GMANews: Senatorial candidates to spend P200M each

[mark_15]

GMANews reports on the election cost for a senatorial candidate in the Philippines. Based on the figure a senatorial candidate would need roughly 100M to 200M pesos in order to have an effective election campaign nationwide. With roughly 35k monthly salary for a senator that would only amount to P420,000 annually, and P1.68M during his term (4 years) in the senate. For a mathematician this comes to no surprise at all, but for an ordinary Filipino, like Juan of the Cross, he wonders. Sometimes, you just need to do the math in order to see the ugly face of Philippine politics.

Watch the GMANews video here: http://www.gmanews.tv/video/4120/Senatorial-candidates-to-spend-P200M-each---strategist

[DaVinci]

GMANews reports on the election cost for a senatorial candidate in the Philippines. Based on the figure a senatorial candidate would need roughly 100M to 200M pesos in order to have an effective election campaign nationwide. With roughly 35k monthly salary for a senator that would only amount to P420,000 annually, and P1.68M during his term (4 years) in the senate. For a mathematician this comes to no surprise at all, but for an ordinary Filipino, like Juan of the Cross, he wonders. Sometimes, you just need to do the math in order to see the ugly face of Philippine politics.

Watch the GMANews video here: http://www.gmanews.tv/video/4120/Senatorial-candidates-to-spend-P200M-each---strategist

Indeed!

wala na talaga akong masasabi sa sistema sa pinas...

thanks for reminding me about the cold truth on our political system... :)