A butcher does not slaughter a pig so he can serve the people, he slaughters a pig so he may gain. Sadly, that's a political reality, most of our politicians are running for public office for the sake of becoming popular, for political power, for the sake of enriching themselves by embezzling the coffers of the State, and even for having influence over beautiful but innocent women, eventually exploiting them. These type of politicians are practically menace to the society, who are running for political offices in the guise of public service.
Once upon a time in Philippine politics there was a man in the name of
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos, Sr. who was running for the Presidency of
the Philippines, he would fondly tell the people in his campaign sorties with
his punch line "If you would elect me as President of this country, this
country would be great again", and what happened next? The longest Martial
Law in the history of mankind (1972-1981) came into being, many political and
human rights activists died and disappeared, his political rivals were jailed,
the power of the Courts to issue Writs of Habeas Corpus was suspended, and
these all happened for his planned perpetuation in power.
Those dark days in
Philippine history all happened because of the political blindness of the
Filipinos that politicians like Mr. Marcos are not simply there to serve but to
gain. Those forgettable days, that regrettable epoch (Marcos Regime) happened
because of the plain political dumbness of Juan and Juana de la Cruz, now the
big question is this, will we Filipinos not learn from the past that purely and
simply politicians are like butchers? That they are at the helm of power not to
serve the people but to gain power or even worse gain money for they want to
get back their capitals that they have invested in the election/s where they
have participated? Please think of it fellow Filipinos.
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