TECHNOLOGY now affords us the opportunity to view elections results, partial or complete, a few hours after the close of polling. And so it came to pass
that before Filipinos went to sleep on Monday, the day they voted the next set of national and local leaders, they already had a good sense of what the outcome would be.Foremost, poll surveys on which many relied in the days leading to the elections did not completely predict the results. In the senatorial race, for instance, some of those leading the surveys performed dismally in the actual race. Meanwhile, those with modest expectations fared better, even dislodging the early frontrunners.
The party-list contest also offered surprises, with groups carrying nominees deemed truly worthy of being legislators performing better than expected. This brings greater balance to the composition of our legislative chambers. Still, there appears to be an emerging message for many traditional politicians and names affiliated with disgraced figures even as they clinched victory. For the next three years, their constituents will keenly watch their every move. They should know better than treat their posts like it were their birthright.
There are signs that people are looking into issues more than names. They want their candidates to engage in conversations and debate over substantive matters, instead of singing and dancing and spewing nonsense onstage. They hold politicians to account for their articulated positions on several issues. They take note of the garbage that comes out of candidates’ mouths. They reject those whose only qualification is a distant memory of popularity.
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