Hoping for the Changes

                In every election, there are the promises and reforms you might hear from the Politicians. But where are those Promises and Reforms that they said from the beginning we choose them? This Blog is just my thoughts and my vision in every election that passed by. You may see it in the near future. Well let’s start.

                “The elections in the Philippines have several types. The president, vice-president, and the senators are elected for a six-year term, while the members of the House of Representatives, governors, vice-governors, members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial board members), mayors, vice-mayors, members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod/members of the Sangguniang Bayan (city/municipal councilors), barangay officials, and the members of the Sangguniang Kabataan (youth councilors) are elected to serve for a three-year term.

The Congress or Kongreso has two chambers. The House of Representatives or Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawanhas 292 seats as of 2013, of which 80% are contested in single seat electoral districts and 20% are allotted to party-lists according to a modified Hare quota with remainders disregarded and a three-seat cap, which are only accessible to marginalized and under-represented groups and parties, local parties, and sectoral wings of major parties that represent the marginalized. The Constitution of the Philippines allows the House of Representatives to have more than 250 members by statute without a need for a constitutional amendment. The Senate or Senado has 24 members which are elected on a nationwide at-large basis; they do not represent any geographical district. Half of the Senate is renewed every three years.

The Philippines has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form a coalition government. The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is responsible for running the elections.

Under the Constitution, elections for the members of Congress and local positions (except barangay officials) occur every second Monday of May every third year after May 1992, and presidential and vice presidential elections occur every second Monday of May every sixth year after May 1992. All elected officials, except those at the barangay level, start (and end) their terms of office on June 30 of the election year.” ©Wikipedia

                As you can see, these are the facts you must know in our election here in the Philippines. But why do we see the old faces that belonged in the same family rom the past election? They said that this is POLITICAL DYNASTY. It is the term that just passed by the position in other member of the family.

                “The Philippine presidential and vice presidential election of 2016 is the next presidential election in the Philippines, scheduled on Monday, May 9, 2016. Incumbent President Benigno Aquino III is barred from seeking re-election, pursuant to the 1987 Philippine Constitution. Therefore, this election will determine the 16th President of the Philippines. The position of president and vice president are elected separately, and the winning candidates may come from different political parties.

This will be the 16th presidential election in the Philippines since 1935, and the sixth sextennial presidential election since 1986. This will be a part of the 2016 general election where elections to the Senate, House of Representatives and local government, including the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao shall be held.” ©Wikipedia

               

                As you can see, even though that the election is too far as we know. They just proclaimed there candidacy and even their Candidacy propagandas are on this day without the election period. Some of them are from the lower part of the Government, some of them are Businessmen and some of them are from the entertainment industry. The Fact is most of them did not have an enough experience nor did not have a background in Politics. The old politicians use their fame just to win. And some of them use Dirty tricks. We might encounter these tricks when we are voters.

                Meanwhile, if they finally decided to run for there wanted position in the Government. They release some Election paraphernalia. You see them face when you go outside your doors. In the television, radio, and newspapers. You don’t want to see them but because they wanted to be known they uses everything that they thought. Even though that sometimes they infringed the law that limited their campaigns.   And when they won the election, where is the promises they gave us? Did they do their Jobs as we do on ours?

From my own perception, our government is not an entertainment industry to elect famous or wonderful to look people, not a business entity to elect rich businessmen and not a family tree in which you will elect the same person from the same family, to fulfill the assigned positions. We are living with a government of democracy in which I would qoute from Abraham Lincoln that it is of the people, by the people and for the people. We are not in a Monarchy country that should be lead by a family. We should be aware the we, people, citizens of the Philippines have the power and are in the position to change this matter. We are the hope of our future. Lets do our part in our society.