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Advocacy: DARe (Disclose All Records) Movement

Executive

Summary Public office is a public trust. Each official is mandated to be

true to their service by assuring their constituents that they

deserve their positions by maintaining the publics trust. The

simple error of not including pertinent figures of ones wealth

carved Mr. Corona in history as the first ever chief magistrate to

be impeached, and this simple error immediately tainted the

trust of the people to him.

The challenge now to all citizens is to be consistent with our firm

proactive vigilance. It shall not end with our efforts with the

Corona trial. It shall only be the start of our solidarity that we aredemanding for a government that genuinely practices good

governance.

True to our call for transparency and accountability, we want to

take the lead in making our public officials responsible enough

by disclosing pertinent records that has public interest. It is in this

light that the University Student Council, through the Education

and Research Committee, will be launching the DARe (Disclose

All Records) Movement.


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COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION OF THE CAMPAIGN

CONCEPTUAL

BACKGROUND

1. The impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona is onlyheightening the PNoy-GMA factional conflict which

principally involves the main camps of the Philippine ruling

elite. As the trial process unfolds, it merely exposes the

institutional contradictions inherent to the Philippine state for

all to see. Expectedly or not, this developing situation has the

potential to greatly undermine the main pillars of our

countrys national political structure. Yet on the other hand,

and perhaps far more importantly, the present political

conditions can also offer us with an alternative path toward

real and genuine structural reforms for our society in the

future.

2. At the moment, however, these two elite factions are in themidst of an all-out political battle to defend each others

entrenched economic interests by using certain state

instruments as their weapons against the other. As such, their

clashes have already spilled over into the executive,

legislative and judicial branches of the national government.

While these arenas are the key tension zones of the present

conflict, the Philippine Senate (acting as the Corona

impeachment court) currently remains the ruling elites main

constitutional battlefront for now.

3. As such, the presently fluid political situation can yet lead toanother national crisis scenario in the near future. This could

be the case regardless of the outcome of the impeachment

trial since both sides can already be expected to challenge

any final court decision as a means to extend their

confrontation beyond the Senate halls to assert their

dominance. But should this ever happen, neither faction

may yet be able to fully control and manage such a

potentially destabilizing fallout in their favor at such a point in

time. This is especially so given the very limited parameters

and framework of the 1987 Constitution since it obviously did

not provide for any extra-constitutional options as a way out

of a state-paralysis scenario induced by power struggles of

the ruling elite.


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4. And yet as the political situation unravels, the masses canalready clearly see for themselves (by just watching on

television the now-weekly proceedings of the impeachment

court) the true rottenness, bankruptcy and a near-permanent

corruption of our countrys governing elite. Even without

Coronas impeachment, and still in a more fundamental

manner, the masses are becoming even angrier and

outraged at their constantly deteriorating and worsening

economic conditions as reflected by the incessantly harsh

social reality now prevailing under the PNoy Regime. And

indeed, the middle class is also fast becoming fed up with the

failing national situation because their own social-economic

way of life is now quickly becoming a victim of the

consequential dynamics of the Philippine structuralconditions.

5. And so today, two years after PNoys mostly empty 2010electoral promises, and over twenty-six years after the

shattered hopes and dreams of EDSA-1, our masses can

already discern for themselves the real state of the nationtoday. And for them that is: the failure of any effective

governance by the ruling few to bring about any relevant

progress and development for the welfare of the social

majority, regardless of whichever elite faction and/orpersonality controls the so-called three co-equal branches

of the Philippine government at any time.


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COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION OF THE CAMPAIGN

CONCEPT

RATIONALE

1. A national response. Given our national situation, it is nowdefinitely clear that an urgent and nationally independent

response has to be made as a fundamental way out from

any emerging national crisis. In the face of such potential

dangers to Philippine society, the general and collective

welfare and interests of the social majority (i.e. the basic

masses and the middle class) must always be protected,

upheld and even advanced to the advantage of the many

(not just a few). Hence, the stress for such a nationally

organized response has to always be focused on a

progressively-oriented democratic agenda, which means

that it must be: people-centered, pro-poor, social reforms-based, and with a structurally-transformative perspective to

ensure genuine social justice in a more systemic manner in

the long run ahead.

2. A broad-based peoples initiative. Essentially, this initiativeshould ideally be spearheaded by a broad range of like-

minded concerned citizens, peoples organizations and other

interested individuals. It has to be a broad-based peoples

initiative that is able to help provide a national-level

alternative (with a progressive) leadership on the basis of aset of immediate and urgent political (and even basic

economic) reforms and demands. Such a reforms-driven

agenda should also become the basis for a necessary

national process needed to push for a real systemic change

of the Philippine societal framework in the future.

3. Forces for change. This project should also aim to reach outto, and gain the fundamental support of, a significant layer of

the middle class, especially its reforms-oriented tendencies.

Specifically, these middle class-identified forces would also

have to include church/faith-based formations, school-based

organizations, business-oriented groups, professional

associations, and other individuals and personalities. Most of

them are the sincere and honest people who have always

wanted genuine change in Philippine society, but were

always institutionally-constrained by the narrow confines of

our countrys economic-social-political system.


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4. VISION OF AN ALLIANCE-BUILDING MOVEMENT5. DARe Movement. Thus now, the primary aim of this concept

paper is to propose for the immediate and urgent

establishment of a Disclose All Records(DARe) Movement.

The main objective of this mass campaigns alliance-building

project is to help contribute to the broader social/political-

reforms-oriented democratic mass movement by providing it

with a more direct and tangible organizational expression to

which many organizations and individuals can readily identify

with and support. But more importantly, however, the DARe

Movement project should be able to effectively act as a

national mass campaigns center in order to ensure that thegeneral welfare and interests of the social majority are

seriously taken into constant consideration by the Philippine

stateregardless of any controlling factions of the eliteby

becoming an active political player on the national political

scene that cannot just be ignored by the ruling powers that

be.

6. Independent line. Furthermore, by adopting the Disclose Allname tag for the project we can readily and clearly attain

two things at the same time:a) To set a national agenda by directly posing an open

challenge to all government officials (elected and

appointed, national and local, etc.) to disclose all of their

individual records (SALNs, bank accounts, court cases, etc.)

in the spirit of public transparency as public servants; and

b) To clearly manifest and assert a distinctly progressive,

democratic and independent political-line (and thus, not

supportive of any elite faction, PNoy or GMA, etc.) with a

systemic change-oriented directional agenda on the basis of

vitally needed basic social-economic reforms.


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TWO MODES OF DARE MOVEMENT

1. We DARe

UP SYSTEM!

DARe UP System shall involve maximum efforts for transparency

among the following:

UP Administrators UP Faculty UP student leaders

This campaign shall urge the following to disclose particular

records:

# Official/Office Records

1 Board of Regents 1.SALNs of each Regent (Eachregent is a public official)

2.Contracts of UP with variouspartners (particularly the UP-Ayala

Technohub contract, UP Town

Center contract & the GT Toyota

contract)

3.Income generated by the UP-Ayala Technohub

2 Faculty 1.Students right to access their classstanding.

3 Office of

Scholarships andStudent Services

(OSSS)

1.Accomplishment Report of STFAP(Socialized Tuition and FinancialAssistance Program)

4 University Student

Council and all

Local College

Councils

1.Minutes of the General Assemblies(GAs)

2.Financial Statement3.Memorandum of Agreement/s

(MOA/s) entered.

*Additional official/s and office/s shall be included upon the

need of each situation.


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TWO MODES OF DARE MOVEMENT

2. We DARe

PHILIPPINE

GOVERNMENT!

DARe Philippine Government shall urge all elected and

appointed officials to:

Disclose their Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and NetWorth (SALN);

Allow the Ombudsman to check their bank account/swhenever it is necessary by signing a waiver that will be

made available by the movement; and

Court records to validate their character as publicservants.

The following are strongly called upon to respond to our call:

1. President Benigno Aquino III2. Vice President Jejomar Binay3. Newly selected Chief Justice4. Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile5. Speaker of the House Feliciano Belmonte6. Incumbent Senators7. Incumbent Congressmen/women8. Commissioners9. Department Secretaries10.Local Officials*Additional official/s and office/s shall be included


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LAUNCHING / OPERATIONS OF DARE MOVEMENT

A. IntensiveCollaborations

Statements of firm support will be gathered. Local college councils and organizations of UP Diliman (and

other campuses of the UP system) will be invited to join this

campaign.

Various non-UP organizations shall also be invited----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

B. Gather supportfrom students

Signature campaigns shall be conducted to manifest thatthis endeavour is a call of the whole studentry.

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C. Constantcommunication

with the officialsand offices

Officials and offices will be given requests for the disclosureof particular records and the conduct of particular actions

(allowing the Ombudsman to have access to bankaccount/s by signing a waiver).

Dialogues with officials may also be requested. A specified and planned timeline and schedule will be

finalized by the DARe Movement tea. If the official/s and/or

offices fail to respond to the request of the movement, even

given ample time, those who refuse to release particular

records, without valid reason/s, shall be tagged under the

HOW DARE YOU! list by the movement., through the DARe

Movement Website.

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lobbying

Reminders to take action to our request will be conductedby consistently communicating and/or visiting particular

officials/officers to grant our request.

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E. Release recordsthrough social

media

A Facebook page and Twitter account shall be created topromote this cause. It shall be named as DARE

Movement.

A website shall also be created where records will beposted.

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F. Update thepublic through

FORUMS and

mainstream

media

DARe Movement shall conduct various interactive forumsthat will update the public with regard to the progress of

the coalition.

Constant communication with the media with regard to thestatus and developments of the movement.

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GOALS

GOOD

GOVERNANCE

Goals

i. SHORT TERM Promote CITIZEN PARTICIPATION Encourage youth groups to join the movement for a

transparent and accountable government.

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ii. MIDTERM Promote TRANSPARENCY Disclosure of public officials SALNs, particular public

contracts, permission to allow the Ombudsman to

look into bank accounts, and court records.

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iii. LONG TERM Promote ACCOUNTABILITY By raising the bar of public service, the movement

will also lobby for the PASSAGE OF THE FREEDOM OF

INFORMATION BILL. This bill shall provide liberty and

awareness to citizens to scrutinize their public

officials.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

Objectives DARe Movement aims to:

Promote and practice the genuine essence of GOODGOVERNANCE (TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY,PARTICIPATION)

Transparencyrequest to disclose records Accountabilityrequest for officials to respond to call

for transparency and succeeding actions pertaining to

the analyses of certain document

Participationthe citizens solidarity in forwarding thiscall

Provide an accessible avenue where constituents mayscrutinize each public official.

Offer pertinent criteria for each citizens decision (vote) inthe upcoming 2013 Midterm Election.


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TARGET AREA

Organizations

Involved and

Target Area

# 1

With the participation of: UP Diliman Local College Councils UP Diliman organizations, fraternities, and sororities ALL UP DILIMAN STUDENTS

For the cooperation of: UP Administration Government officials USC and LCC

Target Area

# 2

Our quest for good governance is not an exclusive struggle of

UP Diliman student-leaders. In line with this, DARe Movement isopen to expand its campaign with the participation of various

youth groups.

State Colleges and University Private Universities

CAMPAIGN RESOURCES

A. HumanResources

DARe Movement Team League of EDRES Officers EDRES Think Tank Team Partner Local College Council/s Partner UP organization/s Partner non-UP organization/s

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B. PhysicalResources

USC Allocated fund EDRES sponsorship and solicitations

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C. Logistics DARe Movement Primer DARe Movement Website Posters Fliers


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SUSTAINABLE DIRECTION OF DARE MOVEMENT

Project Schedule

STRUCTURE OF DARE MOVEMENT

1. DARe Movement ConvenorShall organize, assemble, and preside over the operations of the movement.Shall package the direction of the movement to be relevant in every issue that

pertains to transparency and accountability of public officials and offices.

Shall represent the movement in any event or situation needed.2. Secretariat

Shall take charge in the communications (letters, memos, etc.)Shall be in-charge in inviting individuals and groups to join the movement.Shall organize all records collected by the Lobbying Teams.Shall be in-charge in the documentation of all activities of the movement.

DARe

Movement

Convenor

Secretariat Publicity Logistics and

Finance

Lobbying 2

(Nat. Govt)

Lobbying 1

(UP Admin)


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3. Lobbying 1 (UP Administration)Shall constantly negotiate with particular individuals and offices in the University

of the Philippines System to disclose needed records through the DARe

Movement.

4. Lobbying 2 (National Government)Shall constantly negotiate with particular public officials and public institutions

to disclose needed records through the DARe Movement.

5. PublicityShall be responsible in propagating the campaign to the vast public, most

especially in UP Diliman.

Shall encompass all means to publicize the campaign and make thegovernment aware of the objective of the movement.

Shall take charge in administering online media of the media (throughFacebook, Twitter, and specific website where collated records will be posted

for public viewing).

6. Logistics and FinanceShall prepare all materials needed and provide means to solicit funds for the

operation of the movement.


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For the people. For good governance.

Prepared by:

JULLIANO FERNANDO A. GUIANG

Convenor, DARe Movement

Head, USC Education & Research Committee

University Councilor, USC - UP Diliman

BE PART OF THE DARE MOVEMENT!BENEFITS REQUIREMENTS

Student council/organizations nameand logo will be included in allendeavors of the movement.

Each partner-group shall be labeledas a DARe Movement Signatory.

Could localize the movement torespective colleges.

Could create various events relatingto the matter with the movements

full support.

Sign the DARe Manifesto for GoodGovernance to signify commitmentfor the movement.

Assign official DARe Movementrepresentative from student

council/organization for future

plannings.

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Follow DARe Movement on Twitter.

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