KILALANIN: A Presidential Forum(DLSU, Ayala Alabang)

Gordon surprised the crowd with his witty response to political issues. Gordon, now chairman of the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC), even suggested that surveys should be done by gathering all the achievements of all the candidates, putting them on walls but without their names on it. And from there, letting the public choose their preferred presidential candidate. “Let us forget about the election if we'll base everything on survey,” the former chairman of the Subic Free Port complex said. Gordon was also heavily applauded by the crowd when he declared that he will be an “education president” by putting the teachers’ welfare in his priority list to upgrade the country’s education program.

4 Presidential bets bare platforms
By Aris R. Ilagan, Manila Bulletin
January9, 2010, 6:33pm

Gordon dazzled the audience with his display of oratorical skills and in-depth understanding of the society’s ills—past and present, from Lapu-lapu to the sinking of MV Baleno—wowing the crowd several times. Gordon said “people must be part of the process of change… to know where they are heading.”

Presidential campaign gets more pointed
By Michael Lim Ubac
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 20:29:00 01/09/2010


LISTEN TO THE FORUM AT:
http://www.gmanews.tv/video/53577/kilalanin-forum-09-jan-2010