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What’s next for our country?
This is the question that electorates should ask to the candidates for the national elections according to the Executive Director of Makati Business Club Peter Angelo Perfecto and the President of the Philippine Disaster Recovery Foundation Rene “Butch” Meily in the fifth Veritas Servant Leadership Halalan Forum 2016.
Perfecto stressed that the electorates should see among the candidates who have the concrete plans for the inclusive growth of the country.
“Inclusive growth sa tingin namin ‘yun ang mahalagang pagtuunan ng pansin. Dapat ang taumbayan tignan nila ang iba’t iba nating kandidato at itanong sa kanila kung paano nila papaunlarin ang bansa na kasama kami. Dapat makita yun, at dapat makita ano yung plano, konkretong programa ng gobyerno, hindi lang one liner…Sa tingin namen napaka – halaga nun na makita nila sino ba ang may malinaw na plano para abutin yung inclusive growth. Napakalaga po nun. Ang inclusive growth is all about jobs. At sana hindi lang jobs abroad pero jobs din dito sa loob ng bayan,” Perfecto said.
He also added that the next leader of this country should have a plan to what the Philippines should be years from now. He even cited the seafarers as example, saying that the Filipinos are the best seafarers and the country’s leader should have a plan on how we can support these seafarers to remain the best in the industry.
“Madalas na nananaig sa lipunan ngayon ay yung takot. Kelangan matuto na tayong mangarap kung ano ang Pilipinas sa mundo. Halimbawa, the best seafarers in the world are the Filipinos. Ano pang suporta ang kelangan ng lahat ng nasa seafaring industry para mas lalo pa nating mapalakas ‘yung pwesto natin being number . Dapat yun ang maging pananaw ng taong-bayan. Ano ang Pilipinas 10 years, 20 years from now. Ano tayo sa mundo? Hindi lang ano ang Pilipinas at ano ang problema ko. We’re known for so many good things, so where else do we want to be good? Yung mga leaders natin dapat ‘yun ang tanungin sa kanila, what’s next? Anong gagawin natin? Paano natin maaabot yung pangarap?” Perfecto said.
For his part, Meily said that a leader should be good in conceptualizing projects and programs for the people that he serves. He also reminded the candidates that a servant leader is the one who serves not the one to be served.
“Yung conceptualization, I think napakaimportante nyan sapagkat iyong mga pinuno natin o iyong mga tumatakbo na gustong maging pinuno ang importante ay hindi sila ang sinisibli kundi dapat sila ang sumilbi… Nawala ‘yung tradisyong “public servant” that they really have to serve others. Ang pinaka-importante is the idea na may katungkulan sila sa kapwa natin Pilipino at may katungkulan sila sa Diyos to serve,“ Meily said.
Radio Veritas 846 is to air the sixth Veritas Servant Leadership Halalan Forum 2016 on Thursday, March 31, 2016. The panelists for the sixth forum include Dr. Fernando T. Aldaba, Dean of School of Social Sciences of the Ateneo de Manila University and Mr. Sonny Africa, Executive Director of IBON Foundation. They will talk about the sixth quality of a servant leader which is Foresight (Nakikita niya ang maaring kahantungan ng kaniyang mga programa at plataporma tungo sa pagbuo ng isang natatanging pangarap para sa kanyang nasasakupan).
The Veritas Servant Leadership Halalan Forum 2016 is a Radio Veritas special election forum series that will focus on the 10 qualities of a servant leader that should be the gauge for the voters in choosing their candidates.
These 10 qualities include listening, empathy, healing, awareness, persuasion, conceptualization, foresight, stewardship, commitment to the growth of the people, and building community.
Veritas Servant Leadership Halalan Forum 2016 can also be followed through live video streaming at www.veritas846.ph, and will have a delayed telecast at TV Maria aired on Dream Satellite’s Channel 1, Sky Cable’s Channel 160, and Global Destiny’s Channel 91.
Radio Veritas 846 is owned and operated by the Archdiocese of Manila. Established in 1969, the Ramon Magsaysay Award recipient Catholic radio station continues to be the leading social communications ministry for truth and evangelization in the country today.
