I DID not vote for Senator-elect Robin Padilla, and it is not for the reason many would cite. I did not under-estimate him. On the contrary, I saw his raw capacity to logically and rationally answer tough questions during interviews. I did not prejudge him because of his being an actor or his criminal record. I do not prejudge people on the basis of profession or criminal conviction. I believe in redemption. I did not judge him as ill-prepared since his curriculum vitae, many of whom did not care to read, showed a decent record in public service.
I did not vote for him because I disagreed with his views on women and male infidelity. I found his statement about the womanizing of his son-in-law Aljur Abrenica, that it is in the nature of men to cheat, as misogynistic. His advice to Abrenica to just convert to Islam is too cavalier, if not a flawed view of religious conversion as if it is a remedy for philandering. I had reservations about his approach to the problem of criminality and drugs, and his support for the reinstatement of the death penalty.
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