HUMAN SA PAGAKPAK, LIGDONG NGA BUHAT ANG IPASIATAB

HUMAN SA PAGAKPAK,   LIGDONG NGA  BUHAT  ANG IPASIATAB

Now that   fanfares have subsided,   the time to grapple with reality has come. As leaders, as public servants and as paragon of virtues, all these salient features of our elected officials   being rolled into one are  not as  easy a task if they  are not destined  for the job.

The complexity of  public service is  unique considering its inherent  reservoir of success and failure. Certainly, public service is not the cup of tea  for  faint-hearted ones. It is difficult to draw the line between the boisterous type and  the know-it-all type among  our  elected officials  because most of them  appear to have developed the same idiosyncrasies  almost all the time.

 The doer  is one who  works  selflessly.  He finds  pleasure in fulfilling    the demands of his office through accountability and transparency. He  exercises  the full weight of his authority  without  fear or favor.  To him, there are no   ifs and   buts when   public interest is  at stake. He performs his functions  without any mental reservation  or  purpose of evasion.  He protects  the interest of the people and abandons his  ties with election financiers having “unscrupulous” motives  and orientation.   Most importantly,  he must be ready to  walk an extra mile and carry  the burden of accomplishing his campaign promises or risk being  perceived as bagging  his political victory through deceit and misrepresentation.