LAST week’s massive flooding was a reminder to us that climate change is real and our environment is fragile. With election day just around the corner, the voting public should consider choosing national and local candidates who genuinely care for the people and the environment.
The electorate must carefully discern and select pro-people and pro-environment leaders for the sake of our nation’s future. Vote into office women and men who sincerely care for Mother Earth and the people. We need public servants who will fight corruption, garbage and pollution and stand for sustainable, zero waste and toxics-free development for all.
As good citizens of our beloved nation, let us forge unity and vote responsibly towards clean, honest, accurate, meaningful and peaceful elections. As we enter the final stretch of the May 9 poll campaign, please be mindful of our right and duty to use our free vote to further the common good, which also includes the respect for the integrity of creation.
As stewards of God’s creation, we have the solemn obligation to elect public officials who will lead us into restoring, not destroying, our degraded environment. Our failure to do so will make it ever more difficult for our communities and our country as a whole to overcome the environmental challenges before us.
Some of these challenges facing the Filipino people today include global warming and climate change, air, water and soil pollution, waste-to-energy incineration, plastic pollution, hazardous chemical exposure, natural resource depletion, biodiversity loss, and environmental injustice, to cite a few.
Vote for Mother Earth. Vote Responsibly. Pick candidates who will fight for the common good and the environment.
