Election in the Philippines is coming next year, and so many aspiring candidates, in every part of the Philippines were doing their last minute of filing of certificate of candidacy last month. However, there are some who are already in power and seeks re-election, and feel threatened by newcomers or by the idea that they will lose in the next election, had turned to VIOLENCE....the only way they know how to win the election.
Thus three weeks ago, at least fifty-seven people, including journalists, were killed in an ambush. The reason...yes..political rivalry. It has always been like that during election. I heard in the past about cheating or stealing ballot boxes..but nothing like this, especially when the journalists, whose job is only to cover the news, were even brutally gunned-down and buried underground along with the other families of the candidates. The perpatrators tend to shut down the story by killing "the story". or so they thought. News of the killing have spread the country, and even internationally. Witnesses pointed to the mayor and his clan. The police arrested the mayor, now awaiting a trial. But will violence stop in the coming election?
Yesterday, Martial Law was declared in Maguindanao; militaries arrested other family members of the mayor. But will this still stop violence in the coming elections? I don't know. We don't know. Heck, even the government doesn't know. Debates have been in the news as to why the President declared Martial Law.
Even so, violence will always be a part of the election history. We can only pray to God to save us from more violence and that the new leader will guide our country to a better and peacefull society. Hopefully...
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