MARY STEFANY F.

APAITAN
1.
I want to be a lawyer because it has always been my childhood
dream. I want to be one for several reasons. First of all, I like the aura that
they exude outside or inside the court. Whenever someone mentions that
he/she is a lawyer, people would tend to look at them differently. They are
always treated with respect due to the fact that they are full of knowledge
and wisdom about the laws.
I also want to be a lawyer because I want to have a keen sense of
understanding with the law. I believe that being wise with these
legislations of our land would help our country prosper. A lot of Filipino
citizens are ignorant when it comes to their rights and obligations which
sometimes would lead to injustices. I once read in the book that it is
necessary to study the law as citizens in order for us to be active in the
public affairs of our country. This would eventually result to prosperity and
equality.
Lastly, I want to be a lawyer because I want to prove to everybody
that if I can dream it, I can do it. I have great interest in the motivations
and mechanisms of how our country is governed. By being a lawyer, I
believe that I can bring about change which any other profession can’t. By
being a lawyer, I’ll get to see the things that are unclear to me if I’m not
one.

2.
It is not expressly provided in our Constitution that a sitting President
cannot run as Vice-President in the immediately succeeding election. It was
only written that he/she is not eligible for re-election in the same office. As
long as he/she passed the requisites or requirements in order to be eligible
to run for vice presidency, he/she can surely do so. Each of us have the
right to run for public office as long as we are considered eligible by the
constitution. The incumbent president, running for a different office, is not
an exception. He/She is not deprived of that right because he/she is also a
citizen under the same Constitution. The important thing is, the people
have the right to vote him/her in that office and allow him/her to hold that
position in the same branch of the government. Therefore, I believe that
an incumbent President can run as Vice-President in the immediately
succeeding election as the Constitution permits him/her to do so.