The hurt and the healing

THE 2016 election was undoubtedly the most exciting election we can remember in decades that saw candidates and voters themselves physically, emotionally (and yes, financially) drained. Proof of it was the recorded biggest turnout of voters.

And without a doubt, it was the political personalities who threw their hats in both national and local levels that created so much interest in the election. People talked about plans, platforms, vision, (and yes, pakurong) fueled by netizens who took to the social media to create endless stirs, imagined or factual.

The campaign propagandas were so vicious that these could not but leave so many emotional scars that even family members found searing from within past and beyond the election day. For many members of the local media, camaraderie became the first victim. They tried to outdo each other in throwing mud at opposing candidates of their chosen benefactors. Bloody in the emotional context would be an understatement to describe the daily diatribes between them.

At the end of the day, the candidates were quick to call for healing and unity and showed true statesmanship. Alas, the supporters, family members and media practitioners are left to fend for themselves and healing will expectedly take much longer.

Lessons learned? We hope so.

 

Winner, loser

 A brutal, not gentle, reminder to the winner:  You did not win a trophy; you won a job.

Every election is not boxing, neither is it a basketball championship, but rather, it is a contest of courting the votes of the people.  You won because the majority of our people voted for you.  For, in a democracy like ours, what rules is the majority.  The voice of the majority is the voice of the people.  The voice of the majority is the voice of God.   But never ever forget:  That voice means you are to lead your people to the path of goodness, progress and stability.  In short, as the chosen leader, you are first and foremost the servant of the people.  Stray from that and you are worst than a blind shepherd leading his flock to the road to perdition.

And to the loser, fret not.  You offered to serve the people. Their refusal did not mean rejection but rather, an intention to let you have your peace instead.  Be thankful.  God has another plan for you.

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