Are we Ready for the Next Dictatorship?

I am not really into writing and talking about politics. But since the current event here in PH is about a national election, allow me to express my opinion according to my own observation.

Disclaimer: All things mentioned in this post including names, events and places are only from my own opinion and perspective. No offense. 

I exercised my right of suffrage again yesterday. It took me just less than an hour to vote. From searching for the assigned precinct up to actual voting was not really that long.

However, some of the precinct appears to be messy but it is expected that every polling place will be crowded. It was like no pandemic or as if people have disregarded it in the meantime because of the national election. 

My wife and I went to the polling place and started walking at around 6:30 AM. We walked for at least 20 minutes and when we reached the place it was already crowded. 

After I was done voting, I waited for my wife outside for two hours. Yes it took her that long to vote due to some issues. She said that the facilitators in her assigned precinct were uneasy as if the process was disorganized.

There were also times that the lights were on and off despite the assurance of the electric company that there would be no possible power failure during the election.

After voting we went home and watched the news. As expected according to the news there are still places where voters have not yet casted their votes due to voting machine errors or problems with the ballots.

To make the story short, it was Ferdinand Marcos Jr. who was leading in the presidential election. According to GMA news, as of 6:40 PM, Manila time  (May 10, 2022), he got more than 31M votes while Lenny Robrido got more than 14M votes which is almost half of Marcos’s accumulated votes.

Marcos Jr. is now sending his thanks to the people even if the result is still unofficial. However by merely looking at the current count there is a really big difference with the number of votes between the two.

Assuming that Ferdinand “BongBong” Marcos Jr. will be the newly elected PH President, what do you think will happen to the country in the next six years? Will he rule the country just like his father?

History tells us about the former PH President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. He was a dictator. He ruled the country for more than 20 years and put the county under martial law from 1972 to 1981.

Marcos was one of the most controversial leaders of the 20th century. He was regarded as the most corrupt and brutal president.

However despite the extreme ruling, the country’s economic development grew amidst oil and energy crisis.

Marcos Jr ran for senate position in 2010 and won. He also ran in the 2016 presidential election but lost. And now it appears that the Marcoses have regained their power by ruling the country again after 36 years.

The question is what’s next? We Filipino people never know what his plans were for ruling the country.

In my own opinion, I think this is now the right time to change the mindset of some people about Marcos, especially those who suffered and lost loved ones because of martial law. BongBong should let the people know that he is not like his father. And that he should stand for the people to trust them again. He might inherit his father’s intellectual ability to make development in the country but not of his father’s extravagant ruling.

There are millions of Marcos believers but there may be millions of those who hate the former president too because of the chaos he gave to people.

It’s time to make amends.

Anyway I have to cut this post for now. I know the feed is flooded with posts by most Pinoys about the national election, forgive us for that is how we show our talents in writing.

Thanks for reading. Ciao!

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