BCBP campaign calls for electorate to defend the values of truth, integrity, and transparency in the May 2022 elections

 

In a virtual media conference held yesterday, the Brotherhood of Christian Businessmen and Professionals (BCBP) advanced its “Be Honest” advocacy via the “Tapatan ng Tapat” campaign to guide everyone on the moral basis for choosing the candidates to vote for in the upcoming May 2022 national elections.

“We encourage everyone to contemplate and listen to our inner voice so we will be able to choose and vote candidates that reflect and practice Christian values this coming election,” says PV Beley, BCBP President.

“The challenge is really to place the virtue of honesty at the forefront of a person’s moral compass, which becomes his or her basis for choices and actions,” said PV Beley, BCBP president.

“It’s a personal decision for each of us and through this campaign, we are encouraging everyone to contemplate and listen to our inner voice so we will be able to choose and vote candidates that reflect and practice Christian values this coming election,” he said.





The campaign launch kicked off with the group’s National Grand Breakfast Meeting that featured a talk by Bishop Pablo Virgilio S. David, CBCP President, on the Christian responsibility to choose leaders who reflect Christian values as men and women of the faith. Bishop  David gave many insightful messages on what honesty is about and what it is not.





As the 2022 Philippine Elections draws near, candidates for public office will rely more on social media to shape national opinion. Filipinos must be able discern misinformation and not be complacent. In times of serious moral, economic, and leadership crises, the electorate has this special responsibility to come together and lead a continuing communal discernment and action. All should seek out the truth, learn and speak of the truth.

“Truth is the same as being in the right path as opposed to being lost or misled. Where is this path supposed to be leading us? It is the path to fullness of life,” stressed Bishop David.

In the coming weeks, the BCBP has lined up initiatives in support of the conduct of clean and honest elections together with its partners in mission in Halalang Marangal 2022, a group of more than 20 faith-based organizations.

BCBP’s “Be Honest” advocacy was launched nationwide in 2004 and is behind the ubiquitous sign bearing this message: “Be honest, even if others are not, even if others will not, even if others cannot.” The message has since been seen prominently in government offices, airports, bridges, and every city with a BCBP community presence. The campaign became BCBP’s election advocacy in collaboration with the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) and COMELEC.

The BCBP is a Catholic charismatic community of more than 18,000 members that include influential leaders in the business and private and public sectors across the country and overseas, committed to live out their Christian values and be change agents in society. It is a nonstock, nonprofit organization, fully recognized by the Archdiocese of Manila and in all the dioceses where it operates. The BCBP has 128 chapters, 39 outreaches, and 68 missions in the Philippines, Asia-Pacific, USA, and Canada.