The Famished Road Poem by Virginia Jasmin Pasalo

In the Philippines, it is the practice of politicians to buy votes with money or canned goods. Every after three years, they knock on the doors, and carry with them, a bagful of goods and money in exchange for votes. Since most of the voting public are poor, they are prone to accepting these offers, and do not really expect much from elected officials after that.

Some of those who may have reluctantly accepted the arrangement justify their acts by saying, that corrupt politicians actually deserve to die, in their own hands, which may even be regarded as an act of patriotism, but they do not actually blame the politician for their own moral decay.