Elections are often a season of grand promises—when the heavens and the earth are offered to voters. Candidates traverse the nation, vowing solutions for even the smallest of worries. Fulfilling these promises, of course, is another matter. But it is a tradition that has endured.
Ahead of the Philippine midterm elections on May 12, a Filipino from the northern Philippines reminded Catholics to condemn vote buying and refrain from voting for candidates coming from so-called political dynasties.
Philippine elections have long been characterized by "guns, goons, and gold," referring to the use of violence, large-scale vote buying, and widespread harassment.
