I watched curiously as a young and sveltely attractive millennial still in office uniform confidently stride up to the counter drop her purchases on the counter then go the tumbler display, pick one with the picture of Vice-President Leni Robredo and quickly add it to her items for check out. Since I was next in line to her, I caught her eye then asked her, “Why Leni?” She smiled then gamely replied, “I like her style, her honesty, her integrity, her advocacies and personal charisma.”
I just smiled back and nodded and later as she confidently sauntered out of the swinging doors into the fading sunlight, I wondered to myself if I should have told her to her face that she might be voting for the right person but not for not all of the right reasons. I wondered also if she had followed through in her thoughts and reflections the real ramifications and consequences of the consequential choice she apparently had already made.
