WHAT’S POLITICS AND HOW SHOULD POLITICIAN BEHAVE?

WHAT’S POLITICS AND HOW SHOULD POLITICIAN BEHAVE?

           Simply, any dictionary defines the word “politics” as the science or the art of government. Also, simpler, it means it is the art showing has the affairs of the citizens should be run by those elected and appointed to stand for the people in society. In fact the word “politics” is derived from the Greek “polities” which means   “citizens”.

           If politics then is an art (how to run a government), it has to its main objective to see to it that those freely chosen by the people in an election or those appointed by good lawful authorities have the obligation or the mandate from God, The Author of Order, in running to governed or the citizens, in ways that are for the common good nothing more.

           Politics then is God’s special gift to us so that by it those leaders (elected and appointed) are duty bound to behave as God’s servants to guide, lead and bring their constituents to fulfill their tasks as God’s people.

           Since the elected and appointed leaders are paid by the people’s money, they (the leaders or official of the government) have to perform their tasks, to respond conscientiously to the people’s needs: socio-economic, political, educational, religious, scientific, public order, etc.

           In this context, the politicians who become leaders are expected to behave as the peoples’ servants. With this idea in their minds, they are guided to use their right reason, judgment, conscience in order to fulfill their God-given tasks to meet the needs of God’s people.

           So, the leaders in government are the people servant’s too. PNOY is right to say to us “Kayo ang Boss ko”. Not a joke, but a serious statement. No wonder wise men described the word government as “of the people, by the people and for the people”. Indeed, it is!

           But sad to say, politics today has been desecrated by those politicians whose ambitions are self-serving or leaning towards gaining prestige, honor, fame, power and material wealth!  Some writers and political analysts call it; politics now has become a business for most politicians if not all.

           The government described as “of the people by the people and for the people” has now been distorted! Nationalist Filipinos say of the government as “off the people, buy the people and poor the people”

          Is this the result of massive corruption by leaders in government? Where those (from top to bottom and rank and files) who promise to serve the people have instead duped or fooled the governed because they (the leaders) just made “lip service”. But in reality, they use their power, money and influence to buy and to poor the governed by not fulfilling their promise to serve the people but to earn more by corrupting people’s money and lives!

           As a result, politicians who have corrupted the meaning of politics by being self-serving or selfish those governed have become poor economically, educationally, socially, politically, culturally, etc.

           When Pope Francis came to our country on January 15-19, 2015, he found out that the main reason why the Filipinos are poor is the corruption of leaders in government! With our “political dynasties” in the country, only 10% of them out of 104,000,000 Filipinos have the nerve to wallow in their wealth. But the 90% suffer poverty: Malnutrition and hunger! With the shrink of the peso and the float of the dollar (one dollar to 47PESOS), the exchange rate now, OUR SITUATION WORSES!

           With the elections coming (just more than 4 months away) the “political dynasties” will have again their hocus focus that by all means they must all win! Their ambition for greed of power, influence and money must stay. Or else they cannot have a grip of the nationalist ambitions to reject the status quo.

           How strong and effective our government must be depends on how much political will do our leaders especially those in the national level exercise to respond to the common good, to lessen if not to eliminate poverty. This is the reality of the present system how to govern the 104,000,000 Filipinos! Your be the judge of your decision in 2016.  By:  Abs Damahan and Prof. Rose A. Barrera

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