KAYA NATIN AND 2010

Kaya Natin! Statement on the 2010 National Elections

a.) On the matter of Kaya Natin being perceived as a partisan movement that is actively pushing for the candidacy of Pampanga Gov. Eddie Panlilio for President in the 2010 National Elections, Kaya Natin continues to remain non-partisan and is not presently involved in pushing for the candidacy of any person for President. The leaders and champions of Kaya Natin come from different political parties such as the Liberal Party, Nacionalista Party, LAKAS-KAMPI and Independents thus, it would not be possible in the near future for us to rally behind one person for the 2010 elections given their respective party affiliations. We always make it clear in our invitation to our new KN Champions that their joining Kaya Natin does not bind them to support any fellow KN Champion who will run for President in 2010. Aside from this, we pride ourselves as a movement wherein effective and ethical government leaders can cross party-lines to come together to promote our advocacies of good governance and ethical leadership.


b.) In this regard, while Kaya Natin will continue to remain non-partisan and attract more good and morally-upright leaders to our fold regardless of political party or affiliation, we also appreciate the mounting support that many groups have been giving to our Kaya Natin leaders such as Gov. Eddie Panlilio, Gov. Grace Padaca and Mayor Jesse Robredo. Many groups continue to encourage and support these three icons of Good Governance and Ethical Leadership in the hope of convincing them to run for national positions in the upcoming 2010 elections.We believe that these growing clamors is also a fruit of the activities of our movement particularly our Caravan of Good Governance which has visited more than 60 colleges and universities all over the country. Right now, there are seperate movements outside of Kaya Natin that is spearheading the push for Gov. Panlilio and Gov. Padaca to consider running for the highest position in our country. While the Liberal Party has consistently mentioned Mayor Robredo as a Senatorial candidate in their own line-up. We are very happy with these developments since this goes to show that more and more Filipinos now are working towards electing better national leaders for our country in the 2010 elections.

c.) Finally, in the matter of Kaya Natin having its own primary selection process to select its own standard bearer, given that we are a non-partisan movement, thus, a primary selection process will not be necessary since we won't be endorsing a particular Presidential candidate. At the same time, we continue to remain a member and supporter of the Movement for Good Governance (MGG) thus, we are supporting the Peoples Primary process and Leadership Forums that they are currently undertaking together with other like-minded organizations and institutions.

-- from Harvey Keh