princess_bride

practiced my right to suffrage yesterday. noticed that a lot of people have abstained from this right because some say they lost hope for a better Philippines. sad but how can you enforce and make sure that the deserving candidates will win if you abstain from voting. so that got me thinking, as a responsible citizen what could you do to make sure that the majority voters will be able to vote "wisely"? something has to be done, the question is how?

so looking at the preliminary results this morning, you will see that inspite of the hate campaign against those without experience running for senators, or mayors who have been removed from their posts in the past due to corruption or what nots - they are still the ones leading the race. so what does that tell you? either there was rampant vote buying or that the majority voters doesn't know otherwise. sad but true. so what do we do about it? 

we can't just stand by and do nothing. if we want a better Philippines, the educated voters should be able to aggressively share their thoughts on what are the qualifications and what would be the negative impact for voting for a less qualified candidate. but this is going to be very subjective, and we really cannot impose on them our opinions. however, something must be done to educate them somehow. 

my two cents....