With the release of the latest poll survey results this week, our leaders have just made it official that all their attention is focused on the May 9, 2016 elections.
That would be understandable, while still unacceptable, if all our leaders were themselves running for office. At least then, they would have an excuse to spend their waking hours thinking about and working toward their election even if technically, they are still supposed to be working on the jobs we pay them for.
Those, however, who are not running altogether yet are preoccupied with campaigning for their chosen candidates insult us the most.
The best example is set by no less than President Benigno Aquino III who is as active on the campaign trail as his official anointed candidate, former Secretary Manuel Roxas II.
Sporting a yellow shirt as if he were president only of those who think and believe like he does, Mr. Aquino regales the people of tales of his upright upbringing, his family’s sacrifices and the virtues of treading the Daang Matuwid.
Meanwhile, there is a gaping disconnect between the good work they claim to be doing and what is actually happening on the ground.
Two months before the elections, many of the promises uttered in 2010 still have not come about. The freedom of information bill remains just that, a bill, despite this administration’s statements on transparency and accountability. More Filipinos count themselves poor, having been given palliative solutions like cash doles. Infrastructure that would invite long-term investments and make working easier for Filipinos has been limited. Peace in Mindanao remains elusive, all because of haste in ramming through a law based on talks with only one stakeholder in the south.
And many others.
During these remaining weeks of the incumbent administration, it will be next to impossible to see actual work being done. Our only resort is to do ours, in choosing well.
