“… Food gained by fraud tastes sweet, but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel…” (Proverbs 20:17, the Holy Bible).

SOLUTION TO POLL CHEATING? ‘REVGOV’ IT IS: This column for today was written almost half a day before another Senate hearing on the alleged cheating during 2016 elections on August 6, 2018, yet I was already convinced of the results thereof: cheating is certain to continue in the elections in 2019 and 2022 and in all other elections thereafter, if computerized voting in the Philippines is not stopped.

Even in the face of grievous disclosures made by lawyer Glenn Chong and by other personalities and groups in social media (like Facebook and Twitter) on poll anomalies, it seems clear that computers will continue to be used in succeeding electoral exercises. This,  notwithstanding the fact that experts say that computers were the principal instruments of poll cheating in the 2010 and 2016 elections, to install in office people who were chosen only by a few and not by the popular mandate of the electorate.

Clearly, the solution to electoral cheating is stopping the use of computers in our elections. And all who are being accused of having masterminded the poll cheating in the 2010 and 2016 elections must be jailed right away. The only problem here is that, this cannot be done under the present legal system in the Philippines. What we need therefore is to change the system, by installing a revolutionary government right away!

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PREAMBLE OF THE PROPOSED FEDERAL CONSTITUTION PROHIBITS SECESSION, INVASION OR OCCUPATION BY OTHER COUNTRIES: Preambles of constitutions—like the Preamble of the proposed Federal Constitution in the country—are an attempt to explain why constitutions are drafted and approved, delineating the underlying philosophy of governmental authority in any given country. In the proposed Philippine Federal Constitution, it also serves as an introduction to the change of government that the country is envisioned to undergo—from purely presidential to federal.

But this Preamble of the proposed Federal Constitution is not only an introduction to a change in government in the Philippines. It is far more important than the Preambles of the 1935, 1973, and 1987 Constitutions, in that it also signifies, henceforth, the country’s firm commitment to keep the entire archipelago intact as one nation, one Republic. Notice the part of the Preamble which says: “to build a permanent and indissoluble nation.”

This is gravely important at this point of our country’s history whereby we are wracked with secessionist movements and communist insurgency and rebellion, coupled with the Chinese occupancy the South China Sea off Zambales coast. The Preamble seeks to impress upon each and every sector in the country, and to other nations as well, perhaps particularly China, that we shall not allow any part of our territory to be dismembered or given away!

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IT WAS GOD THE FATHER WHO CAME TO EARTH, IN HUMAN FORM, WITH FLESH AND BLOOD: Here are Biblical verses that prove that God the Father Himself was the One who came down to earth from heaven, in the form of man with flesh and blood, and disclosed that His Name is “Jesus:” Isaiah to King Ahaz: “Therefore the Lord himself will give… a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel… For to us a child is born, to us a son is given… And he will be called… Mighty God, Everlasting Father…” (Isaiah 7:14, 9:6).

The angel Gabriel to Mary: “..Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you… Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. He will be great…” (Luke 1:26-32).

The angel of the Lord to Joseph son of David: “…do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.’ All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel…” (Matthew 1:18-25).

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