the right to vote
May 10th, 2010 by ruthako: bumoto ka na ba?
siya: hinde, ayoko.
ako: nagparehistro ka ba?
siya: hinde.
ngek. it kinda reminds of that girl who told me that a few weeks before classes were due to start, she decided not to enrol in uplb for college because she didn’t like the feel of the place. when i asked which campus she indicated in the upcat, she said, “uh, upcat? what”s that?”
oh wait. now i remember. they’re one and the same person. isn’t it scary that this person has the right to vote simply by virtue of citizenship?
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it’s election day in the philippines today. like millions of others, i am not fully convinced that this process will be a clean, honest and fair one. but i’ve done my part. i’ve done my duty as a philippine citizen. have you?
if you haven’t gone to the precincts to cast your votes, you become one of the many reasons why philippine elections fail to be truly democratic. so rather than criticize the system, i suggest that you save your breath and hold your trap regarding this elections. yapping about how this election will not bring about change, when you yourself couldn’t be bothered to go out and vote makes you no different to the very ‘trapos’ you accuse of being all talk and no action. change, you say? you want change? what are YOU doing to bring about that change?
