The Battle of David and Gloriath

"..it would be a shame if no Kapampangan stands up and lets her (GMA) do so unchallenged." - Prof. Randy David

Just before the weekend, Prof. Randy David expressed his plans to challenge President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo if in case she runs for congress during the 2010 National Election. And that is to prevent the Chief Executive from being elected as Prime Minister if ever the administration's allies in the House succeeds in shifting the form of government from presidential to parliamentary.

David, who hails from Betis, a town like Lubao which is situated within the second district of Pampanga is said to have a chance of clinching the vote come May 2010 with the help of a so-called "catholic vote" block with the influence of his brother, who is a bishop in that province.

On the other hand, President Arroyo's chances of winning the congressional seat is thick as she was said to have been frequently visiting her hometown very often and is most likely practicing patronage politics.

People from the Opposition and different militant groups are all backing the UP professor if he finally decides to run against the President. This, however, is criticized by the administration allies saying that if someone wants to run for office, that person should not run for the sake of running, there should be a prepared platform. Pointing that David should run for the sake of serving a constituent and not because he's preventing something from happening.

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Despite everything that's happening around the Con-ass, a lot of political moves have also been taking place for both the Opposition and the Administration who is rumored to have planned its every move up to the tiniest details to finalized the shifting of the form of government and extending GMA's reign beyond 2010.

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Well, if it's true that the Commander-in-Chief had figured everything out, then everyone from the Opposition, militant groups and those who are against the speculated plan of the current administration might find it difficult to stage a plan of their own or even make a stalemate.

"It's some sort of a chess game. You want to keep them guessing also." - Gov. Ed Panlilio

*Source: The Philippine Star
**Title is derived from an article of The Philippine Star