January 28, 2013

Killing season

January 24 issue of the Philippine Star This was the headline of the Philippine Star, one of the country's biggest daily newspapers, last Thursday. This year is an election year for us—local and national, though not including the president—and the first probable political assassination has just occurred. It won't be the last. Robberies have been on the rise too—"fundraising" for election campaigns. Very few of the killers or robbers will be caught, and even fewer will actually be punished. Welcome to Philippine politics.

3 comments:

Mo said...

Goodness I didn't realise it was so violent.

George said...

What a shame. I thought our elections were bad.

Tanya Breese said...

oh gosh, that is awful!