"Our collective mission, as a people, should be to completely remove all vestiges of the Arroyo administration in the coming elections so that our country can finally start its rebuilding process." - Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV
It seems that everybody who are against the Arroyo government are now starting to jump to the bandwagon supporting Randy David, who is seriously considering to run against GMA for the congressional seat of the second district of Pampanga.
Over the weekend, prominent people from both the opposition and militant groups specifically Senator Kiko Pangilinan, Makati mayor and United Opposition president Jejomar Binay and party list representative Satur Ocampo have expressed their support and delight that someone is up to the challenge to make sure that the President's rumored plight to stay in power even beyond her term will not go uncontested.
Even the Inquirer columnist's cabalen in the person of Governor Ed Panlilio, who was also heavily considering the alternative of going up against Mrs. Arroyo was willing to give way and give support to David.
Senator Trillanes, who has always been an anti-Arroyo government declared his all-out support for the UP professor and said that Randy David has done more for the country as a teacher than GMA in her nine years as president.
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Silvestre Bello, the Cabinet Secretary was quoted saying that David and Arroyo's would-be clash is like David versus Goliath but was careful to say that David is going to win this one. He was pretty sure that GMA is very popular in her home district.
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The statement given by the Cabinet Secretary could mean another thing: that the President is on the go for the seat on the House of Representatives and that no one, not even a college professor may block this plan of hers.
But who knows?
"But that does not mean we are confirming David’s winning over Goliath this time. I'm very confident about it." - Sec. Silvestre Bello
Source: ABS-CBN News, Yahoo! Philippines News
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6.29.2009
6.28.2009
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
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.
***
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.
***
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
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