One
of the many things I’m proud of my province is the absence of election related
violence most especially killings. Our politicians or candidates treat politics
as game. While the game is on, they played with all their heart expecting to
win over the other. At the end, however whatever the result may be they
remained friends and even allies for the betterment of the province. The mentioned
legacy of the province of Benguet should be maintained. In order for the
province to be model that politics is a mere game played by the rules
and requires not shedding of blood.
With
this, the people of Benguet should nominate and elect genuine residents of the
province; and never allow candidates from other places, whom we called “dayo” to
lead our baranggays, municipalities and province. I suppose that once we allow
“dayos” to be our leaders this may be the beginning and eventual decline of our
peaceable province. Sooner or later Benguet will be one of the hotspots
provinces during election. Because “dayos” cannot fully understand the culture
and the people of Benguet.
We ought to protect our province on evil ideology of politics: to kill
and create havocs in order to win an office. This should never happen and it
should never be. Let the legacy be carried on and on. The key then is to
continually elect competent genuine people of Benguet - one who was born and
raised in the province, one who understands the people and the culture, and one
who see politics as mere game. Most of all, one who has a servant heart in public
service for the betterment of the province of Benguet and its people.
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