First and foremost , nothing against the El Shadai and Jesus is Lord Movement in the Philippines , thats clear and out of the way , OK
The part I will disagree with them is endorsing their pick of candidates specially in the senate seats , let me correct that , in any political seat . I know there is the much establish separation of Church and State , I wont even go there . With Mr. Villanueva heading JIL movement with about 3 million members , he has denied that he would call for block voting for his group . Then he goes further and says that his picks are usually the choices of his congregation anyway !
I cant get into the mind set , but is this a case of en masse group thinking or somebody doing the thinking for the whole group. Mr. Villanueva named 4 choices for the Senate , Ping Lacson , Manny Villar , Escudero and Cayetano. He further said the main criterion's for the choices were being God Fearing , integrity, competence and living on a principled existence . This for me , personally , is quite vague , he might as well have thrown in " one who wants world peace ". There is not one single senatorial candidate who does not meet this so-called criterion's . Keep the election process clean , leave the thinking and choice making to the people . As far as Endorsements are concerned , it seems like labor unions or other organization has an option to do that and may not ruffle as many feathers , but in my perspective ! religious groups should refrain from it .
