Last monday the barangay (village officials)and SK (youth government) elections was held nationwide. it was a double whammy! In our barangay, two of my friends ran opposite each other, one was with the administration (by law, barangay politics is non-partisan) and the other for the opposition. Although my personal choice would have been a better leader, the people around him and who are influential, makes him no better than the other. The elections disproved the notion of clan voting, since money still talked.
I was particularly disturbed by the SK elections. Vote-buying is as rampant as the barangay elections. To think that they are young!...
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