SUBVERTING
THE PEOPLE'S WILL
The May 10, 2004 Elections
Php 150.00
137 pages
 “PEOPLE
power” as a term entered the vocabulary of organizing after
EDSA I in 1986. for indeed, the anti-dictatorship struggle that
finally drove the Marcos regime out of the country was a compelling
demonstration of power by people coming together to bring down a
widely despised political leader. For that same power to be demonstrated
in actual governance has yet to happen, however. Election year after
election year raises hopes that the Filipino people’s participation
in political power would go beyond the ballot. But after each election
has installed winners in power, governance continues to be in the
hands of the socio-political elite from which the executive, legislative
and judiciary branches of government by tradition draw their brainpower.
The
Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) was born in
March 2004, shortly before the national elections in May. What makes
CenPEG’s mission significant is that the power it seeks for
the people is in the area of governance. Towards this end, it engages
in policy studies and research, education and training aimed at
securing political and electoral reforms that would bring hitherto
marginalized sectors into active participation in defining and shaping
the destiny of this nation.
Subverting the People’s Will: The May 2004 Elections is the
first project that brings to the consciousness of the public the
concerns and long-term goals of CenPEG as an institution. The papers
that went into the book focus on the multifarious forces that bear
down on the Filipino people whenever they assert their power at
the polls. CenPEG hopes in humility that its first book will not
simply introduce the institution but will also inspire individuals
from various sectors and professions to join their talents and skills
to CenPEG’s effort to give substance to the concept of “people
empowerment.”
For
copy and further information, please contact Center for People
Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG), 3F CSWCD Bldg., University
of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, 1105 Philippines. Telefax:
+632-9299526
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