THE ALLIANCE of Concerned Teachers on Friday urged educators to teach their students the importance of the electoral process.

“Our teachers have the moral and patriotic duty to help our voters grasp the crucial role of electoral process in bringing about pro-people reforms to our society,” Raymond Basilio, the group’s secretary general, said.

“As mentors, we are in a favorable position to educate them on the principle that must guide their electoral choices– democracy, good governance and social justice, and to reject tyranny, corruption, patronage politics and political dynasties,” he added.

He said that teachers can’t just sit back and ignore politics “as at stake here is the future of the nation and of the very children that we teach today.”

“We can start by educating our students and their parents,” Basilio said.

He warned of the looming comeback of the Marcoses in Malacañang and the perpetuation of Duterte’s in power which, he said, spells doom for the nation.

“The Marcos and Duterte regimes proved to be the darkest periods in our country’s contemporary history. During their rules, our people suffered from the most brazen corruption, most abject crises and worst human rights violations,” he said.