Isang Tanong: The GMA News and Public Affairs Presidential Forum

Part One: November 22, 2009 Part Two: November 29, 2009 Sunday night on SNBO, after Show Me Da Manny From the twin tragedies brought on by Ondoy and Pepeng, yearly maritime disasters, skyrocketing oil prices, reports of corruption, increasingly brazen criminal attacks and worsening poverty, it seems like the country is trapped in an endlessly spinning karmic wheel. With the presidential elections looming ahead, it surely feels like an extended déjà vu… here we go again. Every election, these same issues, along with many others come under microscopic scrutiny. Every few years, we hear of platforms and programs that promise to better our lives if only we’d vote for this or that candidate. But then, inundated with all the information and misinformation around, don’t they all start loking the same? How do they really differ from one another? At last count, eleven have expressed interest to run for the presidency: Senators Noynoy Aquino, Chiz Escudero, Richard Gordon, Jamby Madrigal and Manny Villar, Secretaries Gilberto Teodoro and Hermogenes Ebdane, Jr., Councilor JC delos Reyes, Reverend Eddie Villanueva, Nick Perlas and even once-president Joseph Estrada. With the problems the next chief executive stands to inherit, one wonders why so many are applying for the job. Isang Tanong: The GMA News and Public Affairs Presidential Forum, a two-part special attempts to find out from the candidates themselves as they answer one question by a panel of experts that include Mel Tiangco, Jessica Soho, Arnold Clavio, Vicky Morales, Winnie Monsod and Howie Severino. gmanews.tv, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, Catholic Media Network, Philippine Bar Association, Institute for Political and Electoral Reform, select universities and colleges, as well as anyone who posted a question online will have a chance to field their one question. Hosted by multi-awarded broadcast journalist Mike Enriquez, Isang Tanong airs on two consecutive Sundays, the 22nd and 29th of November, right after Show Me the Manny.

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Mula sa magkasunod na trahedyang dulot ni Ondoy at Pepeng, mga sakuna sa karagatan, walang humpay na pagtaas ng presyo ng langis, katiwalian, tumataas na bilang ng krimen at kahirapan, ito ang ilang mga problema ng bansa na tila pulit-ulit na lamang. At ngayong papalapit na ang eleksyon sa pampangulo sa 2010, ang mga problemang ito ay siya na namang haharapin ng susunod na Pangulo. Bawat eleksyon, ang mga dating problema ng bayan ay hinihamay nang mabuti. At sa mga ganitong panahon, madalas nating naririnig ang ilang mga plataporma at programa na nangangakong magpapabuti raw sa kundisyon ng bayan kung tayo ay boboto sa kung mga kandidato. Nilulubog tayo sa mga impormasyon, tama man o mali pero hindi ba’t magkakamukha rin ang lahat? Paano nga ba sila naiba? Sa huling bilang, nasa labing-isa na ang mga nagpahayag ng kanilang interes para tumakbo sa pagka - pangulo: sina Senador Noynoy Aquino, Chiz Escudero, Richard Gordon, Jamby Madrigal at Manny Villar. Ang mga gabinete ni PGMA na sina Gilbert Teodoro at Hermogenes Ebdane. Konsehal na si JC de los Reyes, ang religious preacher na si Bro. Eddie Villanueva, ang environmentalist na si Nick Perlas at maging si dating Pangulong Joseph Estrada. Sa bangungot na problemang mamanahin ng susunod na Pangulo, nagtataka tuloy ang marami, bakit nagkukumahog silang mangunang harapin ito? Ang Isang Tanong: The Presidential Forum ay produksiyon ng nangungunang GMA News and Public Affairs at mapapanood ng dalawang magkasunod na linggo simula ika-dalawampu’t dalawa ng Nobyembre at ika-dalawampu’t siyam ng Nobyembre. Pangungunahan ito ng beteranong broadcast journalist na si Mike Enriquez. Haharapin ng mga kandidato ang Isang Tanong mula sa mga respetadong mamamahayag sa bansa, Mel Tiangco, Jessica Soho, Arnold Clavio, Vicky Morales, Winnie Monsod at Howie Severino, ang GMA Eleksyon partners: gmanews.tv, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, Catholic Media Network, Philippine Bar Association, Institute for Political and Electoral Reform, ilang mga kilalang unibersidad at kolehiyo at maging ang mga nagpadala ng kanilang isang tanong online sa pamamagitan ng gmanews.tv. Abangan ang Isang Tanong: The Presidential Forum ngayong Nobyembre 22 at Nobyembre 29, pagkatapos ng Show Me the Manny.