RedBlueThoughts

Its May 29, about 15 days after the elections. And the COMELEC is still counting. Charges of cheating are beginning to surface throughout the country, with both political camps, GO and Team Unity hurling accusations against each other. As of this writing, COMELEC Commissioner Rene Sarmiento just resigned as Task Force Maguindanao head. Sources say, Sarmiento succumbed to pressures from Malacanang to ensure a 12-0 victory in Mindanao. Why did Sarmiento resigned? Sarmiento reportedly resigned due to rampant cheating in Mindanao. And we are talking about 100,000 to 1 million votes which could make or break the fortunes or future of a senatorial candidate.

That’s on the national scale. How about its impact on the local front? Losing local bets could use this as an occasion to question the proclamation of the winning bets and it could prolong this. Political instability will definitely set in and could upset the “Powers-That-Be”.

Moral/Ethics

I am not concerned with the political impact of these things. I am more concerned about the values that we, in this generation, would impart on the successor generation. What values are we to give them now? That it is okey for somebody to cheat and get away with it? That it is okey to cry foul even if we are defeated?

Our actions today will definitely shape the future direction of our country. If our generation right now acts like this, expect a bigotted and worse state of affairs in the coming years.

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