A potent force for change

To my fellow youth,

One voice, one nation.

Election is coming, for about 278 days from now; Filipino voters including you will choose their bet candidates. This decision might change the situation of our country, either for the better or for worse.

If you just want to alter the current situation of our government, the solution is in you. Just think of it, about more than 50 percent of the voting population of 2010 election are compose of youth. If all of us will have one choice then surely we will win this battle for change. Enough to elect a president, a leader that will be a tool for the betterment of our country. Enough to change the path of our future and definitely sufficient to say “enough” to the old government.

Until now I still remember what my professor said, “If you will choose to those presidentiables, choose a lesser evil”. It is really funny but if you will go beyond it, then you will realized that it is right, maybe it is too cruel to tell that all of those presidentiables were evil, nevertheless it will even make you a wiser voter.

But how can we be able to achieve our goal – to make change to poor government system - if you, we, are not yet registered?

It is not a secret that deception was always present when the election comes, so we should do something to have it vanished. Especially right now, maybe all of you were aware that COMELEC has a new tool for election, the poll automation. According to them, using this will absolutely have a clean election. But don’t you think that if it may bring the election to the cleanest election, it is also possible that it may lead to the grimiest election ever.

So move, practice your right to register and vote then it will not happen. You still have time to exercise your right, go on, fight for what you know is right and what will help our countrymen to stand on grieve that they were experiencing now.

A shortened registration period divest a significant number of first-time voters their right to register during their available break, but please, do not make it as an excuse not to register thus make this a driving force.

Many people dismiss the strength of our vote. But to say that since our voting patterns are discrete, our vote is powerless would be wrong. Do not let those people won, let us vote for our own’ sake and as well as to our nation. Maybe our decisions were based increasingly on news and advertisements, depends on how media affect our mind regards to election. I understand that our leisure time is spent through watching television and listening to music. Hence I am sure that you are aware of the issues and have discussed these often and quite verbosely at times, with our peers and families. You do complain and show your frankness with the political issues but this will be worthy if you will do something.

Exercise your right to vote, be the voice of our nation, and be heard!!!