what makes a good leader? hmmm. must he be an intellectual one to discover ways to easily fool his disciples? must he kill people for power? must he be selfish for himself? must he be powerful enough to have a private military force to kill? hmmmm. In our country, the realization of election coming up is when "Honorable" Officials of the land throw garbage at each other. Why? we Filipinos elect candidates on the basis of who has the less dirt? this is very disgusting and makes me nauseated already. but the question i leave to this political aspirants is: "DO YOU REALLY WANT TO BE A LEADER BECAUSE YOU WANT TO HELP THE PHILIPPINES?? or DO YOU ONLY WANT TO HELP YOURSELF??"
four days ago, a tragic incident that changed most of the filipinos lives happened; the filipinos are now angry, frightened, grieving, praying, disturbed and thirsty for the truth. the maguindanao massacre killed 57 people by assassinating them and burying them in the ground to leave no evidence. the female victims were even raped before buried into the ground said "Boy" the witness of the massacre to Marga Ortigas the correspondent of AlJazeera.net. (read further in this site: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/11/2009112654959580381.html). due to this the Philippines is now the most dangerous country for journalists even beating Iraq and Somalia.
four days ago, a tragic incident that changed most of the filipinos lives happened; the filipinos are now angry, frightened, grieving, praying, disturbed and thirsty for the truth. the maguindanao massacre killed 57 people by assassinating them and burying them in the ground to leave no evidence. the female victims were even raped before buried into the ground said "Boy" the witness of the massacre to Marga Ortigas the correspondent of AlJazeera.net. (read further in this site: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/11/2009112654959580381.html). due to this the Philippines is now the most dangerous country for journalists even beating Iraq and Somalia.
i need not name names but whoever did this comes from a belligerent type of family that he/she killed not only one but 57 people in a savagely brutal manner. his/her soul is already burning in purgatory because of his truculent attitude. how could some people be so heartless that they can kill people just for power? i can't imagine how the persons behind murders, crimes and massacres sleep at night. aren't they haunted by the souls of the poor victims? aren't they even bothered by their conscience? people are really getting less human by their actions. its quite alarming that every election a person dies. and a lot of people say justice in our country is in favor of the rich and even slower than a turtle. my say: no matter how slow investigation is as long as the perpetrators pay for what they did and justice prevails its okay. we need not rush things out. we need patience, control, hope and fortitude.
i come from a politically inclined family. and every election our family receives various death threats. i remember that my uncle was almost shot while he was cockfighting. since then, most of our relatives owned guns and brought it at their backs everywhere they go. one of my uncles, Joseph Aldea Santiago (my mother's first cousin) is currently the congressman of our province and has served for his third term right now. this upcoming elections his' wife will be the one to run for congress; i can't make a stand against political dynasty because ever since my great grand lolo's time most of the leaders of our province are from the ARCILLA-ALDEA clan. making a stand against it means that i'm against my own bloodline and being in favor of it makes us selfish for power. i can never deny that i dream to be like them someday. even my HS year book's class descripiton written by my classmate (Elvin Jubay) states that they believe that i could make my way to politics. but now, i get scared of the fact that politics is a complicated world that only a few could handle.
however, i never lose hope that the Philippines could change for the better since change is the only constant thing in this world. let us realize that we do not need selfish leaders. what we need is a and a leader who is willing to sacrifice alot of things for the public. a leader who has a heart; a heart which is god-fearing. and a spirit burning for the passion to serve.
i come from a politically inclined family. and every election our family receives various death threats. i remember that my uncle was almost shot while he was cockfighting. since then, most of our relatives owned guns and brought it at their backs everywhere they go. one of my uncles, Joseph Aldea Santiago (my mother's first cousin) is currently the congressman of our province and has served for his third term right now. this upcoming elections his' wife will be the one to run for congress; i can't make a stand against political dynasty because ever since my great grand lolo's time most of the leaders of our province are from the ARCILLA-ALDEA clan. making a stand against it means that i'm against my own bloodline and being in favor of it makes us selfish for power. i can never deny that i dream to be like them someday. even my HS year book's class descripiton written by my classmate (Elvin Jubay) states that they believe that i could make my way to politics. but now, i get scared of the fact that politics is a complicated world that only a few could handle.
however, i never lose hope that the Philippines could change for the better since change is the only constant thing in this world. let us realize that we do not need selfish leaders. what we need is a and a leader who is willing to sacrifice alot of things for the public. a leader who has a heart; a heart which is god-fearing. and a spirit burning for the passion to serve.
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