People naturally likes more than two flavors; reducing our choices to two is like having every

Filipino choose between pinakbet with extra rice and pinakbet with just one cup of rice.
Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. To our opponents, yes, two is better than one but to say
two is better than three or five or ten?! Seriously?
Time and again, should we adopt the two-party system in the country, restricting choice to two
parties limits the free marketplace of ideas, reduces each voter's choice, and is very, very
undemocratic. As stated in the 1987 Philippine constitution, specifically Article II, Section 1: “The
Philippines is a democratic and republican State. Sovereignty resides in the people and all
government authority emanates from them.” To explain that, being a democratic state means we
are government of people, by the people and of people. How can we achieve the pure essence
of democracy when we only get to choose our officials from two parties? Don’t you think it so
ridiculous to consider that the political rainbow in the country can only represented by just two
colors? How can sovereignty reside in the people if they are restricted to just two choices? Now,
let’s go to the word “republican”, it means that all government authority emanates from the people
and is exercised by representatives chosen by the people. How can we achieve that when we
only have two parties to choose from?
What if you are pro-life, but support gay marriage? Or, for that matter, what if you support the right
to own assault rifles but also support nationalized health care? A two party system unnecessarily
and arbitrarily forces people to make concessions on their beliefs, all in the name of simplicity.
To a certain degree, the more parties, the better. It allows each citizen to find the party (and thusly,
the candidate) that most directly fits their beliefs and best represents their ideology. Arbitrarily
choosing two parties as being representative of all Filipinos is political favoritism and is wrong
down to the very core.
Here are more of my contentions: There is no appropriate way to pick the two parties. Even if you
pick the two most popular parties, you still have a predicament... What if public opinion shifts, and
the parties do not?
Contention 2: A 3-or-more party system is more responsive to change. If the public opinion should
suddenly shift, or if events should lead to a rapid mood swing in the voting public, more parties
would allow government to reflect this change with more fidelity.
Contention 3: Let us all take note, friends and our dearest opponents, at least in the Philippines,
there is no Constitutional basis for a two party system.
Since the neither the Constitution nor any of its amendments allows us to restrict political parties,
permitting only two to exist would be illegal. So, for that matter, would be forcing us to have
any arbitrary number (1, 5, 10, etc). We must allow freedom to determine how many parties there
are, and it has; there are dozens of parties in this country. This is clear proof that an unrestricted,
multi-party system is best... It has arisen from free exchange and choice, and thus is a direct
representation of the will of the people.