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To postpone or not to postpone?

This is what our Public Servants are now trying to answer. And guess who they've asked to help them in their discernment? In all the people on earth why the Barangay Officials?! What do you think the answer is?

Good thing they did not asked me, because my answer will be "No way Jose!" Wait, better answer them this way, "No way Garci!" or "No way Bidol!" or better yet "No way Benjie!" Don't get me wrong here, I know it is not the COMELEC who is pushing for the postponement, it is our Honorable Congressmen in the Lower House who are pushing for this. But what have they done (COMELEC) to counter the plan? Benjie right now is busy covering-up his ZTE Scandal.

I am so pissed off with what they are saying right now. They said It is too soon to have an election because we just had one! Stupid reasoning! It is in our Constitution to have the Barangay Elections this coming October! It is also the same Constitution that scheduled the last May 11 National Elections! The same Constitution that these very "Nationalistic" Public Servants promised to uphold and protect! What the hell are they saying now?!

They want the election to be held next year. What is the difference? If we will hold it next year, are they going to say again that we need to postpone the 2010 Presidential Election because It is too soon to have it because we just had our Barangay Elections? Aatakin ako sa puso! Tubig!!!

Now I am asking you my dear friends, do we really need to postpone the elections for the Barangay this coming October? Please do not tell me that you don't care? Young people, the election for the Sangguniang Kabataan is included in this exercise, do you want to postpone it too? I am expecting you will say "No way tongresmen!"

Our right to choose those who will lead and serve us is guaranteed by the Constitution. It is not something that Politicians should use to their own advantage. The problem is, they get away easily with this kind of maneuvering because "most" of us really do not care! I say "most" because that is what I get from discussion groups. It is either; people do not want to talk about it or they do not see they are going to be affected of whatever our leaders do. They are wrong! You know that they are wrong right?

Shame. Our heroes fought with their lives to give us freedom so that we can choose our own leaders and not just to be dictated upon by other Nations. They drafted and fought to protect our Constitution. But what have we done to protect the Constitution? I think not to care is not a good way of protecting our Constitution. Even to keep silent, it is an act of cowardice! Very far from what our heroes of the past have shown.

Let our Public Servants know what you feel. Tell them you do not agree with their plans. You are not asked to offer your life or even to shed a single drop of blood. It is not too late. Be heard. Be a hero. Be a Filipino, sa isip, sa salita, at sa gawa!