Commentaries: Voting Right

A netizen wrote: "The Marcoses stole from your parents and grandparents. 

By voting for BBM now, you are giving the Marcos family the means to steal from you, your children, and your grandchildren.

And you will only have yourself to blame. Stop blaming society and your poverty. You are poor because you make the wrong choices."

Response: 

The solution to our political woes is for us to raise a generation of responsible voters one who from the get-go learns from the lessons of the past knew what is going on in the present, and has the foresight to see what lies ahead in the future. And most importantly ... he knew what their power to vote actually meant. 

And that is what’s happening now. What we’re seeing now is that there is a concerted effort made so the youth will realize that a responsible voter, doesn’t stop with just signing up to vote. Registration is just the threshold. And once you reach the voting booth, your main responsibility is to vote right and vote for the right persons .... for you, your family, your country, and your future.