Editor,

Registered voters, as the 2016 election cycle unfolds in front of our eyes, we wish for the end of divisive hateful dark time and the return of the bright hopeful era. We find ourselves teetering on the edge. Our both feet are about to slip off the cliff. A point of being frustrated and fed up has passed. We are now outraged, divisive and hateful. But please, we must be careful. No one makes a right decision when angry and hateful.

Before a decision, let us ask questions. How did we get here? Who is responsible for our turmoil? What went wrong? And most importantly, How can we get it back?

First, the how is by being ignorant to our supreme law, the Constitution. Without understanding the law, we kept voting for a man to fix our problems. And that's the who. We dumped our dirty laundry to a man to wash it clean. That's how we got here as a nation.

Many now blame President Barack Obama for the weaker nation. Many blame the GOP for crony capitalism. We blame Congress for ignoring our voice. But the truth is that we as American citizens brought ourselves to this edge. The government is of our own doing, or more like not doing. We the citizens are to blame.

Let me explain that by asking these questions.

Who can recite Declaration of Independence? Who can list five freedoms in the First Amendment? Who understands the principles of our Constitution? Ask your family. Ask your neighbors. Ask your local leaders and federal leaders. Ask yourself. What is the response?

We simply voted for a man who says what we want to hear not a man with constitutional principles. And how can we? Many of us don't even know our supreme law. We don't teach our children our Constitution in school nor at our dinner tables. We don't uphold our supreme law in our daily basis anymore. How can we ask for our freedom and rights when we don't know where they came from and what protects those. And that's how we went wrong.

Our freedom does not come from our government. It's our natural right as a human. Government is there to protect such rights, not to give it. Our Constitution states it clearly. Our country is the first nation in human history without a tyrant a king or an emperor because of our Constitution.

When you stand in front of the ballot box, please vote for our constitutional principles. Who on that list has been delivering their actions strictly according to our Constitution? Is it Hilary Clinton? Bernie Sanders? Donald Trump? Ted Cruz? Who respects our supreme law? Who ignores it? Who takes advantages for their own gain? Who acts as if above the law? Who fights for our Constitution? Take your time to research their records. That's our responsibility.

The only way we return to our bright era is by returning to our Constitution. Read it. You will agree.

"America is great because America is good." Let us be the gate keepers of this statement.

Yasué Bengali,

Hazleton