Democracy does not subscribe to the Confucian belief of benevolent government run by morally superior leaders.
It flourishes with a citizenry that actively participates, hold accountable and scrutinize other citizens temporarily delegated limited authority always acting on behalf of the entire polity.
But unfortunately, as typical as other Asians want to believe, a significant number of Filipinos still believe that "good leaders" are the answer to whatever ails them.
That's why most of them made the mistake of allowing Ferdinand Marcos to usurp the very social contract which protects their rights as individuals.
Instead of putting all of their efforts to participate in the debates regarding what laws would benefit them most, they waste their thoughts and efforts in electing the "best" candidates.
Laughable!
Does it really matter which one is elected? Whoever gets elected and once they get elected, you need only pressure them constantly for them to act in the manner you wish them to act.
Filipino politicians, the majority of them, do not carry ideological anchors that prevents them from jumping from one party to another.
The Philippines does not have a strong political party system, where party discipline keeps politicians within party-line platforms and ideologies.
They only care that they will get re-elected!
Worst, since a significant portion of Filipinos are poor, they do not have the capacity to know the importance of being pro-active, as they worry everyday how they will get their next meal.
I encourage politicians who take advantage of the poor by handing out goods to influence their votes to HANG THEMSELVES and save other Filipinos of your stinking TRAPO nature.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Good Intentions: Not Necessarily Always Consistent with Due Process and the Rule of Law
The nerve.
You may have, on your own toil and effort, raised yourself from rags to riches.
But nothing, as in NOTHING, gives any citizen, whether be you a Senator or President, the right to circumvent DUE PROCESS and the RULE OF LAW.
Does Senator Villar think that the Filipino people is stupid enough not to detect the underhanded way in which he conducts election campaign? Scholarships during election even if he did not ask those students to endorse him constitute a clear and blatant violation of the Omnibus Election Code!
It is either plain stupidity or outright scheming for a politician to hand out anything, as in ANYTHING, even if it is HIS OWN MONEY, that can be interpreted by anyone as favors within the Utang na Loob Filipino tradition.
WHY DID YOU NOT HAND OUT THE SCHOLARSHIPS BEFORE THE ELECTION PERIOD COMMENCED AND NOT STOP HANDING OUT YOUR GOODS DURING THE ELECTION PERIOD?
BECAUSE YOU ARE A TRADITIONAL POLITICIAN. YOU MAY HAVE BECOME RICH BY YOUR OWN EFFORTS BUT YOUR IGNORANCE OF THE LAW (OR PERHAPS YOUR EFFORTS TO CIRCUMVENT IT) TESTIFIES TO YOUR OUTRIGHT NATURE AS A TRAPO.
This also applies to those who use the name and patriotic contributions of their parents to get elected. Naming our ancestors imply you wish to extend their rule to this day, however good their may be, and violates the principle of "rotation of office" in modern democracies.
Politicians who think themselves above the rules should be disqualified immediately!
You may have, on your own toil and effort, raised yourself from rags to riches.
But nothing, as in NOTHING, gives any citizen, whether be you a Senator or President, the right to circumvent DUE PROCESS and the RULE OF LAW.
Does Senator Villar think that the Filipino people is stupid enough not to detect the underhanded way in which he conducts election campaign? Scholarships during election even if he did not ask those students to endorse him constitute a clear and blatant violation of the Omnibus Election Code!
It is either plain stupidity or outright scheming for a politician to hand out anything, as in ANYTHING, even if it is HIS OWN MONEY, that can be interpreted by anyone as favors within the Utang na Loob Filipino tradition.
WHY DID YOU NOT HAND OUT THE SCHOLARSHIPS BEFORE THE ELECTION PERIOD COMMENCED AND NOT STOP HANDING OUT YOUR GOODS DURING THE ELECTION PERIOD?
BECAUSE YOU ARE A TRADITIONAL POLITICIAN. YOU MAY HAVE BECOME RICH BY YOUR OWN EFFORTS BUT YOUR IGNORANCE OF THE LAW (OR PERHAPS YOUR EFFORTS TO CIRCUMVENT IT) TESTIFIES TO YOUR OUTRIGHT NATURE AS A TRAPO.
This also applies to those who use the name and patriotic contributions of their parents to get elected. Naming our ancestors imply you wish to extend their rule to this day, however good their may be, and violates the principle of "rotation of office" in modern democracies.
Politicians who think themselves above the rules should be disqualified immediately!
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