OK. Ran across this question and had to comment. I am an American living here. I was here for this last election and watched people line up to accept gifts intended to buy votes. Are the Philippines people really ready to end corruption? If you are, then putting a stop to this practice and the practice of hanging signs from every politician on your house whether you support them or not for fear that the one elected would not summarily deny any requests of yours that cross their desk. If using the power of the office and gifts are that common at a local level, how are you going to clean up your federal government? Start at the local level. Elect people that you have at least a reasonable expectation to look at facts whether than rather they supported them in the last election to make optical decisions at a local level. Find some that shine as honest and ready to make better changes and back them in the next office up. If they prove to be corrupt, vote against them, very publicly, in the next election. As long as the political system is corrupt and no-one is willing to stand up and say it is time for change, it will never change.
Teach the youth about politics. Tell them why you oppose this candidate. Raise a group of voters and political figures that you can be proud of.
The American political system is as corrupt as here. The youth are not taught politics by their parents. They learn from their peers and colleges. I could give America the same advice I just wrote. My daughter routinely votes different than I do. But, she does so with a well read conscience. You don't have to agree on every issue. But, you would be surprised at how much difference you can make in the future by being proactive and starting a process for change.
I don't think you can change the government in one generation. And the youth will make mistakes in who they vote for. But, they will learn from those mistakes and make better choices for having made that mistake. In time, everyone becomes better educated on who is best to put into office and you get people in office that can and will fight the corruption because they know they are backed up at home. The Philippines has effected change in government in the last 20 years. That change came because the people said it was time for change. Yet, I asked what the holiday was about and had to turn to google to find out. Because, few knew the answer. I have to ask why the generation that staged the people's power revolution did not teach their children about it.
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