Voters are much to blame
Posted on March 9, 2007 - Filed Under Punch Forum |
Edwin T. Farias
9 Mar 07
Jose Rizal died for a dream of a great nation as did the other Filipinos throughout the history of the Philippines. Just think of what the country would have been like if Ramon Magsaysay had he not died (assassinated?). Or Carlos P. Romulo. These were just two of the many brilliant men the country has produced.Then there were/are others who also had had dreams of a great nation but in many of these cases power corrupted them. Marcos inherited a country rife with corruption. Much of the corruption committed by others was eliminated only to be replaced by Marcos and his cronies. Although many improvements to the infrastructure were made during the Marcos regime these were overshadowed by the imposition of martial law.
Today the actions of the administration in its attempt to silence the press; i.e. the Tulfo brothers and other journalists who have voiced their opposition to administration policies, and also the replacement of key military leaders are signs reminiscent to the first steps of martial law. The killing of politicians, from local leaders to senators is a bi-product of the corruption from those at the top.
As U.S. President Truman said "The buck stops here." Not everything can be blamed on those in power. Much of the blame must go to the voters who put them there. Just because a person running for office was a movie star or has a relative who was or is in the national assembly does not automatically qualify them to hold office, neither does being a champion boxer. If every voter studied the qualifications of the candidate and voted intelligently much of the wrong can be righted.
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