"can a candidate for election use friendster and text messages (a.k.a. sms)
as means of campaigining for the 2007 elections?"
neither roomie tria nor i was able to answer this query. no comelec resolution can be found which addresses this issue (or did i miss it lang?).
anyway, as i was devouring my lunch while surfing the net (hehe, net-ganid), i saw this site which confirmed my what-if query. it happened talaga. a few candidates have friendster accounts and uses this as a means of campaigining. sobrang innovative ah. and why would they not avail of it? one, it is for free, no costs at all. second, it is very convenient since the presence of the candidate himself is not required. he can even have one of his asssitants monitor it. and third, the variety and number of people friendster can reach is, i must say, limitless.
with that, i jumped off my friendster account and hit the search key.
number one, chiz escudero, voila!!!
number two, kiko pangilinan... and, tadaaa!!!
in fairness, mabilis na-approve ni chiz yung invitation ko! =p (yeah, i sent them an invite!)
i will let you know if there will be other candidates who'll use this alternative scheme to get people's, rather, "co-friendsters' votes".
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