ELECTION
2016: OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE THE CHEF OF FATE OF OUR NATION
Election is on its way.
Everyone expects for food of promises that each politician serves on the public
table thronged by scrawny poor people remaining sanguine of a better tomorrow.
While voters turn up their plates and clamor in hunger for the food of great
promises for a brighter future, every politician pepares and cooks up for the
best recipe of campaign to attract and invite them: he pays for the endorsement
of most bankable local actors, constructs words into appealing tagline such as
“walang mahirap kung walang corrupt, Ipagpatuloy ang tuwid na daan, Galit ako
sa mga Bwaya” and a lot more. He posts gargantuan tarpulin on public places
with his face and name so huge and with almost microscopic prints of words of
gratitude to successful people in the community. He extends philantrophy to the
needy as though he had been doing it unconditionally and for a long time. He demonstrates
the most sympathetic actuation within the capture of media trying to emulate
the causes of mother Theresa and other saints of goodwill. He maligns other candidates’ image and
reputation as though he were righteous and perfect, and as if he were leading
the people away from a rotten leadership. And most of the time, when everything
in his menu appears lacking of dulcet taste, he clandestinely buys votes of
poor people struggling against famine and pauperism. Every politician has
seemed a chef of persuasion and an excellent master of gustatory hypnosis for the palate of the
gullible and starving Filipino people.
Now that another
opportunity is coming, we all need to awaken our senses. Before we appoint a
chef of our economic fate, we must be extra critical of our choices. We must
learn from our failures in previous selections. We must consider a leader who
rises above others based not on fame, charisma and media feeds but on a genuine
heart who cares and serves for the poorest. We should look into his political
experiences, how impactful his contributions have been, and how much does he
care for the welfare of the less fortunate Filipinos. We should investigate on
our own. The pieces of information we get from different sources must be put
together and analyze if his markings in the lives of the majority are worthy
and memorable.
Finally, the country
has always been a place of penitence for the poor and a bed of roses for the
greedy rich. Decades have passed and life has always seemed retrogressing. We
have had so much of the worst in life. We should shout out “Enough of
suffering. We need change!. And we can be heard only if we do it all at once.
And we can claim it if we choose the right one. Who is he/she? Do not just listen
to our hungry stomach and empty pockets; otherwise, the upset becomes
incessant. Listen to the voice of truth “Change..Change…Change!, and we shall
live in the profusion of economic growth and progress.
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