Barangay & Sangguniang Kabataan Elections 2018 - I Don't Know Who The Right Candidates Are5/14/2018
I just voted early this morning
around 7:00 for the Barangay & SK Elections 2018 and it felt great to exercise the right to choose your leaders.
It's exciting to vote
and when you go to your precincts, you can find people giving away leaflets and lists of candidates you can choose to vote for. The streets are lined up with vehicles and so many people are going that food stalls are everywhere. The whole scenario looks like there's a festival happening but just a special event when most people exercise their right to vote. In my case, I went to my voting place early in the morning around 7:00 because I didn't want to join in the huge crowd who will be coming later in the day, because that would mean more time for me spent in the polling place. It took me just few minutes to find my precinct, and as I checked on my voter's ID, I found out that it had my precinct number there. That was the first time I knew. Anyways, my precinct was in a room on the 4th floor of a high school building. I just spent few minutes casting my votes because I was the 3rd voter to come in that time. Fortunate of me I came early. ​​ But as soon as I got out of the room, it came all over me that I never voted wisely, or sad to say, I never did any research on any of the candidates I voted for. So many of them I was not even familiar with; that was the first time I knew their names. The only guy I voted for who was a little familiar to me was the current Barangay Captain/Chairman. The rest of the guys I never knew of or I was not familiar with even a little. ​
Was that bad of me,
or irresponsible of me to vote without even doing research or at least attend candidates rallies? Sorry to say this, but I'm always busy in the city doing my thing to survive and giving just few minutes of my time to know more of the candidates was never part of my daily routine. I didn't have time for that. And even if I had the time, and did some research on any or most or all of the candidates, will I be able to choose the right ones? Will my research be good enough or credible enough? If I search the web and look for information on the candidate, will that information be accurate? That thing I'm not sure about. Information maybe edited to make the candidate look good or valuable to the voters, I don't know. So that is really my problem every time I cast my vote. I don't really know the candidates - what's in their hearts and minds, and if their motive is for everyone or just plain selfish. And if I do some research, the web is all I got and I don't trust the web much. Nobody knows for sure who the best guy is or who would be best to run a barangay. Only God knows for sure. They can make you trust them with their promises during campaigns, but those remain to be seen. Promises are hard to fulfill but easily broken in no time especially when it involves a very big barangay just like Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City. ​ A candidate who has years of experience in public service does not guarantee good and honest service and a guy who is first timer in politics does not mean failure already because of his inexperience. Whoever wins, may he be the right guy to do the right things for his barangay. May he be full of knowledge of the needs of the barangay. May his heart and mind be for the good of his barangay and not just for himself and his family. May he avoid corruption and bribery, and everything else illegal. May he be against drugs, etc. And may he become a role model for everyone.
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