The elections are trickling down to the final days and on Monday the nation will make their decisions.
President Rodrigo Duterte stayed on neutral ground, making good his stand not to endorse his successor. However, the President in an interview with evangelist Pastor Apollo Quiboloy gave his guiding points for the electorate when they cast their votes on Monday.
He said Filipino voters must be discriminating in choosing the next president and look into the biodata of all 10 candidates. Much like looking closely at the CV of every job applicant. It makes sense. The people cannot simply rely on the surveys and the popularity of candidates. Much less, they should not sell their votes. What is at stake is the future of the entire nation. That future is now in their hands.
The President likewise prays for a peaceful elections. There had been a spate of election-related violence the last one involving a barangay captain in Digos City who was shot dead by a gunman. Another barangay captain in Mati City was killed earlier in the campaign.
Election day violence is not strange in our jurisdiction. Historically, election-related violence happen during the actual casting of votes. We can only hope that no lives will be wasted on the day we troop to the voting precincts to exercise our sacred right of suffrage.
