Whose clique are you voting for?

AS we all visit the polls today for what we sincerely hope will be a clean, honest election, we have a real chance to make a difference in the way this country is led and what shape our future will take.

All through the election campaign, the candidates and their supporters have tried to convince us of their competence and noble intentions, and thanks to a few improvements in the way campaign organizations, the media, and yes, in rare instances even the Comelec—although it is entirely fair to say it did apply most of its effort to making a mess of things—approached this year’s election campaign, we think that Filipino voters are better-informed and engaged with the process and each other than they have been in at least a generation, and maybe ever. If that were not so, then we would not have had such an animated, and sad to say, often vicious months-long public discussion about the merits of this candidate or that one.