Why (likely) Marcos?
(BY TACIO FILOSOFO JR.)
Why likely a Marcos victory? Because apparently, he did his homework very early in the day, as early as five years ago. He has moved heaven and earth to make this day a reality. And His family joins him. And still there are those minions of loyalists but not maybe 60% sobra na man yun.
The others obviously did not do their homework enough, and prepare as much as Marcos including in terms of financial resources.
I know he will not possibly touch the P23Billion in unpaid estate taxes and the P180B still in litigation He is richer than that I suppose that he can run this elaborate campaign.
Look, LENI IS KNOWN to be a late decider. She continued to flip flop until the last minute. Even to the ire of some rivals who did not want to join her as a common candidate. (it would have been the wiser and the right thing to do and to happen) But now many say it’s too late in the day. Unless miracles can still happen. A coin has two sides.
As late bloomer, naturally, she cannot lead the pack by this time But Leni is FAST catching up. Miracles still happen.
And so is ISKO MORENO who only wanted to run under a common ticket. Otherwise, he would have easily won a reelection bid as Manila super mayor. Sayang. But ISKO IS CATCHING UP and fast. He is young at 57 and time is on his side. He has the charms which Manny and Ping obviously lacks as much.
MANNY would not have run without his hard-earned billions and his big genuine heart for the poor massa. All Filipinos join his cause. Who wouldn’t? He wants all crooks in government jailed. But the latter would not allow. This is a big block on the road for Manny. The oligarchic crooks.
PING LACSON is the most qualified and most senior in the ballgame. He has the will, the guts, and the people to execute the laws under his leadership. But Ping lacks charisma for the massa. He is too serious and that is his handicap. Maybe resources too. He could have been the great graft buster that never was. He could have championed the China dispute. As a military PMA valedictorian, the man is a warrior and a determined soldier. Why not Ping? There is still time.
And now: WHY A MARCOS (likely) WIN? Because the boy who will soon be a statesman, is not THE crook. He is only THE heir, He has the millennials of his age on his side, with him.
Besides, two past presidents, as mother and son, WERE NOT ABLE to jail the Marcoses. Why? The charges must be false. For 35 years, the PCGG has not jailed any Marcos Why? They have recovered billions though in ill-gotten wealth. Why not the rest? Were they given a share?
What landmark laws has senator Marcos passed if any? Nobody asked that question. What exactly his is full college diploma? What are landmark policies he made as GOVERNOR for decades? Was he able do a parallel of the Mandanas ruling?
Erap also escaped debates but won. FPJ NEVER attended debates but he almost won. Why should Marcos lose just because he avoids counter-productive debates?
Finally, Marcos is the most beleaguered candidate in 2022, most criticized, but kept silent, and might likely win. He is doing something Biblical: to give the other cheek, to walk the extra mile, to be the sin without the sin of what….he is just a boy, he is THE Nino bonito But he has billions in inheritance which he can use for: Mag Kaka isa Tayo, Sama Sama Tayo, Babangon Tayo, that is —-if he is true to his words, which is yet to be seen IF HE (or soon as he ) WINS.
Leni: last woman standing?
(BY NEKKI COSETENG – Former Senator)
WITH A FEW DAYS TO GO, the effect of a Marcos presidency will soon be felt .And I won’t live long enough to see the recovery take place. It’s now down to only Marcos or Leni .. It has to be reduced to only be that way. That’s really how simple it gets. Any votes for others will only guarantee a Marcos victory. I don’t really know Leni up close and personal. We are not chummies or buddies.
BUT I know Marcos. I was a senator of the Republic.
What he and his family have done to individuals, our institutions and to us, as a people, as a nation, is public knowledge easily verifiable and with basis in fact.
Then again .. who knows ? If Marcos wins …Can he easily be thrown out … by the DUTERTE administration so Sara gets to sit as president ? THAT CAN happen …it has happened before …
Remember GMA UNDER ERAP? That can happen again. For another 12 years. A Leni win will be tough if votes are given to all others.
As I ask…Would they have had all the resources on their own to run unless they came from the potential beneficiaries of a Marcos/Duterte win? It’s not a Leni presidency that I fear. But a Marcos presidency I know That will create deeper chaos More plunder and more poverty which we have seen first hand decades ago.
When hunger sets in , Security becomes an issue and that’s a harder problem to hurdle. As the bullets can come from different directions and that would be harder to predict , track and control … Then the cycle begins!
Violence begets violence.
All the Marcos cronies who surrendered Marcos’s wealth during Cory’s administration ran under Lakas and LDP then. And did so under several administrations after.
They completely abandoned/dissociated themselves from the KBL. They surrendered a fraction of what Marcos amassed and plundered.
They actually squealed on him. And that shows how much there was that had been stolen or they wouldn’t have surrendered it voluntarily.
Pres. Cory sincerely and genuinely accepted them into the political circle during her term. We all did too as a society and accepted them whole heartedly without question for the sake of peace and reconciliation.
But that did not mean the Marcos family was off the hook.
There is accountability and responsibility and the proper courts have provided due process to eventually recover part of their hidden wealth.
I AM Resigned to the reality it will soon get so much worse before it gets better.
I was 18 in 1970 … a freshman in the University of the Philippines in the heels of the First Quarter Storm . I was 31 when Ninoy Aquino was assassinated in cold blood in 1983. I had a good 25-30 year wait to experience some of the recovery we witness today.
I am 69 now . I do not have 30 more years to live through the worst and see the much needed recovery after. SM had only 2 or 3 malls in 1983. They’re nearing 80 malls today with 300 supermarkets…. All achieved without Marcos.
Their customers earned their purchasing power both here and abroad to fuel
what SM is today. This is a success story .
I cannot do much to reverse that mindset shaped by their revisionist lies and deception via social media . The situation is volatile, dire and pressing.
Experts predict it could take another 30 years to recover. Can AI and technology, robots and vloggers help?!
It’s beyond me and my mental capability to understand why a people would like to bring back an era that had brought so much suffering to most and wealth to a few.
If I cannot contribute to making things better…. I just won’t contribute to making things worse.
In our time, we must make crucial decisions… Are we going to be part of the problem? Or be part of the solution? Or do we just remain as fence sitters ?
Or … place our bets on all horses so that we too will win , who ever emerges as the winner.