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As the cost of running for a Senate seat requires millions, some candidates are jumping onto the election bandwagon with nothing in their pockets except perhaps their names and the service they rendered for the country, which spells honesty, moral correctness, sincerity, and trustworthiness.

But do names ... high ethical standards ... and righteous behavior sell?

Suntok nga sa buwan yan ... pero yan ang pinaghawakan ni Heidi Mendoza.  Wala siyang pera, she doesn't have a political machinery and the grassroots support are hopeless and next to impossibility.

In this era of POGOS and impeachments ... she is running on a campaign slogan that says" Ang kandidatong sure na hindi magnanakaw." The mantra has a name recall and is quite effective ... but will it last? And is it enough?

Heidi Reyes Lloce-Mendoza (born November 3, 1962) is a Filipina auditor, Certified Public Accountant, and former civil servant. She served as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) from 2015-2019.

She was the commissioner of the Commission On Audit and is an advocate of good governance. Her track record of fighting corruption for decades is proof she has the credentials to be part of the upper chamber.

She doesn't sing and dance to get your vote ... but think guys she is not auditioning for Pilipinas Got Talent ... but the Philippine Senate. Am I making sense?

She is asking you to consider her in the election of 2025. 

She has the goods ... and the good in her is just getting better. Much better than those dancing and singing candidates whose only claim to the senate seat is their popularity ... unschooled, inexperienced ... and who thought of their senate job as just a means to an end ... not because they are good at it.

It breaks my heart to see the image above. Kung sino pa ang knowledgeable at seasoned ... and ready to take the job ... siya pa ang walang pera.

Kung nagbibigay tayo ng chance sa mga iba diyan who make the senate floor their favorite hangout ... often seen as have  nothing to do ... be idle and loafing their time away ... and during hearings have nothing to contribute ... why not Heidi Mendoza in their stead?