Ya, you heard it right folks (ooppsss.. I might already be late here) Duterte, Davao's notorious mayor is indeed running for the Presidency... after much hoopla about him being too old, too tired, and everything else, he decided to run after all. Well, truth be told, it's not much of a suprise for me and I don't mean that to offend, but politics is politics and everybody has their own game plan and that was his, then so be it.
My thoughts... there are a few in my mind and yes, you'll all hear all about it! LOL
Well, my husband said that Duterte will be a gamble, a gamble since he might actually do some good and yet you fear that he will do something bad as well... and I would tend to agree.
Davao is one of the safest cities if not in the world then in the Philippines at least.... where you wouldn't be wary of putting out your mobile phones in the street, you wouldn't fear of it getting snatched and it would be such a wonder to have that in the whole country and this in the wake of my sis-in-law getting her coin purse snatched from her hand as she was paying for her fare in the jeepney. Yes, coin purse, we were a bit surprised that it got snatched because there was nary in it but a few coins for the purpose of fare, if you get my drift. So, it really got me to thinking of how sad our country has become that people will risk their lives, their freedom for measly coins. So in that sense, if the good mayor can bring about such peace and safety (the one they got in Davao) throughout the whole country then all the best for us isn't it?
On the other hand, his notoriety doesn't come without
"just cause", he is known in Davao to be ruthless to criminals (hence but a few of them living in
his city) and he isn't ashamed to say it to... He boasts of hurting other people or at the very least threatening to hurt them (please correct me if I'm wrong) because he felt that they were not doing their jobs right or that they were doing something wrong. Rumors of him
executing criminals himself also abounds, although I don't think anyone can prove it (or perhaps they can, sorry, I'm not reallly in the know, it's just what I hear) and thing is, if I'm not mistaken, he hasn't denied nor confirm the truth to such rumors (or did he, again I'm not sure)
Yes, his ways maybe tough, it maybe rough but it gets the job done, one way or the other, and perhaps this is what our country needs? (this is a big question mark, of course). One may say that he did what was needed to be done and it was all for the good of Davao and if he becomes president and does the same, can we all justify that its just all for the good of the Philippines?
And as Mayor Duterte tosses his name inside the hat of wannabe presidents, a new rumble begins and a new fighter comes out anew. Yes, choice is always a valuable commodity and perhaps one of the very reasons why the Philippines is such a beloved country, what with our
DEMOCRACY being exercised to the fullest extent...
