Perspective

For many people, it’s easy to reduce the question of ARMM elections to a simple yes-or-no proposition. Its not that simple. Let’s face it: the proposal to postpone the elections has generated enough knee-jerk reactions harping on the same theme: postponement is a blow to democracy. The truth is, there appear to be enough valid grounds to support a postponement; you just have to be able to look at the issue from a different perspective than the promotion of representative democracy. Look at it, for instance, from the point of view of the peace process, and postponement makes some kind of sense. This multiplicity of perspectives - and the patina of validity each one has - makes this a very difficult question to resolve. Worse, it becomes easy even for people with absolutely no sense of perspective to pick a stand and pretend to... [read full story]