Senators for Sale

This is in line with the National Senatorial Elections due May of this year.  With several senatorial candidates advertising themselves like commodities being sold inside the grocery store, it becomes even more confusing who among them is of “premium quality.”  And, more often than not, people always end up buying a “product” with the most appealing packaging, or perhaps one with a more popular background.  It is rare that we find the best value for our money, and sometimes, joining the bandwagon is the easiest and safest choice to make.

But as you can see, unlike the real commodities we buy, the senators we elect in office cannot be consumed through utilization, or digestion for that matter.  The obvious logic here is that Filipinos should be more scrupulous in narrowing down their senatorial bets.  No colorful packaging or fascinating campaign jingle should deceive them and cause them to yield into the strategy of some of these senatorial candidates.  What this country needs are real platforms which offer the Filipino people alternatives.

This is not a carnival.  The Philippine Senatorial Elections is not an opportunity for candidates to display their talent, charm or magic of some sort.  Choosing the appropriate officials should not take popularity, humor, appeal of campaign jingles, not even television or photogenic quality as the criteria for judging.  I believe this is a nation they should be striving to develop, not a showbiz career.  It is about time that these would-be-leaders, as well as the general public, take the elections seriously.  We don't need actors; we need service oriented individuals with comprehensive platforms. 

It never hurts to start a fresh bandwagon.  We, as voters, can still do something.  It is not yet too late.