Leaders

As president I promise to create Peace, Work opportunities and Housing for everyone! Vote for me and I will be part of the people for the people! No its not election time nor is this some political column to punt some idealistic world for some elite people. 

It is happening all around the globe, Politicians making promises and never keeping them. Why is it that around election time, we discover all these obscure parties? Not only does the small parties come to light but the bigger parties are all of a sudden hard at work providing what they were suppose to do every day. As long as the parties swoop them off their feet a month before the elections, all is fine.  

I get irritated with people falling for the same trick every time. People are impoverished and barley can afford to eat one meal a day, but yet they vote for the same party. I am not just talking about my country but about all of the political parties across the world. We give them the power to rule over us and govern our countries. This is quite a big responsibility but yet people hand this responsibility over at a whim.  

I always ask the beggar on the street who he/she voted for. I do this not to punish or reward them but to see just who keeps on voting corruption and total lack of governance into power. These days there seem to be a huge issue of race and religion all across the world. Qualifications that are much needed to rule over a country seem to be of no relevance.  A grade 4 certificate is sufficient to be in office. You obviously need to sell your mouth and be able to charm the crowd, whether it be by dancing or chanting absolute rubbish just to keep them happy. 

Once you are in office, you are set for life. One term can ensure that you have an early retirement. You will be amongst the rich and famous. You can delegate and basically pretend your intelligence right through the term.  

I am amazed how people that are placed so far out of the reach of reality make ground level decisions that in effect do not have any impact on their lives at all. How do we justify democracy when the poor still suffer and the rich get richer? How do we quantify a person’s moral standing upon his race and charm? I do not believe that people are educated properly to commit their vote to the right candidate.

Some governments keep the uneducated and poor where they are in order to secure future votes. Think about a donkey running after that carrot that he just never will have while the passenger gets a free ride.

 All across the world people are standing up against the rich and merciless. Taking back what they were cheated out of. Retrieving what the governments stole from them because they are a certain religion or race. I believe in equality and honest hard work to get where you want to be.

This piece was just something I thought about while watching news and seeing some clowns jumping around entertaining the crowds. Remember:  fame is short lived when you do not have talent. -Werner van Tonder