Vote Buying

May 3, 2022

Hi guys, good evening. Are there anyone of you who already received their "ayuda" from the running candidates in your place? Haha. Charot!

Here in the Philippines, it is sad to say that vote buying is already a norm here. Lots of running canditates are giving moneys to voters hoping that those people who were given money will vote them.

Yeah, giving money to people is good but giving money in exchange of voting them?, well, it is a big NO for me.

For those who are voters, yes you may take the money but please vote the person who fits best in the position, someone who deserve to sit, someone who cares about the people.

Okay, I will not deny the fact that I already received money that came from candidates, I experienced patiently waiting because the line was too long or waiting for hours because the distribution is not yet time. I experienced waking up in dawn, getting up in bed even though I am still sleepy just to go to the place where the distribution of money is being done.

Oh yes, lots of us had done those things just to receive money, "sayang naman kasi diba kapag di mo natanggap diba"

Yes, I admit when I am not yet a voter, I envy those people who are receiving money from the candidates. I saw my cousins who were excited to receive the money and saw how happy they were when they already got the money. Seeing them, well I want to be 18 years old real quick by that time so that I may be able to be added in the list of people who are qualified to receive the money.

I was second year college then when I turned 18 years old, and since I have my NSTP-CWTS that time, that particular subject requires us to be register in the COMELEC.

The moment I am in the process of registration, we (me and my cousin) was excited, and the first thing in our minds was that, we can now be able to receive money when there is election, we were happy back them. We even wished that when election comes, we are hoping that we will receive a big amount of money.

Yeah, let's admit the fact that it is not only me who is happy when they announced that some candidates will give money, we are many.

Usually candidates assign someone (every barangay) to distribute the money for him / her, we called them COORDINATORS.

There are a lots of issues for the distribution of money. Some people did not receive a money because the "coordinators" says that the certain voter's name was not listed even though they are an active voters. With my opinion, those coordinators says so, so that the money that should be given to that voter will go straightly to the pockets of the coordinators.

I already experienced that someone I know received money from a certain candidate but I did not receive any from that candidate, and the reason is my name is not listed from their copy. I already know that maybe the money that I should receive is now on their pockets.

There are lots of people who are abusive, that instead of them distributing the money, they usually do not distribute it wholely and those which are not distributed will go in their packets / stomachs.

Yeah, Vote buying is not good. If a candidate gave you a money, there is nothing bad in receiving it, what is not good is that, even though you do not like the candidate anf since he / she gave you money then you are going to vote that person.

Vote the one who really reserves it, not with someone who gave you more money because it will greatly affect us once the person who will win do not deserves to be seated.

I just hope that when May 9, 2022 comes, when you are now voting, vote someone who have a heart, someone who has concern for the country.

Let's vote wisely.

Thank you for my sponsors who are always there, God bless you all.