Political positions of Richard Gordon
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Richard Gordon was the presidential candidate of the Bagumbayan - Volunteers for a New Philippines for the 2010 Philippine presidential elections.
Ombudsman as an elective position
One of the key elements in the scandal-rigged administration of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was the appointment of Merceditas Guttierez, a colleague of First Gentleman Mike Arroyo in law school and a former presidential counsel, as the head of the Ombudsman office, which is responsible for the investigation and prosecution of corrupt officials in the government. Thus, Gordon plans to make the Ombudsman an elective post rather than an appointive post.[1]
Death penalty
Gordon is against the reinforcement of the death penalty, mainly because he believes that the nation's police forces "are lawful in terms of their investigative capabilities". For him, the reimposition of the death penalty would only promote injustice since the Philippine society tends to put the blame on people but never try to provide real solutions to the problems.[2]
