A Voice from a Twenty-two-year-old

The Philippines is in chaos. It is an indeed tough time for us Filipinos to seek total independence and complete satisfaction for work and happiness. The president was vindicated. She was relieved from the allegations and the impeachment trial is halted even before it began. Still, here we are, somewhat abandoned and are left to watch ourselves.

No president. No politician. No higher power to guide us for they watch and seek their own preservation in the so-called numbers game in politics. They set aside their duties they swore to fulfill when they were elected to service the public. They set aside their responsibilities and soaked their feet in the muddy grounds of political rivalry.

Our hero, Jose Rizal once said, 'ang kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan' [translated as 'the youth is the hope of the nation']. But how can we be the hope of the nation if we, ourselves, stopped believing. If we, ourselves stopped hoping. If we, ourselves, see the dark truth and grim future of our nation.

We, all, should take time to reflect on ourselves. This is the time to reflect on our nation's welfare. The youth cannot build the nation with hope and ideals learned from universities. We cannot do this alone.

Sometimes I wonder, Philippines would have been a great nation without a leader and without a system. Having no leader or system would mean no corruption, no moral defamation and no world of struggling politicians hungry for absolute power.

We are left out for ourselves. We are to watch our own step. Genuine politicians are a relatively small amount of the majority. Philippines is left out to take care of herself.