Voting Wisely

Posted by latrommi on 12:13 AM on March 21, 2007.

Sigh. I'm sorry for keeping this stale for a while. More than month? sheesh. I feel lame.

Anyway. Here's my bit. I wrote this a month ago. Go figure why I kept it that long.

My cousin and I were discussing-- no, more of laughing about senatorial bids' TV ads and posters. Within the conversation, he told me the other day that citizens who're not registered for the polls do not have the right to complain about the country's politics.

I did not register for the May 2007 elections simply because during the registration period, I found no interesting candidates to vote for. But I disagree with what my cousin said. I am a taxpayer, (VAT is a form of taxation. Do not argue.) and I am a Citizen of this country; I'm one of the millions of masters of the Government: I have every god-fucking-given right to complain.

I side with neither party (gaGO nor TUta), I stand in the middle. And still, I can say, How can we not complain?

The opposition, as per two-party systems, is described to be the side that checks and balances governmental decisions; not the guard of its leaders' (and or families') bank accounts and Ill-gotten wealth.

Senatoriable Hon. (pun intended) Representative Alan Peter Cayetano, The son of Rene "Compañero" Cayetano, has made it a goal to unravel exposes against the first family-- First Gentleman Arroyo to be specific-- within his last term as the congressman-elect of the lone district of Taguig-Pateros. A Daily Tabloid, Pilipino Star Ngayon, dated March 5, 2007 wrote that this lawmaker does not have one LAW to his name. I went on to check his profile on the Philippine Congress's official website, and saw 14 HouseBills under his name; almost all of which are Schools in the Taguig area. None of them are laws, to reiterate my point.

(Sidenote: I've always found it funny for people to refer to the House of Representatives as Congress, and that the Congress is different from the Senate. The Congress is consisted of two chambers, the Senate and the House of Representatives) I compared Honorable Representative Francis Escudero's profile against Cayetano's. I saw 98 Bills and Laws (collective) under his name, and more than six co-authored bills.

I can't speak any more, for fear that I be charged with black propaganda. Just a friendly reminder, voters: On that official ballot you are to fill up on May 14th, 2007, don't forget to put "wisely" on it.

Go figure.

thoughts?