MOTHER'S DAY & ELECTION DAY

Happy Mother's day to all moms!
Let's celebrate all our mothers; biological, spiritual, superficial,,, just kidding!
To all moms & playing the role of a mom, happy mother's day!

I called my mom to greet her a happy mother's day. After several exchange of conversation where else did the topic leads to? ELECTION!

"It is your moral obligation to exercise your right of suffrage", I was told.

Yes, it is a moral obligation. But my question is, "Is there a moral candidate worthy for such moral obligation to be exercised?"

Oh well, the right of suffrage or voting as commonly called is also one of the ways to show your love to your mother land.
It is also an expression of being patriotic.
But sometimes, these are not just enough.

Several write up says this election will make or break of our beloved country, the Philippines.
But why would you depend the hope of your country to whimsical politicians whose intentions at the onset are as questionable.
Mudslinging here & there, black propaganda on national television, news, current events, topic of every conversation... Just to mention they spend so much money just to destroy the other party. To over emphasize, money spent for these unworthy activities are not even theirs! It is our money. To be exact, to all tax payers who works 5 days a week & give 2 days to these politicians for these kind of activities! Money well spent huh!

Oh let me get back to the topic... moral obligation...
Is there indeed a moral candidate whose worthy for my moral obligation to be exercised?

Yes, there maybe a few, your counting fingers would be too much.
But pretty sure baby, they are unknown to many.
Pretty certain that they don't have the funds to use national television to hire someone to praise them or maybe even print posters for people to see.




Well, you might say that it's not who you vote but the act or exercising such right to vote...
The paranoid me says, "why would I give them the chance to use my ballot as another point to cheat on?"
Help me God, I am an optimistic person but I have to have loads of optimism to have a hope in our voting system, in the very government that so calls protect the election process, in the very people who runs it and even with the people who votes.

Pardon me for saying the latter but after some thought I can't help but conclude that at some point we are to blame for what this country has become.
Particularly for this election process, just maybe, no one will buy vote if no one can be bought.
Or even if all would exercise their right to vote so that their intelligent choice could be counted in. (in consideration of fully functional automated system; not faulty or to short & sweet, an honest election).

But for me, for now...
I will just put my hope in my God, for our Mother Land.
Oh, let me rephrase it...

I will only put my hope in my God, for my future!

God Bless our mother land, Philippines!