Election: Organized Chaos

It took me almost 4 hours looking for my precinct and lining up before I was able to cast my vote today, not to mention it was really hot, I was almost soaked up with sweat and looked so beaten up. Anyhow, I just take it as an organized chaos.

I think the facilitators, teachers and the people who helped me in voting today are more deserving of my vote than the names listed on the ballot. They were very kind and their smiles are not fake, true duty-bounded. Nobody even recognize these people after the winning candidate stands in the podium and raises both their hands.

Now, let me share to you a barroom story that magnifies our ideas about Politics.

A doctor, an engineer, and a politician were arguing as to which profession was older. "Well," argued the doctor, "without a physician mankind could not have survived, so I am sure that mine is the oldest profession. " "No," said the engineer, "before life began there was complete chaos, and it took an engineer to create some semblance of order from this chaos. So engineering is older. " "But," chirped the triumphant politician,"who created the chaos? "

Little as we know, being a politician is the 1st and most popular profession. Guaranteed seat means guaranteed money; best investment in the Philippines, I mean everywhere.

Politicians mastered the craft of enticing the masses to put them in the position.

Right from the start, they have made an image of themselves as the person for the people. They have studied higher education to facade as their solid background. More so, they have invested so much to finally take the last push for you to choose their name in that last instant.

And because they spent too much, they are willing to fight tooth to nail to their adversaries. No matter what the cost, they will do anything to win, to be in the position, to have that power. I call it greed.

In our Province, 5 are accounted dead, because of this election. And the worse part of this is, they are not even on the news. Our place is far from media and civilization. God bless their souls.

Thank God, I only suffered the heat and the long voting lines, I was not involved in the encounter with the goons and armed supporters of the politicians.

Thank God, it was just an organized chaos not a true one.