OPINION: Vote wisely - Do it simply! never Complicate!
By: Selena Gomez
It's election time again, six years has passed from the last time we chose the country's Commander-in-Chief, the same time when we choose to elect the country's Chief and local executives, our Leaders, who all are given equal opportunities to serve the nation and uplift the lives of every Filipinos - in and outside of the country, who by hook or by crook will be thrown into the public offices they're vying and are running for through the people's vote, our sacred rights which often are being abused by these candidates just to get the people's trust and count on their - again, votes!
Election time tests not only
candidates, but citizens as well. According to the candidate's common platforms they eagerly want to serve the public, common reasons and principles which made these politicians run and vie for public office, the office and title they want to earn in exchange of serving the public for several years.
Most candidates are hopeful to be the 'masses favorites' so they will hold on to their post and fight for it until maximum terms is reached.
Running into public office is synonymous to public service, every citizen is given equal rights to serve, hold public office and govern its people. Hence, this right is equally given to every qualified voters, everyone is encouraged to exercise this right to contribute to nation-building and the growth of the country. Through this, we are compelled to be
inspiring models, not wet blankets, for the future of our nation and hope of giving our children the best and better nation they will ever have.
Every media institutions, government offices and agencies, including private companies down to simple citizen has their say as to who to entrust their votes for. Majority, if not all have expressed and shown support on their candidates to make them win the fight. But the question is - - - Is that really good for the country, for ourselves? Showing sides really is one of the many tricks of election exercises. That is the main reason why politicians have established and are establishing political parties to show how big and powerful they are to earn peoples trusts and votes..
But the thing is, the more partisan we are, the more judgmental we become. We are driving hatred instead of promoting good sportsmanship in exercising this political right. Know what will ever happen after that? The more
we set the platform for the continued divisiveness that guarantees the hell we
cannot escape after elections.
I have always wondered why Philippine
society led by the elite, the rich, the powerful and even the learned, somehow
think they can jumble up fundamental priorities. Well, I was jolted back to the
grim reality that the wealthiest one percent of the world own more than the
balance of ninety-nine percent (99%). This is why the natural order of things can be screwed
so badly yet succeed—because one percent (1%) controls everything.
So now that our right to suffrage is to be exercised
again we have to decide who to vote for righteously, we have to ask and asses
ourselves who will be the best for the country.
We then quickly to deduce that
the important element to our answer involves competence and experience. Our
nation needs to vote a different kind of breed of politicians, has the
insurmountable credibility, honesty, good governance, address the poor needs,
re-engineered strategic reforms, economic and national policies and someone
that could offer a different kind of new government and new order to rid off the
corrupted government bureaucracy and members of Congress that serves only personal
interests and agenda. Thus the battle-cry for the winning candidate in this
election will be shifted from experience and competence to credibility, honesty
and good governance.
It's very hard
to find a perfect candidate in this world. The world is a place of constant
change. If we are positive, strong and confident, we will be ready to accept
these changes, challenges and utilize the system to have that room for
improvement. Vote for a President who has a
vision for the future, an effective leadership style, a political philosophy.
Vote for a President who is not a thief, whose relatives are not thieves, who
does not surround himself with thieves and above all the candidate who is a God-loving and a God-fearing citizen outside and more importantly inside of his office, to guide and lead him to the right path (straight path or not) in dealing with plans and decisions that involve the risks and the future of every citizens of this country - our beloved Philippines.
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