Philippines' Historical Reality Show

Philippines' Historical Reality Show

Stated in the 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines, Article VI, Section 3: No person shall be a Senator unless he is a natural-born citizen of the Philippines and, on the day of the election, is at least thirty-five years of age, able to read and write, a registered voter, and a resident of the Philippines for not less than two years immediately preceding the day of the election.

Wanted by the masang Pilipino is someone who could raise their status quo, maybe someone who could flood their drained bank accounts. Required by the entrepreneurs who subsist in the fluctuating world of stocks and business is a big name that could grant incentives and hoist their eminence in the market. In the sagacity of idealism, others may seek articulation to be the voice and image of what was once a reverie. In the world of ignorance, others may yearn for the face – the one whose posters they once thought were endorsements of a new beauty clinic.

How many times the Filipinos had been fooled? They were but images that portray good actors or actresses – too good that they made us believe that their role is their real personality. Just like how Eula Valdez and Jean Garcia played their role as Amor Powers and Claudia Buenavista that struck the country.

We were once on top – a country that was taking pleasure on its riches until we felt the dictator’s arm clutching our freedom. The state loves freedom, no doubt – proven by the rally scenes that take over the news everyday. The state’s excellent economy was forfeited to reclaim the free will that was taken from us.

Now that we have salvaged what was left of us, we are given much power to make a change – a good one, to retrieve what was once ours.

Pinoys should establish standards. We should vote for someone able - someone who has the capabilities, a person with knowledge and understanding to construct laws not for himself but for the majority of the people. He should be an individual who has the guts to stand on his principles, not changing sides – favor to the appealing and someone who has the record.

Last May 14, the Filipino people were doctors of the ailing land and juries of the historical reality contest. We may not have unexplained powers to change the present, but we had supremacy to direct the future.

Stated in every Filipino’s hope is someone who will lead the nation into its prosperous condition