.
 Organization of Prayer Warriors and Intercessors in
all Barangays.
 Propagate Sec. Jess Robredo’s Spirit of Servant
Leadership. Heighten “Anti-EPAL” Campaign.
 Filing of DQ cases against erring Candidates and
apply “Occupy COMELEC”-type of pressure politics
for speedy resolution.
 Partner with one Righteous and Rich (or has the
capability to raise needed war chest) Congressional
Candidate per district to finance the sectoral
primaries and election campaign proper.
6 x P 44 M = P 264 M / year
P 264 M x 3 Years = P 792 M
Establishment of 142 Barangay Multi-Sectoral
Assemblies (BMSA) @ P1M ea.
Formation and Maintenance of 142 Barangay
Council of Sectoral Representatives
(BCSR) @ P500.00 ea.
Establishment and Maintenance of City-wide
Multi-Sectoral People’s Assembly (CMSPA)
and QC Council of Sectoral Representatives
(QC-CSR) @ P50M
Construction of NGO-PO Hostel and QC
People’s Convention Center @ P250M
P142M
P71M
P50M
P250M
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P513M
 Community Relations Office (CRO)
 Urban Poor Affairs Office (UPAO)
 Barangay Operations Center (BOC)
 Market Development and
Administration Department (MDAD)
 Department of Public Order and Safety
(DPOS)
Risk
Human &
Organizational
Development
People’s
Participation
in
Governance
Reduction &
Post Calamity
Management
Asset
Reform
and
Development
Social
Welfare &
Protection
Special Cross
Economic
Sectoral
Convergence
and
Livelihood
Development
P.H.R.A.S.E.S.
1) PEOPLE’S MONEY-PEOPLE’S PLAN: BOTTOM-UP DEVELOPMENT
PLANNING PROCESS.
1.1. Immediate reconstitution of Local Special Bodies specially the Local
Development Council (LDC) to review and update the existing Comprehensive
Multi-sectoral Local Development Plan (LDP) strictly following the Joint
Memorandum Circular No. 1 Series of 2007 of DILG, NEDA and DoF;
2.2. Review the performance of all Barangay Development Councils and evaluate
the relevance of their respective Barangay Development Plans. File case against
or recall erring Barangay officials;
2.3. File a measure to strengthen Quezon City Participation, Accountability and
Transparency (QC-PAT) Ordinance. Institutionalize “Anti-EPAL” policy.
2) PROFESSIONALIZING THE BUREAUCRACY.
2.1. Create public clamor to ASSERT the appointment of Professional Public
Servants as Department Heads who are POLITICALLY NEUTRAL particularly in
the following offices: Community Relations Office (CRO), Urban Poor Affairs
Office (UPAO), Barangay Operations Center (BOC), Market Development and
Administration Department (MDAD) and Department of Public Order and
Safety (DPOS).
Piliin
ang
Nararapat!
Iboto ang Karapat-dapat!
 Urban Poor represents the largest marginalized sector
in our society that has no equitable representation in
policy making body of our government;
 During election period, everybody became politically
partisans, particularly the leaders, resulting to divided
urban poor sector, vulnerable to bribes and vote
buying;
 No established common sectoral agenda that will bind
the urban poor as well as program and strategy to
sustain its development and advocacy work; and
 No strategy to effectively consolidate the voting power
of the urban poor.
 Strengthen and present USAP as NEUTRAL organization to
effectively sell and facilitate the Sectoral Primaries System to
identified major and secondary players in urban poor
movement as well as friends and allies in government and
private sector;
 Present the negative implications of the continuing vote
buying during election period to the the urban poor and
nation as a whole;
 Offer USAP Road Map and PHRASES as reference to develop
the Unified Sectoral Agenda to bind the sector; and
 Establish a Unified Campaign Secretariat that shall be
transformed as the Common Legislative-Executive Support
Staff for the winning official Urban Poor Candidates.
PHILOSOPHY: Sovereignty resides in the people, (Art.
II, Sec. 1, 1987 Philippine Constitution),
hence there must be congruence between
the source of power (the people) and the
leaders invested with the authority to
exercise the power. (Law / Government
Bureaucracy)
IDEA: The representatives who exercise the sovereign
power of the people must be produced by
a process that allows broad-based
participation by them.
CONCEPT: The primaries can be understood therefore
as a GOAL, PROCESS and MEANS
To raise and select God-loving,
progressive and competent public
officials from the rank of the urban
poor sector, concerned with the
common good and committed to the
empowerment of the sector and the
Filipino people to achieve a
prosperous Philippines.
A CONSULTATIVE MECHANISM CONSISTING OF:
• PHRASES as reference for the development of the
Unified Sectoral Agenda as the Political Platform;
• Vetting, i.e. qualifying, nominating, screening, etc.
• Endorsing, short-listing and voting to produce the
official Urban Poor candidate.
TO BE IMPLEMENTED BY:
• A Formal ‘Mandating Body’ (Structure & System)
backed up by a Unified Campaign Secretariat.
It is an Organizational Tool to
Arouse, Mobilize, Unite and
Organize Urban Poor Sector’s
Enlightened Participation and
Involvement in Effecting
Leadership Change.
1.
Mobilize at least 30% of the electorate per congressional
district, particularly among the Urban Poor and the youth
who registered as voters, to participate in the Sectoral
Primaries and later support the chosen candidates.
2.
Unite reform minded urban poor organizations to work
for the election of good, responsible, and reform oriented
Urban Poor leaders, particularly at the highest levels of
government.
3.
Provide an environment and a structure for a political
machinery to emerge, where various urban poor
advocacies may be represented and become part of the
platform of government to be adopted by the USAP
official candidate.
Risk
Human &
Organizational
Development
People’s
Participation
in
Governance
Reduction &
Post Calamity
Management
Asset
Reform
and
Development
Social
Welfare &
Protection
Special Cross
Economic
Sectoral
Convergence
and
Livelihood
Development
P.H.R.A.S.E.S.
1) PEOPLE’S MONEY-PEOPLE’S PLAN: BOTTOM-UP DEVELOPMENT
PLANNING PROCESS.
1.1. Immediate reconstitution of Local Special Bodies specially the Local
Development Council (LDC) to review and update the existing
Comprehensive Multi-sectoral Local Development Plan (LDP) strictly
following the Joint Memorandum Circular No. 1 Series of 2007 of DILG, NEDA
and DoF;
2.2. Review the performance of all Barangay Development Councils and evaluate
the relevance of their respective Barangay Development Plans. File case
against or recall erring Barangay officials;
2.3. File a measure to strengthen Quezon City Participation, Accountability and
Transparency (QC-PAT) Ordinance. Institutionalize “Anti-EPAL” policy.
2) PROFESSIONALIZING THE BUREAUCRACY.
2.1. Create public clamor to ASSERT the appointment of Professional Public
Servants as Department Heads particularly in the following offices:
Community Relations Office (CRO), Urban Poor Affairs Office (UPAO),
Barangay Operations Center (BOC), Market Development and Administration
Department (MDAD and Department of Public Order and Safety.
 Unified Sectoral Agenda;
 God-loving, progressive and
competent Candidate;
 Conscientisized Electorates;
 Unified Campaign Secretariat;
 Adequate Resources and
Cooperative Media.
How are we to Organize and
Develop the Sectoral Primaries?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Nomination and Primaries shall start in the Barangay.
Every Barangay will have at least one (1) electoral vote
regardless of the number of registered primaries electorates.
Any number above the increments of 500 signed up
primaries electorates = 1 additional Electoral Vote.
Maximum Electoral Votes per Barangay = 12.
Barangay Electoral Voting: one electorate, one vote
reconciled at the Barangay level as evidenced by a SMS with
a FG Control number.
In the event that no nominee gets 50% of the electoral votes
a run off shall be conducted for the top two.
Winner is the one with the highest electoral votes garnered.
Why a Barangay Electoral
Voting System?
1. To equalize participation and ensure
balanced representation of all areas in a
Congressional District;
2. Ensure non-domination by limited Urban
Poor organizations that are
disproportionately large;
3. Make the process less subject to
manipulation or suspicions of
manipulation.
Who will Organize and
Facilitate the Primaries?
The USAP Unified Campaign Secretariat (USAPUCS) in cooperation with (hopefully… PCUP,
NUPSC, M4NT and UP Office of Legal Aid)
 Designs the overall scheme and prepares the




operations templates.
They will assist in the formation of the Facilitator’s
Group (FG) and Local Screening Committee (LSC).
They shall establish a Voting Control System.
Assigned pre-numbers will be distributed to Barangay
Facilitators Groups (BFGs) to effectively register the
Sectoral Primaries electorates.
There will be control numbers for voting through SMS.
Who will Organize and
Facilitate the Primaries?
The Facilitators Group (FG)
 They will be responsible in organizing the Barangay Facilitator’s
Groups (BFGs) and Barangay Selection Committee (BSC);
 Conduct local caucuses and orient the like-minded
organizations and individuals who will be invited as BFG
members.
 Invite Spiritual and Religious Leaders in the Barangay to present
the Sectoral Primaries System and invite them to compose the
BSC.
 They will be composed of Non-Partisan movements and
organizations affiliated, allied with USAP and likeminded groups
and will primarily be responsible in conducting the Sectoral
Primaries.
Organizational Chart
USAP
EXECUTIVE
COORDINATING
COMMITTEE
COUNCIL
SELECTION
COMMITTEE
FACILITATORS’
GROUP
USAP UNIFIED
CAMPAIGN SECRETARIAT
BARANGAY
ORGANIZING
COMMITTEE
BARANGAY
SELECTION
COMMITTEE
BARANGAY
FACILITATORS’
GROUP
BARANGAY UNIFIED
CAMPAIGN SECRETARIAT
SECTORAL PRIMARIES
ELECTORATES
Organizational Chart
EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
SELECTION
COMMITTEE
FACILITATORS’
GROUP
USAP UNIFIED
CAMPAIGN SECRETARIAT
BARANGAY
SELECTION
COMMITTEE
BARANGAY
FACILITATORS’
GROUP
BARANGAY UNIFIED
CAMPAIGN SECRETARIAT
SECTORAL PRIMARIES
ELECTORATES
1) An adopted or member of any registered Urban Poor organization
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
affiliated with and/or subscribing to the ideals of USAP;
They are not necessarily politicians who want to be elected in 2013;
They are also nominated because of their track record in serving the
urban poor, proven development initiatives in the community,
organizational skills and sensible public relations that she/he is willing
to share and integrate with other nominees and will abide by the
Sectoral Primaries General Policy Guidelines;
He/She has Good Moral Character (Refer to Progressive Definition and
Candidate Criteria w/ Scorecard);
Nominated by the USAP affiliated organization through a Barangay
General Assembly called for the purpose;
Commissioned by the Barangay Facilitators Group assigned in the
Barangay.
Progressive
Stewardship, Servant Leadership
Change Agent
Spiritual/Moralist
Experiential Idealist,
Supports Common Good, “walk the
talk”.
People campaign financed.
 Developmental and Ethical Media
 Alter power Arrangement/ Reform
Status quo
Pluralistic Politics
 Bottoms-up organized movement,
transparent.
vs.
Non-Progressive
Absolute Ownership, Autocratic
Establishment Accomplice
Materialist, Patronage Politics,
Transactional Politics, Pragmatist,
“double talk”.
Voter intimidation thru guns, goons,
gold.
Oligarchic campaign financed.
Subservient to special interest
“ACDC” or utilizes “Envelopmental”
Media.
 Maintain power arrangement / pro
status quo.
Dynastic Politics
 top-down, self-Proclaimed
machineries, manipulative.
 Only those who will subscribe to USAP Road Map and PHRASES as
reference to develop the common sectoral agenda can be nominated;
 USAP personalities who will be nominated and opted to accept it is
automatically resigned in USAP in whatever capacity he/she is involved in;
 Only one City or Municipal Urban Poor Councilor will be chosen as USAP
official candidate per District;
 The registered primaries electorates and the candidates shall sign a
covenant that they will support whoever is chosen as the official candidate
of Urban Poor Sector;
 A P10.00 Registration Fee shall be imposed to all Sectoral Primary
subscribers. Any Form of Donations from the registrants shall be accepted;
 The USAP Unified Campaign Secretariat shall be transformed into a
Common Legislative–Executive Support Staff of the Winning Candidates;
who shall be responsible in the management of their common fund
 The First 100 Days Activities after elections must be strictly complied.
“And no one puts new wine
into old wineskin, for the
wine would burst the skins
and then both the wine and
the skins would be lost. But
new wine, new wineskin.”
Mark. 2:22
Develop Sectoral Primaries Manual of Operations:
1. Unified Campaign Secretariat Organization;
2. Facilitator’s Group and USAP Official Candidates’
Basic Orientation Seminar and Skills Training;
3. Application Forms for Subscribers and
Candidates;
4. Nomination and Voting System Software;
5. Resource Mobilization and Management Plan;
6. Comprehensive Information, Education and
Communication Plan;
7. Legal and Para-legal Support Group.