Tomorrow will mark another milestone not only in my life...it'll be my second time to vote for the National Elections...but this would be my first time to experience an automated election.
I had my doubts...with my little knowledge of a part of the history of Philippine politics..it is very sad to realize that the truth is CHEATING during elections is quite inevitable. At a young age of 9, I was quite aware of what was happening during the 1992 Presidential Elections. Being brought up in a family wherein they really took time to talk about politics and other social issues...I've learned to read the newspaper from cover to cover at a very young age. Moreover, I belong to what-they-call EDSA babies. I was almost 4-months old when Senator Ninoy Aquino was shot at Tarmac, and almost 3-years old during the EDSA revolution. I am part of those little ones who have tasted democracy after the Martial Law. Probably, those were some of the reasons why I was interested in the state of our country.
Back to being aware of 1992 Presidential Elections, I was one of the few kids who had always watched the news, and waiting for the updates of the canvassing of ballots. I was always on the newspaper stand at the end of our block every morning, checking on the newspaper who are leading on the counts. Moreover, I was aware of the blackouts and other anomalies happening during that time.
Fast forward to year 2010, 18 years after. I'm hoping that it won't be the same. I had friends, some were teachers who have had experienced violence regarding elections. A classmate of my mom, a Comelec official, was shot in broad daylight due to the upcoming elections. A family friend was shot dead at 6:30 in the morning due to rivalry in politics--he had left his wife and two kids at home to take care of the volunteers who are working for his wife's candidacy, but he was shot dead, and injuring a few civilians within the area..and it happened one day before the local elections.
My memories during elections are quite brutal as it may seem...but I am hoping that what I am aware of, and what I have experienced...I am hoping that the younger generations won't experience it.
On May 10, 2010, I would be voting for the ONE that I think would really make a difference. I would be voting for someone whom I think would not brag on his accomplishments six years after this election, but I'd be voting for someone who sees the things that he did, not as his accomplishments but as part of his responsibilities as an elected official of our country.
...I still do wish that after the May 10, 2010, all these candidates, win or lose, would all work together...because in the first place, they are all running for office because of one common goal right?
How I wish they REALLY DO have one common goal...and that is to improve the current situation that we have, and to change the current political system of our country---DIRTY and STINKY.
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