RPM Prescription 2

The Economic system: Beneficent Capitalism

The economic system is basically capitalist yet operating under socialist control. It is similar to the Chinese model where free enterprise is being exercised in selected industries where it is strong. Underdeveloped industries are protected from globalism through government intervention. Government intervention is limited to sectoral laws, not management. Management is to be exercised by specialists, not by government agents.

The system has a spillover mechanism that ensures the lower classes to benefit from economic gains. Through existing government agencies like the SSS, GSIS and Pag-ibig, the collective economic gains are to benefit those in the lower rungs of society.

The Political System

The polity shall be governed like a corporation, with its own Board of Directors as represented by a Council. A president shall be appointed to serve as the spokesperson of the Council. Members of the Council or Board shall emanate from the People's Congress, which are to be elected by the People in direct elections. To be a member of the Council, one must be directly elected by the members of the People's representatives themselves in open balloting.

Council of Elders

A Council of Elders shall be formed with past presidents sitting as counselors. This Council shall likewise have members from the senior ranks belonging to People's organizations, Non-Governmental Organisations and even dissident or insurgent groups. They shall create policies and vote as a whole. However, these policies shall be in the form of recommendations to the Council.

The Board

The Board or the Council shall be the implementing agency of the state. They shall implement laws enacted by the People's Congress. They shall have control over the armed forces and enjoys police power to enforce the laws throughout the archipelago.

Members of the regional congress shall form part of the Board.

The People's Congress

The People's Congress is the legislative arm of the state. It shall be composed of people's representatives elected by the people themselves through direct elections. How to be a member of the people's congress?

Elections shall be held in the barangay level. Those elected as chairmen of the barangays shall form the city or town congress. Among members of the town congress, they shall elect their representatives: one for the provincial congress and the others, as executive officers (Mayors, Vice Mayor, etc.). Those elected from the provincial congress shall form part of the regional congress. Members of the regional congress shall elect their representative. Those elected as regional representatives shall join the Board.

Members of the provincial congress shall represent the people in the People's Congress.

The Bureaucracy

The bureaucracy shall operate as corporations. Every department or agency of government shall have its own Board. Critical departments shall be headed by members of the State Board.

Every board shall be represented by one regional congress representative, one NGO or PO representative, one or two members of the academe of their choice and senior career professionals. They shall elect their own president to serve as the board spokesperson or representative.

Nature of the struggle

The RPM believes in the concept of revolution. It embraces revolution as a necessary tool for change. It accepts the notion of peaceful revolution yet recognizes the necessity of armed struggle.

The strategy

RPM recognizes that strategy depends on the existing objective conditions of the society. In the current state of affairs, RPM believes that a combination of both peaceful or parliamentary and armed struggle are necessary.

Analysis of 2010 elections

RPM believes that the current administration is determined to launch countermeasures to prevent a presidential elections in 2010. First, the head of state is threatened by a scenario of change. Second, its allies are fearful of persecution. And third, the ruling party's own existence is also threatened by an expected defeat in the polls in 2010. There are strong indications that a parliamentary shift is being done in the woodworks.

However, RPM is ready to support young leaders to the highest echelons of power. Should an election occurs in 2010, RPM will support Senator Mar Roxas as president and Senator Loren Legarda as vice president, provided that they support RPM's vision of an open democratic Filipino society