MANILA, Philippines — Youth leaders called on their peers to be more active in countering fake news and help share reliable information that would let voters make informed choices in the coming elections. Frontliners“Our history as a nation has shown that we, the youth, have always been [at] the forefront of the struggle… to examine social realities… [and] to question injustice and oppression,” it said. Madelene de Borja and Lesther Balmatero, public administration students of the University of the Philippines, said that young voters could help abolish systems that were detrimental to development, such as political dynasties. According to Borja, political dynasties persist because under the current electoral system, only candidates with a political machinery could earn a leverage against their opponents. It’s also hard to pass a law against political dynasty when the lawmakers who are supposed to do it are the ones benefiting from the current system,” she said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 09, 2019 21:00 UTC