Hours before the midterm elections, I was heavily thinking about who to shade on that long sheet of paper. There were several names that I've had no doubts on, and one of them is Nancy Binay.
I totally don't understand why some people whine about her not deserving the spot in any way. Look who's talking? Did you even know PNoy before his early President-apparent status? Actually, they got the same credentials: popular parents, and it's just the same with every other political clan.
Unfortunately, she was 13th on my list. Not only in itself is the number unlucky, it would also cost me all the 12 rightful candidates. Hell no! Oh, I think she's the 24th. Yes, she was. LOL
Honestly after hearing all these things that UNA said about Nancy's campaign strategies, it didn't waver me from my stand. She doesn't deserve a seat in the Senate. When even a child is asked what he wants when he grows up then answers, she who had more ability in speech (or not?) didn't even let us know what she had in mind. It feels like we were stolen. We elected someone who can't even explain what she'd do for the betterment of the country.
It is sad to see our nation drop to this low, considering that the youth had more say in this with a greater percentage versus the total number of voters. What happened, Philippines? Didn't you use your 'Coco-te'?
Blame it on ignorance, perhaps? According to my friend's research, 7 out of 10 Filipinos don't have access to the internet. It is therefore us who had the bandwidth to be blamed for the uneducated, unresearched portion of our population who elected not only my subject, but also other people who didn't deserve that senate seat. Really? What if they've researched, and found her credentials sufficient?
Well even if I doubt, we could easily erase that possibilty. Our mentality always brought us back to the Spanish era, where we worshipped anyone who's got more fortune and fame. Illustrados. We always tend to jump over the bandwagon and can't be independent of our judgments. There lies the root of the problem.
Poverty is the major source of misinformation and uneducation. This goes to show, using the number of votes, that it is directly proportional to the poverty level in our country. Poverty is a veil: it makes the canned goods, few kilos of rice, and several hundred bills with sample ballots look like much. When over the veil, it could only be an imagination, a vision.
When it may be true that our economic anchors have reached depths deeper than before, it appears that it only made the rich richer, and the poor, poorer. Another sad fact.
We could only wish for that day, when we already know how to stand by our choices and make a difference for our country. We need true leaders, not people to fill up our ballots just because we didn't know who the hell the rest were. It is a collective effort of information dissemination for the rich and thorough research for the needy. Not just because the person got a famous name.
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