NOT!!!
as early as now, i am starting my campaign against the candidacy of mikey arroyo for a slot in the senate.
Nakakainis talaga na may balls pa si Nograles na sabihing si Mikey Arroyo ang lead candidate ng LAKAS-KAMPI para sa senatorial slate nila for the 2010 elections.
HELLO MR. SPEAKER. Hindi tanga ang mga Pilipino. Kung babalikan natin ang 2007 elections, sobra lampaso ang administration ticket sa Senate. Yung isa nanalo nga lang dahil sa lantarang pandaraya sa Mindanao.
Kaya hindi ako magtataka kung sa 2010 elections, ganito rin ang mangyayari sa administration ticket o mas malala pa.
Kaya sisimulan ko na ang campaign against mikey arroyo. Walangya, mga pelikula niya kaya hindi na kumikita. Maghangad pa ba naman maging senador.
Good Editorial from the DAILY TRIBUNE. Sobra natuwa ako nung nabasa ko siya:
Weak slate
06/04/2008
Lakas this early, has already announced its probable senatorial candidates.
Not surprisingly, the presidential son, Pampanga Rep. Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo, a third termer congressman who has moreover switched to Kampi, his mother’s political party, is touted as the lead senatorial administration candidate.
From the list of Lakas senatorial probables, it certainly looks like a very weak ticket, composed as it is of graduating congressmen who, unfortunately, are not quite national figures, and who need more national exposure to make it to the Senate, plus a sprinkling of several administration senatorial bets who lost in the last senatorial elections, such as former Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis “Chavit” Singson, former Sen. Ralph Recto and former Presidential Chief of Staff Michael Defensor, along with some Cabinet figures.
If elections will be held, and it is doubted that the polls will go through, unless Gloria Arroyo has her protected exit plan all laid out and ready to be implemented, it is almost certain that the Lakas bets will lose and lose big — especially so for Mikey, as he would serve as a proxy of Gloria in yet another protest vote.
Mikey can win in Pampanga, but it is not likely he would be a popular bet in a national election, even if he is a national figure, by virtue of being a presidential son. And that’s even worse being Gloria’s son.
Still, if Mikey does run for the Senate, it is almost certain that not only will money flow like water for his candidacy, but also that there will again be massive cheating, to ensure the victory of Gloria’s favorite son.
After all, if Gloria exits from Malacañang, she needs a senator son to defend her.
One exit plan, so the speculation goes, is for Gloria to take on the seat of son Mikey, which she will probably win, and then, with all her billions — nay trillions — she gets the speakership and thus gain leverage even if an opposition candidate becomes the next president.
With all her money from kickbacks and commissions, it will be cheaper for her to buy off even two thirds of the congressmen to impeach a sitting president that does not play ball with her.
Besides, with her still in power, as the fourth constitutional heir as Speaker, she can continue to ensure her protection after her exit from Malacañang. For one, she will still have control over the Ombudsman, Merceditas Gutierrez, who will have the last say on whether to press charges against a government official, or throw any and all complaints against Gloria.
Also, as she will have the majority of the congressmen in her pocket, she can always threaten the presidency with a veto override on pet presidential measures and even the budget.
For all one knows, even an opposition presidential bet will have entered into some kind of deal with her on the strength of her use of government resources and funds. She would still be sitting in Malacañang when polls are held.
But in the senatorial polls, it is certain that there will be no Lakas or Kampi line-up in presidential elections, as no doubt, there will be another administration ticket team that may even include some so-called opposition figures.
This has happened before in 2001, then in 2004, and in 2007. There is no reason for it not to happen again in 2010.
But a Lakas-Kampi team-up in the presidential and senatorial elections may face a lot of problems, chief of which is their identification with Gloria Arroyo.
In 2010, she will still be a hated political figure, even as she keeps on announcing cash subsidies to the poor, who make up the majority of the electorate.
Worse, there won’t be a sudden and dramatic change in the country in the matter of high prices of essential goods and services, and the tax after tax after tax imposed by Gloria and her administration. The eVAT, the bane of the nation, will still be there in 2010, and no doubt, bigger corruption scandals will continue to rock her and her administration. People will remember and will be voting against her and her administration candidates.
No matter what propaganda she spews about the country attaining First World status when she exits and with the economic prosperity she keeps on promising, none of the presidential propaganda will bear fruit.
With her exit, it will be the end of the decade long-Gloria Arroyo era.
And good riddance too.
