MAY 13…at last has past, the reckoning time has come. As the votes were counted and reality set in, the haggard loser, reviewing his Master List…slowly realized whether his political dealers…leaders delivered on their vows of victory, given the envelopes. Or deducted from it.
So, what does the Payroll say?
Our culture has metamorphosed that Voters expect to receive money from the candidates…because it is their money anyway just being given back to them.
And as the candidate cannot personally distribute the envelopes because of legal restraints, he has to rely upon faithful, reliable and honest barangay supporters. And the most common complaint is: that the envelope which has P500 for distribution…when it reaches the bought voter contains only P200.
So rages the enraged voter, “Ang gusto ko LIMANG DAAN, hindi ang TAMANG DAAN!”
Next week the faithful, reliable and honest barangay supporter is driving a new Suzuki Beaver pick-up. What a profitable day.
Congratulations to the elected and anointed ones. As usual, I correctly predicted the winners. Of course, some of the winners are not the right persons for the job.
On the national scene…Comedians, certified grafters, absolute incompetents…will occupy the august halls of Congress and the Senate…and reverently addressed as Honorable.
But that is how our democratic process works. Democracy is the grace of accepting the wrong choices made by majority of the poor people who far outweigh in sheer numbers the un-buyable intelligent, middle-class; for the voice of the people is the voice of…My God!
The current lineup of those elected to the Iloilo City Council is better than the bunch of senators recently enshrined. Some of the InSanenators elected are irrelevant and useless in the Senate. But the people want to be entertained, so, here come the clowns…and they have to be handsomely paid for the profound silence their ignorance brings.
The late DOLPHY, King of Filipino slapstick comedy, during the heydays of his popularity, was inveigled to run for public office. He had more sense than his Falayfay movies. He said, “O.K., so I win because I am popular. And I become a Senator. What will I do there?”
Aside from congratulations because there is no substitute for victory…a reminder to our newly-elected whatever to be true to our Constitution. And try to recover your expenses later.
And to the losers, a herbal prescription: buy lampunaya…and please do not pick cigarette stubs on the street. (muzones_law_office@yahoo.com/PN)
