DUE TO RAMPANT VOTE BUYING
Bishop calls for SK abolition
10/31/2010The head of the Catholic hierarchy’s youth apostolate has joined clamors for the abolition of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) following incidents of vote buying and vote selling in the recent Barangay and SK polls.
In a pastoral statement entitled “Corrupting our Minors, Corrupting the Future” issued last Saturday, Legazpi Bishop Joel Baylon affirmed the large scope and magnitude of “corruption and cheating” during the elections in his diocese alone.
“We, the bishops and the clergies of the Diocese of Legazpi, condemn in the strongest terms this culture of vote buying and cheating that has corrupted our people, especially our youth,” Baylon said.
“We are calling for the abolition of the Sangguniang Kabataan. This institution may have lofty goals and some positive contributions but has been found generally wanting.”
Baylon chairs the Episcopal Commission on Youth of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP)..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20101031nat2.html
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