What Does It Take To Be The President Of The Philippines?

After a series of posts in social networking websites, most of the replies that I got were on the negative. Also, some were just tired and joked around but some answered seriously. In general, it seems that to become a president, it has always something to do with money and machinery.
Here are some comments on the question raised above:

"I think the proper question should be, what does it take to be a great president for the Philippines. Just a thought." - rachel

"The President is not the question. The question is, the family background" - genevieve

"it doesn't have to be a son or a daughter of a former president" - pocahontas

"it takes intelligence, patience, will power, courage to say "NO" to all temptation, courage to bypass "utang na loob", political will, honesty, sincerity and, most of all, true passion to serve - religion, social orientation or heritage should not be a measuring stick" - gigi m.

"well u have to be in showbiz... Hahaha.. Because that's the truth... It's happening in the Phils.. Lolz" - ble s.

"it takes a crap load of money and a bunch of half truths and a good rep works as well" - michael

"popularity.... in reality" - anthony

"sweet tongue... to deceive the ignorant and the innocent..." - hethang

"agpaytruew!!!!! ngem nu local met, if you got the money, you'll get power.." - anthony

"mass appeal and at least P200 million pesos." - ruth

"just choose the lesser of all evils. hmm.. define jaded and cynical" - jeng

"i know it's hard to take care of the nation's problem. i just don't see why these people would want to be in that position. dunno! just an opinion. okay....this is the bottom line. Presidency is a crappy job and who fills it better than foriegners like, maybe ,angelina jolie? no? oh....okay." - maridon

"you should have confidence...dapat may tiwala ka sa sarili mu na kaya mung pamunuan ang buong bansa...pero dapat din makuha mu ang tiwala ng tao sayo...isa pa is he/she have fear in GOD..ung totoo ah..indi lng pkitang tao...ewan...bsta" - danston

"It takes the most number of votes... and the proclamation of the poll body to be come president... may utak man o wala, may k man o wala... mabait o masama... artista man o simpleng fan lang... of course, mas notoriously known lang ang magnanakaw at sinungaling... he he" - jonathan

To become the President, it takes a lot of money in billions, a machinery of hungry leeches, a very good political advertisement in tv, radio, print and a legion of rats... Sorry to say. Almost all of us think the same. We are dismayed with the system and we despise politicians.

It is safe to say that 70% of the new generation of voters are more aware, rebellious against the system, more intelligent and more exposed thanks to technology. Old politicking tactics and ads does not work the same way as before. Blogs, forums, organizations, online media etc are working their way to awareness. To become a President, some may think that they will need billions, leeches and rats... maybe, but it will not be the same as before. Today, remember this day, I will strongly shout to the world that the Filipino voters of this young-new-aware-intelligent-exposed generation will make a difference all throughout! Sadly, we have to choose a President regardless of our negative thoughts, I have no candidate in mind, however, each and every vote is important so choose wisely and vote with honor. la lang.....