Government Watch (G-Watch)

@joyaceron_ph: The more unequal the society, the greater the corruption.

@joyaceron_ph: Our society will fail if we concede that corruption is normal. We need to fight back.

@joyaceron_ph: More and more women have established alternative pathways to power outside of political dynasties.

@joyaceron_ph: There is clear evidence that the level of corruption of lower if there are more women in public spaces.

@joyaceron_ph: We have a lot of participatory mechanisms. But most of these mechanisms are tokenistic.

ATM: G-Watch Convenor-Director @joyaceron_ph shares her insights in the ongoing ‘AVANTE VAVAE: Young Women’s Congress 2025.’ This event is being organized by the Youth Development Advocate Circle (YDAC) of the local government of San Mateo, Rizal.

@joyaceron_ph: Civil society is hammering on representation because our electoral system is not giving citizens representation. A government that is dominated by a handful of families hardly represents the people.

@joyaceron_ph: It is the responsibility of government to provide citizens with information. If participation has no access to information, that participation will not be informed. If participation is uninformed, that participation will only be noise.

@joyaceron_ph: Most of the flaws of the participatory mechanisms of th country are due to their inability to ensure autonomous, informed and voluntary participation.

G-Watch Convenor-Director @joyaceron_ph presents the module on Philippine Local Governance 101 in the ongoing NCR and Bulacan leg of Save A Seat Workshop. #MalayangEdukasyonPH

@joyaceron_ph: It is our proposition that ordinary Filipinos will improve their health-seeking behavior if they are involved in health governance.

@joyaceron_ph: “This three-day capacity-building training is tied to a larger change agenda. If we can improve health, if we can improve education, if we can address poverty, our citizens will be healthy and educated, and be the bedrock of s better society.”

G-Watch convenor-director @joyaceron_ph gives her opening remarks in the TPA-Enabled Health Units Workshop in Puerto Princesa.

@joyaceron_ph: Paano ka magbo-vote wisely kung walang wise choice sa mga kandidato?

@joyaceron_ph: Combining a first-past-the post election system with a mullti-party system is a sure formula for electoral violence.

@joyaceron_ph: To run for the Senate, you need 50 million pesos.

@joyaceron_ph: Francis Fukuyama defined democracy as the right to suffrage. It is not only the right to vote, but also the right to be elected. In the Philippines, you cannot run if you don’t have money. We have the right to vote, but we don’t have the right to be elected.

@joyaceron_ph: The essence of government is accountability. But that essence is now being eroded.

@joyaceron: It has been proven that elections is a popular space for participation. The challenge, however, is how to make elections an accountability platform.

G-Watch Convenor-Director @joyaceron_ph formally opens the Puerto Princesa leg of G-Watch’s ‘Making Elections an Accountability Platform.’ “Voters’ education is part of our holistic and integrated approach to citizens’ participation.”