Votes for Sale
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
JUDGING by the intensity of money politics during the April 9 legislative elections, the well-known adage, vox populi vox dei seems to have lost its relevance. The people's voice, previously understood to be God's voice, has been cheaply traded in various ways.
The so-called 'dawn attack' or distribution of money-filled envelopes in addition to basic needs 'care' packages just before polling day was the most primitive, yet most-often used method. Obse
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