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The Awakening Plenty of politicians have been in conviction due to their corruption in the past. An example of this is Joseph Estrada, who intervened in government positions and assigned his relatives to them. He was also exposed to receiving jueteng payoffs and bribes by Chavit Singson, etc. Despite that, some citizens continue to support him. It is time for us to know the true nature of these politicians and stop supporting them. Up until now, there are still immoral and corrupted politicians. People bash them on the internet, who has stated their opinion about their actions. Regardless, corrupted politicians continue to dominate the political scene.
It is significant for us to keep in mind to avoid voting for a politician that belongs to a corrupt ruling class or only has a lust for power, fame, and money. "Trapo" is another term for these people made by Filipino citizens. They are corrupt, have a hidden agenda, make lots of meaningless promises, egotistic, and possess lots of dirty tricks. They buy their votes with money that sometimes comes from drugs, create dirty campaigns, does dagdag bawas in which they take legitimate ballots and insert fake ones to win. If it is necessary, they slay people who can be and is a threat to them. Similarly, it is needed for us to keep in mind what their priorities are. Is it necessary? Will it even help us to improve both present and future wise? As shown above, in the editorial cartoon,
Drawn by: Aedan Jose where Trapo prioritizes social media apps, we need to question ourselves. Do I agree to make this a priority? Will it improve the lives of us citizens? If it does, in what way does it improve it? Is it worthy of my vote? Juan Dela Cruz's priority list having jobs, education, health, housing, Wi-Fi protected setup, vaccine, and economy listed is better than the ones listed on the Trapo's list. Comparing the two, it is evident which one is more effective and more significant in the lives of residents. A proper politician should always think first about what will be better for the citizens. In contrast to that, a Trapo, most of the time, only thinks about themselves and what is good for them. They run to keep themselves in power, not because they want to help improve their country. They use the money from the government for their personal needs. They are selfcentered, unethical and conscienceless. We need to replace these types of people for us to improve our lives and our coun-
try. We have the power to decide who will lead us. Therefore we must choose the one who is worthy of the position.
