"The BALLOT:key to national stability."
or is it really?when i first had this essay in my grade school days my objectives were clearly idealistic. i tackled about how a politician who runs for a government office should ask for the people's vote, the promises and agendas, the compromise and the platforms. and i think during those times the judges were idealistic too that all that has been written by the contestants were easy to achieve. they should be because i won fifth place for the regional contest.i was really excited when i got my prize of 500 pesos. during that time the amount was big enough to buy a sack of rice and groceries for the whole week.but since i was really young then i didn't think of how i should spend it but rather i thought of buying for personal use. i bought my first barbie doll with it.and now that i am a mother my girls are playing with it too.not that it still look good because all the hair has fallen out.maybe it aged with the years that passed too.
i was sitting by the window when i remembered my barbie doll.i didn't think of playing it but of how i acquired it.three presidents have gone by since i wrote my essay and won it.but the ideas that i have written their were never achieved. we have had a president who loves to travel, another one was a gambler and thrown out of power and now power-grabber president.well, what else is new?during election they would ask for our precious and sacred votes. trying to be humble as possible. giving out the best and promising propaganda one could imagine.but once they get to sit and hold the office, gone are all those things. you cannot even get in touch with them unless you pass through so secretaries, undersecretaries as well as assistant secretaries.. so much for bureaucracy. Thats how politics are done here in our country.
Now that they have finally decided to make it AUTOMATED ELECTION??? hope they really do it good. But as we all know, every election there's always conspiracy between Mr. This and Ms. That, you know what I mean.
Now that I am older and can really vote who I want but doesn't really matter because who they want always wins, I dont believe anymore that the Ballot is the key to national stability. It's the connections that will make people who are hungry for power stable...