THIS IS MY ULTIMATE SONA.
Murag mao gyud ni diperensya sa Pilipinas. (I think this really is the burden of Philippines.) Knowing we're a country of
7000+ islands, which differentiates us from the rest of the world, the
biggest responsibility to carry starts in the barangays. I am still
confident with the president we have, even if he has shortcomings as to
what people, including me, comment on him. For sure, he is trying his
best to execute commands of sending help to the communities needing it.
However, Pnoy cannot divide his body into 7,107 pieces just to see for
himself whether or not the goods, the donations and all submitted
projects he has to approve reaches the respective recipients. This is
the main point of dividing the govt into 3 parts: The legislation, to
make laws (laws that are relevant to society and not just attention-seeker self-gaining laws),
Executive who approves and commands and the Judiciary, of which the
power to give the necessary sanctions to whoever is not abiding by the
set laws lies. Then the parts are splitted into branches. If we were in a
country like America, or in any undivided land, i just think
implementing such laws and maintinaing order will be a little bit
manageable and projects shall also be a little more transparent to the
public. But since we are like unformed bits of legos in Philippines, the
higher order of our government has very little access to the country as
a whole.
Just an example, I cannot personally complain to the
president about how there are no risk management / awareness seminars
in our place shall any calamity arise since he has not set foot in
barangay Poog, Toledo City, Cebu.
It is the duty, (and to
elaborate), of each head appointed from SK, to councilor to brgy capt,
to mayor, congressman, governor, to know every tiny bit of needs in the
region/area he covers so he doesnt play blind whenever doomsday comes.
The officials may not be foretellers to know tragedies in the future but
it is their obligation to foresee forthcoming crises and possible
solutions. On the other hand, it is also our responsibility to address
our problems, suggestions and concerns of the society to them. Now we
are reaping the fruits of the seeds we sowed-- the price that we have to
pay, (well, not totally.) *just saying. Yolanda has hit us right into
our faces.
We had lost a lot of lives. These calamities are
unavoidable but we can establish preventive measures to lessen wreckage,
also, we can impose rules to keep things in order and most importantly,
we can keenly organize measures to attend to urgencies and emergency
situations BUT, ahead of time. The planning isnt supposed to be done
days before or right on the day the monster natural calamity occurs.
It's simple. Local govt officials are appointed to get to know their
people, hear their needs ahead of time and relay to the higher power.
then Set the goals, short-term and long-term. This is what we lack. but
aside from this inefficiency, we Filipinos don't run out of reasons to
complain about situations to blame problems with. We were thinking that
our ultimate problem in Philippines is graft and corruption but in my
opinion, it is just something hidden from a bigger picture.
EVERY FILIPINO MUST BE EDUCATED ABOUT HOW POWERFUL HE IS (or a small
talk could suffice). This is the problem we have. We do not know our
worth and to which extent can we practice the power we have. Not having
this problem solved within ourselves means we are just fellow
contributors of the bigger issues Philippines has. We're adding up to
the existing problems by appointing incompetent or shall i say competent
but less patriotic leaders. (not all, ofcourse.) This is something that
we do not realize not until we see the horrifying effects right between
our eyes that it's too late and there's nothing we can do to alleviate
them.
Let us remember, we have the freedom to complain, rant,
say what we wanna say, but it isnt righteous to just blame all the
combined problems of over 96million people to just one person or a few
(those rotten corrupt leaders are the exemption--i could totally put all
sucky words on them). All matters concerning the people of the
Philippines are supposed to pass thru the hierarchy of government, and
we should be well aware of that. It's not just about Pnoy or Mayor
Voldemort and Mrs.Minchin. it's about all of us.
I hope all of
what had happened will be enough for us to take a minute to reflect if
I, or you, as an individual and a citizen of the country is in any way,
doing something wrong or worse, not doing anything at all. We are if not
the principal, the accomplice to making horrible situations happen. We
cannot come completely clean in this tragedy. What we can do though, (as
of the moment), is ponder upon everything and answer to this acute
problem we have through helping.
After we get back to our feet
soon, we should slowly put into actions solutions to improve how we
live. firstly, we have to know ourselves better, our needs and our
strengths & weaknesses to recognize who's the right person to
appoint for governance. In this way, we, as people will still bear the
power of our land even unti the earth's end. Secondly, we must be
vigilant. Lastly, demand transparency--every law, every project should
be all about US and shall be all for us to see. This is our right.
Afterall, we are a democratic country with a govt of the people, by and
for the people.
now we know there's really no point in blaming anybody because we are to blame ourselves at some point.
For whoever reads this, i hope someone does, I cannot say that i am
totally right on this matter but I am pretty sure that I am also not
totally wrong.
-i am no writer para ma organize ni ako
thoughts. kahibaw kong gubot but this was forever in my mind sukad naka
attend kog classes sa social studies, polsci, econ, ug REED. well, i am
also just a guilty but still a caring citizen of the Philippines.
