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LITERARY| Lead the Leader
LITERARY| Lead the Leader
by: Reticent Candor
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- Preamble, 1987 Philippine Constitution
The government is an essential body of a nation that carries the power of implementing, making, and regulating laws.
These powers hold an immense authority fora person to handle. These powers can be used in a way that will build the nation, help its people, and grasp the actuality of a progressive country or otherwise.
Throughout the past years and decades, the Philippines has observed different leaders taking the highest post in the government and had the power to steer the wheel of the country’s future.
But, we had leaders that used these authorities to pleasure their greediness of power, serve their own interests, and keep the country under autocracy and absolutism.
Their hands were stained with red, together with their big sinister clan. They took interventions that suppressed the rights of factions of people or, worse, the whole citizenry.
These leaders had made sweet promises to the people that got them to the higher and highest seats.
But, later on, the hidden agendas of these opportunists had transcended through the sweet lies and promises. Every citizen is a victim. Nobody can be blamed for wishing for a better present and future for themselves and the country.
The Philippines has witnessed countless status quos from the past that is still the present's status quos. These existent and recurring issues might not have been solved given the shortcomings, lack of plans, incompetence, and indifference of an administration.
Leaders aren't born; they are made. The people, the constituents, choose these people to represent them and achieve their dreams and aspirations for their present and future.
Reverie of a country cruising through waves of crises, social, and political affairs to the land of equity and justice.
With the right leaders, right commanders, lawmakers, and adjudicators, the people and posterity can relish an actual state.
The end of another regime is approaching. Another set of people to lead the Philippines for the following years will be seated, will have the power.
But before they have the ability, the body politic will use their control first — suffrage. When opportunists try their best to have the post, the thieves rob the nation, but still, some candidates have the same dream as the people, a better country, and they should win.
Compassionate, wise, and passionate leaders must yield the power and hold the post. The Philippines has suffered through the years of bad governance. It is time to heal a thousand cuts of inadequate leadership.
Take the fight outside. Choose the leaders who will truly fulfill the oath, “…to the service of the Nation.” To have a government with no graft and corruption and willlead the nation to a better tomorrow is a dream not so hard to achieve. Pens up and shade the ballot!
