Comments on: Election Chicken or Egg

By: Atty.Fred

Atty.Fred — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 02:13:14 +0000

Major Tom, the temptation is always there. As my classmates would say during our PolSci days, you’ll get corrupted when you stay in the “bulok na sistema”. On the other hand, let’s say you’re a genuinely noble politician and all you want to do is to serve, how could you win against seasoned politicians without spending a fortune? Would the Filipino’s vote for you based on your platforms? Does it really matter that many candidates fail to keep their election promises? Sometimes, I’m tempted to think that we should not have removed ERAP. People voted for him, he should have been allowed to continue. That way, we Filipinos get to feel the full effects of our choices, and, hopefullly, learn. I guess that’s asking for too much.

By: Major Tom

Major Tom — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:30:39 +0000

Truly, our election travails as well as the problematic political system is hard to fathom, just like a chicken-and-egg question as you were saying.

In my mind, the pols rights now is such a warp zone that even if they try, they’d always be trapped in that mindset where power becomes an aggrandizement, something to earn fruifully well, and to protect by all means. Even the most genuine of them right now would often feel that way. Maybe it takes another generation to entirely weed out the undeserving ones, and create a new blood into our political system. That’s how grave I see it.

Maybe the voters have better chances of creating changes, if only there’d be more reeducation of how to use the power of the ballot well.