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During elections, religious groups project themselves as moral beacons that guide the faithful in making what are supposed to be enlightened political choices. During the martial law years, church groups, through various pronouncements and “prayer rallies,” emboldened the ranks of the opposition.
The Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines justifies its involvement in politics as its way of addressing social inequities. The Second Plenary Council of the Philippines (PCP II) in 1992 encouraged more active participation of Church groups in the elections when it called on the lay faithful to actively participate in political affairs.
PCP II states that Philippine politics “has been the most hurtful of us as a people. It is possibly the biggest bane in our life as a nation and the most pernicious obstacle to our achieving full development.”
It says the Church can intervene in the electoral process during “extraordinary” situations. “This happens when a political option is clearly the only one demanded by the Gospel. An example is when the presidential candidate is clearly bent to destroy the Church and its mission of salvation and has all the resources.”
PCP-II reiterated that church leaders, priests and nuns, are bound by the “preferential option for the poor.” The clergy are also supposed to involve themselves in politics “if the welfare of the majority is at stake,” a condition, which observers say is certainly very open to the most liberal interpretation.
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