This is also why most Filipinos find the allegations of unexplained wealth and corruption against Vice-President Binay both repellent and compelling. Binay cannot just explain them away by saying they are politically motivated. That is nothing. The philosopher Susan Sontag has written: The only interesting answer is that which destroys the question. For the nation to be satisfied, the Vice-President’s response to the allegations, unfair though they may be, must be such that all questions and doubts about his integrity are destroyed. Approval ratings will not destroy the question. Neither will political success. I like what a writer once said that government is only as good as we are. This is why it is so important that we ensure the 2016 elections are free and clean and fair and foolproof. The candidates and the political parties must present their best selves and their best ideas to the people. And we as voters should vote only for those who understand what’s really at stake. All our necks are on the line—the candidates’, the voters’, and the nation’s. We must wrestle then with this grisly truth, or we will wind up in the worst of times. Read more: manilatimes.net/best-times-worst-people/135870/
Posted on: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 04:05:26 +0000
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