Much have been said, plenty of friendship forged and some broken - in Facebook lingo we call it became friends, unfriend, unfollow or much more block. Many has opined and turned into political experts, expressing their views and about the candidates, some has bashed, made issues out of a non issue, most have ask for respect and assert their freedom to exert and air their opinions. We are a democratic country after all.
The contest for power has spawn wars, divided nations throughout history. In our country alone a lot of election related crimes happened. Remember the Ampatuan masacre in Mindanao? Not only the rival candidates were victimized but mostly media people. In the words of Anthony Bourdain -
"Journalist have always been able to portray themselves as non combatant. But these days people seem not to make that distinction."
Many said that they will leave the county in case a certain politician win or does not win. I have plans of leaving the country but for an entirely different reason. With all its sham and imperfections, I'd still choose the Philippines. In our local lingo we call our country"motherland". Like our relationships with our mothers however strained and sometimes complicated we know we love her. We may fight and argue from non consequential and trivial matter to the important and life changing decisions we know in the end our utmost welfare and happiness is her well meaning intentions. We would leave home but then we would come back because we know she would be there welcoming us back into her fold.
Quite often we change jobs, friends, and spouses instead... of ourselves " - fr d comics section of this broadsheet.
Change comes from our own willingness to embrace it from a simple obedience of traffic rules, knowing the issues and making a stand, helping the underprivileged in every opportunity presented, paying our taxes, sending a scholar to school and many other simple ways we could make a little difference to our community. A leaders role will impact the country's growth or its eventual downfall but at the end of the day we also have a great role to play. The election had a very polarizing effect. Our people with their choice of candidate were as divided as the many islands of our country. And now that election is over let us once again unite as a people. We have shown how most of us had been supportive to the point of being fanatical about our support of a candidate truly we can use that energy and enthusiasm we have to a better use now that election is over.
Written last May 10, 2016 a day after the National Election
(The 2016 Philippine election had been counted and Mayor Rodrigo Duterte won over Mar Roxas et al and all of them has conceded and offered good wishes for the winner..There is still a little struggle over Leni Robredo and Bongbong Marcos (son of the late dictator, Ferdinand Marcos), for the Vice Presidential position. For senators, Mr Tesdaman, Villanueva is on the first slot, asexpected, Tito Sotto won as one of the top as a Senator (he is part of the TVJ of the Eat bulaga, the longest running noon time show in the country) and of course Manny Paquiao, the boxer and congressman elect. Interestingly, the Filipinos have always that uncanny way of choosing their leaders. Remember, the overwhelming succes of Joseph Estrada in the 90s as a president. We have chosen an action star, to be our top leader. The Filipinos has a way of transcendent where the line "only in the Philippines" or it's more fun in the Philippines somehow proves...
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