(This is Lito Banayo’s last column for Malaya as he would be Sen. Chiz Escudero’s campaign manager in the latter’s presidential bid in the 2010 elections.)
by Lito Banayo
Malaya
The surprise decision of Chiz Escudero to resign from the NPC was finalized in his mind and in his heart only on Tuesday morning, the day before he was expected to rally the troops at the Bahay ng Alumni of the University of the Philippines. A simple but emotionally rousing event had been planned to begin at 5:30 on Wednesday afternoon. After a quick lunch at his informal campaign headquarters, the cozy Taste of L.A. along Alejandro Roces St., conveniently two hundred meters away from his small townhouse unit in New Manila, the decision to resign was firmed up with heavy heart.
There was absolutely no rancour in his heart towards anyone in the party hierarchy. But clear positions and personal principles could not be viewed sceptically by the public because of present company. Present company are old and genuine friends — conscientious legislators with their constituents’ interest principal to them, with a loyal voter following brought about by years of good service. But in the larger view of the national interest at a time when public despair and despondency threaten to break the polity up, new solutions and fresh ideas, this amorphously defined cry for “Pagbabago” (Change), needed positing. And solutions offered had to go beyond motherhood statements, but specific stand on various policy issues.
For “change” to be genuine and meaningful, the tired old buzzwords and catch phrases ring empty. And for several months, Escudero had been debating these policy issues with friends and confidantes, former classmates and fraternity brothers, new-found friends among “low-involvement” young businessmen and sectoral leaders. A new kind of change was slowly defined.. Bagong Pagbabago.
He reviewed the sad and always compromised history of the nation since the birth of the First Republic. He was after all, a martial law “baby”, born on October 10, 1969, yet unable to understand what authoritarianism was all about, except that there was “peace” in the street where he grew up in Quezon City. It was his maternal lolo’s house, a compound shared by his teacher mom and his teacher dad with the entire kin. His “tatay”, Salvador, could not afford a house and lot of their own, even if he had become the youngest dean of the University of the Philippines. Ferdinand Marcos saw promise in the abilities of his tatay, who was a doctor of veterinary medicine, and tapped Salvador, better known as “Sonny” into government service. When the legendary agriculture minister Bong Tanco died, Marcos appointed Sonny as replacement, in the late days of authoritarianism. Chiz was a gangly young boy at the time. He once asked his father why, unlike kids of officials of lesser rank, he had to make do with low allowances and could not even be gifted with a Game and Watch plaything. His father merely smiled and played with the young man’s softly curled hair. Department of Agriculture old-timers have very high regard for Sonny, who was returned to their helm by President Fidel V. Ramos. FSGO’s venerable, Ting Paterno, a man I admire most, once affirmed to me Sonny Escudero’s integrity as a fellow cabinet member under Marcos.
The young Escudero saw how “people power” so soon after its proud birth, was compromised in the shoals of the return of traditional politics. And how, in the praxis of multi-party politics, the party as an institution became little more than temporary alliances for political convenience. So when he entered politics as a young congressman for the first district of Sorsogon, he joined the Nationalist People’s Coalition, which, despite having lost the presidential plum in 1992, remained fairly intact and cohesive, bound by personal friendship with its founder, Ambassador Danding Cojuangco. Undoubtedly traditional, like most every other political party, national, local or regional, young Escudero became part of the traditional panoply of our politics.
But the test of his convictions occurred when Gloria Macapagal Arroyo came to power in the heels of the touted second “people power”. He was with Erap until the end, and thus became an oppositionist as he began his second term. He even became the spokesman of FPJ in 2004 against incumbent GMA, who some of his own party-mates supported, (I was the spokesman of “maverick” Ping Lacson, and up to now, Chiz and I rib each other about our contrary “performances” in several debates then). This feat he did even as he stood for his final re-election as congressman, and won. It was in that last term where his political star shone. Elected minority floor leader of a much-decimated opposition (his own party, NPC, chose to align in coalition with GMA), he led that small but vociferous pack of two dozen in filing impeachment cases against the “elected” president in the wake of the Hello Garci revelations. Many conscienticized congressmen from the majority crossed party lines to join a failed but valiant political adventure. They lost to the money and wiles of Dona Gloria, but Escudero and company won the hearts of the people. Thus, when he ended his term in 2007, and ran for the Senate on sparse resources, a grateful nation gave him 18 million votes, and placed him second among twelve. He has distinguished himself in the Senate, where his searing questions in committee deliberations earned for him the respect of older peers.
Young Escudero studies assiduously, and has a keen analytical mind. In the few months that I have come to know him closer, I discovered that he also has a photographic memory. That explains what I used to think was nothing else but articulate abilities, which my friend Conrad de Qurios once dismissed as “glibness”. Chiz has this uncanny ability, so rare these days, to virtually memorize what he himself pounded on his Mac. When time to speak came, the words just flowed seamlessly. Amazing. (That was my fear when I was accepted into the Ateneo College of Law. Mahina ako sa memorizing. So while waiting for the first semester at law school to start, and I received a job offer from a multinational, the salary of which was three times higher than my classmates in undergrad got, I chucked off law school, to my eternal regret.)
Through the many days and nights that Escudero discussed his thoughts with me and others, he had a consistent plaint, expressed mostly in Tagalog even if his proficiency in English was beyond reproach. Twice we had “people power”, but power never really went to the people. The poor are as wretchedly despondent as ever, and political power has only served the economic interests of the few. As it was in Marcos, so it was with Cory and beyond. And as degenerately worst in Gloria’s reign. He has fashioned in his mind, after several meetings with experts in various academic disciplines, or read their published and unpublished work, what we call a new kind of change. Bagong Pagbabago — not the usual motherhood statements, but specific solutions that could serve as the lynchpin of a vision that would make the common man, middle-class or poor, realize that he matters in the scheme of things.
People power never brought power to the people. It was exploited by the powerful and wealthy few to bring them more power and more wealth. For the people to feel that to them belongs the power in a sovereign and democratic nation, then what must be practiced is “people politics”, in present practice nothing else but power politics in the guise of party politics.
Escudero’s message would not resonate with the people if his politics reeked of “old and inherited” wealth, though not his own, and certainly not of “new wealth” with questionable origins, as in the case of a man born poor but ascended the economic ladder quickly through wheeling and dealing.
Hindi pwedeng Lumang Pulitika. Lalong hindi pwedeng Nagpayaman sa Pulitika.
The idealism remains intact. The vision is clear. The intent to serve in higher capacity remains.
Cynics scoff in scorn, in a political environment where “practical” (read that as traditional) politics is the rule. Quixotic, many dismiss.
But in a time of continuing blight, with 65% of the population young but helpless, young but hopeless, reaching for one’s North Star must be done without mental reservation or emotional qualm.
I have chosen to accompany young Chiz Escudero in his political odyssey.
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P.S. When young Chiz informed his ninang, Mrs. Jesusa Sonora Poe, Susan Roces to every Filipino, that he would begin his political odyssey on October 28, she asked — “Why the date?”
Chiz replied: “Wala lang po. Nagkataon lang dahil na-postpone na nga”.
And Mrs. Poe smilingly said, “That is the Feast of St. Jude, the patron saint of the impossible”.
Chiz laughed upon the realization of the religious significance of the date. Incidentally, St. Jude is located right beside Malacanang. Serendipity.
Nice article.
Ellen, sabi ng ate ko kung nasan daw si Manay Susan ay dun sya. Joke daw yan na totoo, hehehe. Aba, meron pa silang photo na dalawa nung nagkampanya sa aming maliit na baryo si Mrs. Poe in 2004. Yup, nagsisimula ng ikampanya ni sis si Chiz dahil sabi niya ay tatakbo raw ayon sa kanyang pakiramdam.
Kidding aside, talo-manalo raw, ayos lang for the sake of the new politics na sinisimulan ni Chiz.
Agree with Chi. Nice article.
Re: People power never brought power to the people. It was exploited by the powerful and wealthy few to bring them more power and more wealth.
How true. What an eye opener from Lito.
I have nothing against Chiz. I actually like this man for what he stands for but I have questions on his abrupt decisions. When one wants something lofty like being a President of a third world country that is so much in debt and in poverty, it takes a lot of planning. It is like weaning a child from its feeding bottle. Traditional politics had always prevailed. Monied candidates always had the ability to form parties, groups, advertizing and can in an instant hire people to put up posters, banners and knock on doors. Di biro ang magpunta sa 7100 islands. If only he made up his mind even at least six months ago, politicians who would have wanted change would have opted to be with him. I know this first hand. But most of these hopefuls have already committed to some of the other parties dahil sa tagal ni Chiz magdesisyon. Hindi rin tama na pagkatapos kang suportahan ng mga ka-party mo eh sasabihin mo na lang na “goodbye” dahil sasama ako kay Chiz?
If he continues on his crusade for a changed government, he can field in his first seeds in 2013. Then in 2016, silang dalawa ni Sonny Trillianes ang patok na patok! Chiz have to do more than just have an “idea” for change. He has to form organizations to back him up. Ang hirap humingi ng kahit piso piso lang sa mga kababayan natin. Yung mga may pera, pihado ayaw niyan ng “change” eh di mawawala yung pera at ari-arian nila. Yung mga may gusto ng “change” wala namang perang maitutulong. Parang chicken and egg ang dating. Hindi malaman kung saan maguumpisa.
His sudden bolting out from his party makes me nervous actually. Paano na kung sakaling manalo siya at hindi niya mapagkaisa ang bansa dahil sa dami ng masyadong marunong na mga opisyales ng gobierno? Ano ang gagawin niya? Iiwanan na lang niya ang Pilipinas? If he had differences with Danding, he would have sat down with the party movers and asked them to rally behind him. Hindi yung bigla na lang alsa balutan. This is not a picture of a mature leader!
A real leader knows how to turn his disadvantage to an advantage. Running away from situations to me is not a good picture of leadersship. Facing them squarely is. With a party as big as NPC, he would have had a shot at the presidency. Kung presidente na siya, he can do his own thing. Di magrebelde siya kay Danding! May magagawa ba si Danding at that time!
Tama si Susan, kailangan ni Chiz si St Jude dahil it is almaost impossible to catch up with the traditional politicians who have already gotten commitments from their chosen party mates. Let us face it, the Philippines is still so politically immature. Mahaba pa ang lalakbayin ni Chiz but if he stays on his path, he will be big one day!
Who moved the Chiz?
“Running away from situations is not good leadership”
It depends entirely and here’s a situation: Candidate Chiz wants the party to draft a program of government from his ideas that are pro-poor, pro-labor and pro-people. The party rejected it and that it is non-negotiable. Do you expect him to be a cry baby, just accept it and say yes boss, ok boss or maybe just walk away carrying his tail between his legs? No, that is not a character of a person aspiring to be a leader.
A good leader is bold and decisive and can decide in a spur and any given moment and any given situation. And so he resigned. Good for him. That’s a sign of a good leader. He is not afraid to gamble and bet his entire political carrer in defense of his principles and ideas for a good government.
“Kung president na siya he can do his own thing”
That’s not right. When the thing started and you agreed with all the programs, rules and protocols of the party, you are bound to follow though not to every letter even if you are elected president.
That’s precisely the reason why Chiz resigned from the party because if in case elected as president he doesn’t want to be bound by the programs and rules of the party which are the antithesis of his own vision, ideas and principles.
He doesn’t want to be called an ingrate or traitor to his party and partymates.
“Philippines is still politically immature”
I don’t think so. Ermita said Thailand is the one that is politically immature.
Sir/Mam Parasabayan, may point po kaya.
Pero hindi po ba kung ang bawat isa sa atin na naghahangad ng tunay at drastic na pagbabago ay ganun ang mind set paano po natin mamakamit ang mailap na pagbabago na ating hangad. If you really believe his stand on major issue and policy he wants to implement ( kahit sino pa man, it jst happened that it was Chiz) or you really believe he is for genuine change not in a sense of just changing the leadership but also the system then make a difference, atleast manalo o matalo you make a choice not base on just winnability or the party affiliation or anything else but base on his/her principle, specific platform not just a motherhood statement and policy how to lead the country.
Why chiz bolted his party? Why not he do that after he used the machinery or funds of the party? Ang naghahangad po ng tunay na pagbabago ay marapat lamang na umpisahan mo kung ano ang tama, natural lamang na ang bawat isang tao may kanya kanyang pananaw pansarili man o wagas, galing na nga mismo sa pananalita ni Cong. Mark na anak ni Danding na ang “radikal” na pagbabago na polisiya ni chiz ang naging dahilan na kanyang pag-alis.
“there is no good timing, when you do the right thing”
“what is right must be kept right, what is wrong must be set right” —-ping lacson
Maraming salamat po Sir Lito Banayo, it is really a good and an eye opener article, we are going to miss your article in Malaya and Abante, I hope you can still post article on your blog or here in ellenville…
Chiz-Ping or Ping-Chiz sa 2010
Kahit ano pa ang sabihin ninyo guston kong maging perst leydi si Sharon. Magaling na di hamk iyan kesa kay perst piggy na mwy hila hila pang perst kulasisi.
parasabayan – November 4, 2009 6:28 am
…. Mahaba pa ang lalakbayin ni Chiz
Kung ganun sino ang akala mong nasa finish line (qualified) na para sa presidentiable?
Si parasabayan hanga ako sa kanya pero hindi ko ma picture kung ano ang qualifications niya bilang isang presidente. Marami na siyang na i komento pero hindi natin alam kung anong manok niya… dapat kung mag komento ka meron kang COMPARISON para maganda ang diskurso.
Sabi mo, I have nothing against Chiz…. so anong tawag jan sa komento mo “love letter”?
psb should be commended for his effort.
sumppit:
Effort for what!? dictating and influencing people! hindi nga natin alam kung saan siya sa mga presidentiables.
typing long entries takes a lot of time, don’t ya think?
add to that are the brain cells that must be expended just to come up with a convincing argument.
really it does take effort.
my adoration stays.
afterall, he is truly para-sa-bayan.
kung truly siya para-sa-bayan… tumakbo siya bilang presidente.
maski typing of long entries kung non-sense din ang mga contents useless din diba!? bakit useless! kasi repeated contents.
or else katawa-tawa yung presidentiable niya.
– Lito Banayo (acronyms mine)
SumpPit, parasabayan is a she.
abnoy-c5-gibo, didn’t you notice, after Chiz’ resignation from NPC, many bloggers are avoiding revealing (or repeating) their preferences?
Kung walang pera at walang makinarya, walang pag-asa. Mahal ang TV advertisements, ang pang-gasolina at ang bayad sa eroplano para mangampanya.
Taob na si Chiz. Lumilipat na ang mga campaign contributors “for-the personal greater-good” kay NoyNoy.
Kejotee,
Para ba kay Noted yun biro ninyo? Ha ha! Hintayin kong magseryoso kayo. Binabasa ko lagi yung mga komento ninyo dito at sa ibang blogsites. Punong-puno ng laman at estetika.
Sumppit,
Bagama’t hindi kami tugma ni PSB (parasabayan) sa napipisil na kandidato, kagaya mo hanga ako sa kanyang pagpursige hanapan ng butas si Chiz. Palagay ko mas masaya at maunlad ang talakayan kung may devil’s advocate sa bawat hakbang habang nagninilay-nilay ng personahe at mga isyu.
Kung ang campaign contributors e yung nagdidikta ng pangangalaga sa kanilang personal interest, mas mabuti ngang doon na sila kay Noynoy, Villar, Erap o Gibo.
Good riddance.
The “experts” have been equating Escudero’s dropping his political party as tantamount to political suicide.
We’ve heard that line before, haven’t we?
If Escudero’s turns out like those that have committed “political suicide” in the past, like Among Ed Panlilio and Grace Padaca, then by all means, let’s see Chiz win to his death!
tt,
Kailangan talaga ng pera pag ikaw ay tatakbo sa alin mang posisyon. Gaya na lang nitong si Banayo, tumigil muna sa panunulat para tulungan si Chiz dito sa laban niyang ito. Huwag mong sabihing libre siya sa trabaho niyang ito. Isa lang yang sampol at palagay mo kaya ilang Banayo ang tutulong kay Chiz. Kahit itong mga ito ay katulong niya di ba’t pagdating ng panahong manalo kunyari si Chiz e hindi hihingi na pabor ng mga ito? Ang mga taong ito ay tumutulong lang sa kanya … papano yong nagbibigay ng donasyon? Hihingi’t hihingi rin ng pabor ang mga ito. Kanya’t hindi ko maintindihan yong ibig niyang sabihin. Kung gusto niyang hindi magka-utang na loob sa iba e di tumakbo siyang mag-isa kasama ang pamilya niya.
A good leader is bold and decisive and can decide in a spur and any given moment and any given situation. – flory
That’s why I chose Chiz. He’s not a transactional politician.
He is a good speaker, no question about it..sa daming nyang sinasabi nagiging sobrang “chizzy” na, di na kapanipaniwala. : (
abnoy-c5-gibo, didn’t you notice, after Chiz’ resignation from NPC, many bloggers are avoiding revealing (or repeating) their preferences? – tongue
That’s a good sign that they’re open and also angling Chiz.
Parasabayan’s comments on Villar are very much welcome, may puntos ang kanyang mga comments in relation to the existing Pinas politics. Hinihimay natin dito ang mga argumentos, hindi binabanatan ang commenters.
abnoy-c5-gibo, didn’t you notice, after Chiz’ resignation from NPC, many bloggers are avoiding revealing (or repeating) their preferences? – tongue
Papano siya itong topic. Ano ba yan!!!!!!!
“SumpPit, parasabayan is a she.” by TT.
At least now I know and I understand. Commendable indeed, PSB.
I wonder about the others. Real men are supposed to be discerning.
To use some math in the analysis, let’s look at this scenario:
One thousand businessmen (asssuming there are enough idiots) each donating One Million Pesos find Noynoy to be more acceptable and put their money on Noynoy’s campaign fund. Total? One Billion Pesos.
How much votes can that buy? At one thousand pesos per voter, one million VOTERS. Not necessarily one million VOTES, though.
Now, Chiz’ platform calls for P125 accross-the-board wage increase (which those businessmen surely do not approve of), look, how many working class voters will in turn approve of that? Five, ten, fifteen million? Not a single centavo is needed by Escudero to achieve the desired result.
Add to that his platform that will put to end contractualization of labor. Another five, ten, fifteen million?
If what Pepito says is true (“Lumilipat na ang mga campaign contributors “for-the personal greater-good” kay NoyNoy.”) What does that say of Noynoy’s pro-poor, pro-worker (kuno) image?
Needless to say, Erap’s Kumpale are either big taipans or mini taipans who pay their employees a pittance. And do not hire regular but contract employees. Escudero is their salvation. Can Noynoy make the same declaration and turn off all those businessmen already having second thoughts of joining Noynoy’s fast-fading bandwagon? Can their one million pesos get influence OVER the fifteen million pesos of the Zobels, or the five million pesos of a Lopez, maybe just the one million pesos of each of the popular Makati bankers?
Can Villar afford to set back his political income breakeven point by some years if he increased his employees’ salaries and regularize them? Will he settle for a mere two years of political income instead of three?
Finally, will this platform really hurt Danding? Of course it will, being the biggest employer outside of government. The reason for dropping the NPC is an inevitable one.
If that is political suicide, then I’d like to see more hara-kiris now and then.
Pepito,
That is the sad reality in the rotten Philippines Politics.
But if you dont want that kind of politics or should i say traditional politics we have all the right to make a choice, you cannot say that we dont have a choices because we have. It really depends na lang if you bow to the rotten reality or make a difference or stand for a change we all want to.
Pres. Manuel L. Quezon and if i not mistaken Ninoy Aquino once said “The loyalty to my party ends, when my loyalty to my country begins”
If you missed it, I’m re-printing Banayo’s explanation how “bagong pagbabago” was born.
Good point, jpax.
All the arguments that “kailangan merong partido” or “kailangan merong pera” reeks of the old same same. Like the defeatist attitude that in Phil. politics, “pare-pareho lang iyan”. Oh yeah, and we were all shouting “Patalsikin si Gloria, now na” ’till our voices were hoarse.
I am sorry but you won’t see me left behind at the station when the wagons of change come a-rolling by. If you choose to stay with the trapos scratching their heads, then that’s your choice.
All the years of idealist rhetorics in this blog are suddenly put to test, who can walk the talk?
I think Gloria needs to be kicked out with the other evil elitistas.
Isang Pagbati, Ms. Ellen. Ito ang aking unang post pagkatapos kong subaybayan ang blog ninyo ng mahabang panahon.
I have to give it to Mr. Banayo but it is really difficult to put a productive spin on the decision of Chiz to go party-less in seeking the presidency. It is even more difficult to join this quixotic journey. Some people may admire Chiz for his ideals but more people admire the ideals of Noynoy’s parents. In this battle of ideals, Chiz loses.
Hindi magkatulad pero may pagkakahawig ang situation ni Chiz kay dating Sen. Raul Roco (bagama’t di hamak na mas malalim si Sen. Roco) noong 1998, iyan ay kung tatakbo pa si Chiz sa pagka pangulo. Kahit na anong ganda ng hangarin, pagdating sa huli, malaking bagay ang gagampanan ng logistics sa pagtakbo bilang pangulo. Sa labanan ng logistics, talo na naman si Chiz.
Mabuhay ka, Ms. Ellen.
Kanya-kanyang style lang yan. Pag nangungulelat ka sa karera, u need to do everything necessary to get everybody’s attention. Some call it groundbreaking, earthshaking or what-have-you. Ok, Chiz got my attention! So what? Am I supposed to believe him all of a sudden? He can’t even be categorical in saying if he’s running or not! Had to wait for the Nov 30 deadline epek pa. Sinasadya bang takawin ang mga tao para mamaintain sa headlines ng mga balita? Tapos yung info ads sa tv full blast na! Di pala traditional way of campaigning ha? I don’t know what u call that. And pray, how much do those cost? Certainly not a pittance! Courtesy of the volunteers? Savings from pork barrel? Bigtime benefactors? Wag sana. Baka magkautang na loob.It’s so easy to get swayed by those soaring rethorics! Talk about hollow speeches!
Wow ha, si Noynoy ang kalaban ang itinataya yung ideals ng parents. Susmaryopes, nasaan ang sariling ideals ni Noynoy kung Meron?
Hindi ba ninang din ni Chiz si GMA? Close ba siya o ang family niya kay GMA kaya kinuha niya itong ninang sa kasal?
Hindi ba ito ugaling trapo? Or a crafty scheme for a calculated gain back then, possibly now too, and in the future?
Mukhang tuso, ‘di ba?! Bagong Pagbabago. Nice play on words. Pero parang tunog na Bagong Panggagago. LOL!
tedanz,
hindi mo siguro kilala ng maigi itong si lito banayo. kahit na libre tumutulong iyan sa mga kandidato basta pinaniniwalaan niya. kaya nga siguro nagkasundo sila ni chiz.
nuong lumayas si erap sa malakanyang, inalok ng posisyon ni gma yan at tumanggi iyan at nanatili kay sen. lacson. ang nagalok ay si dating secretary nani perez.
huwag mong sabihin na lahat humihingi ng kapalit. kaya nga may pagasa pa tayo dahil marami pa ang katulad ni chiz na kaya tumanggi sa suhol at manatili sa prinsipyong pinaniniwalaan.
ako kay chiz, manalo o matalo at hindi ako hihingi ng kapalit bagama’t wala akong malaking maitutulong at hindi naman ako mayaman gaya ng mga haciendero, heredero at bilyonaryo.
kahit sinasabi niyong mission impossible itong ginagawa niya, magandang manatili ang idealismo natin ang pangarap para sa isang bayang maunlad, matiwasay hatid ng isang tunay na pagbabago.
Wala na ngang dumidikit na politician sa kanya dahil siguro wala na ding naniniwala sa kanya. Tapos ngayon eto pa tunog o-gag pa. Naku ha tama na muna kasi hintayin niyo munang mag-deklara bago kayo puputak na mga admirer niya.
“We cannot allow the Filipino public to be swayed by an avalanche of creative TV commercials, because it only proves you have money. Or be blinded by an outpour of support from personalities in show business, because that only proves how personality-based our political system is. Our next president should have the people in mind, and that is Senator Escudero.”
Sino’ng may sabi niyan? Clue: Idealist din. Hindi sarado ang utak, hindi trapo.
xonix,
Hindi ko talaga kilala itong si Banayo pero binabasa ko rin minsan ang mga isinusulat niya. Hindi ko naman sinasabing ganun siya … ginawa ko lang siyang sampol kasi siya palang naman ang kilala ko na nagsabi na tutulong siya sa kampanya ni Chiz.
Ang sa akin lang ay nasa Lider na kung pagbigyan niya lahat ang hiling ng mga kaibigan niya. Pero kailangan talaga ng pera at tao pag ikaw ay kakandidato lalo na’t pagka-Pangulo ang lalahokan mo. Magkaka-utang na loob ka talaga at hindi mo maiiwasan yan.
Sana magdeklara na etong si Chiz para naman mawala na ang pagnanabik nitong mga fans niya. Good luck na lang.
Yung TV ads have been paid up to Nov. 30.
Tedanz, wag mong ismolin si Lito Banayo, I can personally vouch for him and I am proud to make his acquaintance at the time he was Postmaster and my late Dad was one of PhilPost’s top suppliers. Of all the PostGens, only Lito Banayo, Roilo Golez, and Tagumpay Jardiniano did not have bagmen “arranging” for their bosses in the agency. All the rest were crooks whose signatures have a price. I should know, my Dad’s company made out the checks to my name year after year after year.
It’s so sad the pera-pera mentality seems to be accepted as a necessary evil that doing otherwise would be considered quixotic.
Marami dito sa blog ni Ellen na hindi mawawalan ng loob kung hindi tatakbo si Chiz. Meron pa namang iba pwede iboto, pero siguradong hindi si Erap, hindi si Villar at hindi si Gibo yun!
Ang mga ito ay hindi person-based individuals, kundi marurunong kumilatis kung sino ang karapat-dapat sa kasalukuyan base sa lohikal na paraan.
Tedanz:
Very obvious na tatakbo. Why would Lito Banayo(I admire this guy and i always read his columns in Malaya)take a respite from his column in Malaya if Cheese would not have made up his mind already? My beef is, is he not supposedly a straight shooter? Why dilly-dally? Looks like indecisiveness to me. Or is it all part of an unfolding script by Lito to whet the appetite of Chiz’s supporters and keep his ward in the radar screen til Nov 30? This is the more plausible reason. By then, a new survey would have gone out already and they would have a gauge whether to push through or not. Mahirap nga namang ginawa mo nang lahat na paraan para mapag usapan ka at tapos ay di ka pa rin umaangat. Talk about throwing caution to the wind when he made that announcement in Club Filipino. Segurista rin yata. My bet is, pag di pa rin umangat yan sa susunod na surveys, baka magdalawang isip na. Personally, i would like the prez elections to be a battle royale between the younger candidates. Yes. Kasama si Gibo para malaman nya kung gaano kasuklam ang taong bayan sa amo nyang pandak. We have had enough of the likes of Money and Erupt. . .
Wala akong problema kay Banayo. Ang sabi ko siyempre may kapalit na suweldo at hindi naman siguro TY. Kung wala e di wala. Siyempre pera din yan at kung ilan ang tutulong kay Chiz iyan ay hindi ko alam. Ang sabi ko lang kailangan ng datung kung ikaw ay tatakbo sa eleksiyon. Hindi ko ini-ismol si Banayo niyo dahil hindi ko naman siya kilala. Kilala ko lang na manunulat.
Si Ricky Rivera pala’y kay Escudero na.
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=162509632955&ref=nf
Makikilala ko na siya ng husto pag si Chiz ang mananalo. Sigurado ko yan.
Okay si Chiz. Siya yung iboboto ko kaya lang pumasok si Noynoy. anyway pagkatapos ni noynoy sa 2016 babalik ako kay chiz
manuel,
Makakalaban na ni Chiz si Trillanes sa 2016.
If this is Lito Banayo’s way of building up Escudero, “bibitin-bitin”, it may erode the support for Chiz in the long run. While it may be true that announcing ones candidacy early does not necessarily mean a win in the end, it will reinforce the ties with the supporters. Who will the supporters support when their “leader” does not even know which way he would go?
PSB:
Touche!
Heh,heh,heh…ginaya ko lang yung mahabang post ni Lito Banayo.
The business community will be very cautious in supporting Chiz because of his pro-labor stand. Thanks Tongue sa paghimay mo ng mga figures.
Tama yung haka haka ni The Equalizer. I hope that the “hand” behind Chiz is not that of the corrupt camp, where money is not an issue! They just stole it anyway! Ingat ka lang Chiz. Your intentions are good but there are pitfalls along the way.
Tongue, what’s the background of Ricky Rivera?
Chiz has been in politics for the last 10 or so years and yet he still lives in a small townhouse unit, not even in a condo. I thought all along that maybe he has his own mansion in some exclusive villages/subdivisions or in Ayala-Alabang. There must be something with this guy that makes him a really different breed from the current crops of politician. It only shows that he is living up to his means, unlike the others who are only in their first or second terms and were able to build mansions, buy houses in the US as well as fleet of expensive cars not to mention the support to their other (kulasisi) families.
How many of the current members of both houses are in his company? Maybe, quite a few but it’s an undeniable fact that majority of politicians enter the world of politics not to serve but to gain power and enrich themselves. That’s a given.
Chiz seems’s to be different and the choice is now clear as to who is the best man to be up there.
Matanong ko lang dahil isa ito sa mga concern ko. Sa Demokratikong set-up, hindi ba ang magtutulak ng mga programa na gustong mangyari ng isang Presidente ay ang mga tao sa Kongreso? Kaya nga importante na hawak at suportado ng mayorya ang pangulo. Eh papano kaya isusulong ni Chiz kung sakaling siya na nga ang maupo ang kanyang programa kung walang susuporta sa Kongreso? Dyan nga pumapasok ang suporta ng mga partido di ba? Kaya nga mahihirapan ang isang independent candidate dahil dito. Iniisip ko lang ay baka stalemate ang labas. Palagay nyo?
Tedanz,
Kung sakaling maupo si Chiz eh pihadong may nakalaang pwesto si Lito Banayo. How about Press Secretary?
Exactly my point Luzviminda! Kay Chiz, kahit na anong oras siya susulong ok lang but on his choice of congressmen, senators, governors, mayors and etc, most of them would have already aligned with the presidentiables who already made their intentions to run clear early on. Unless someone already paved the way for the entourage of Chiz. Kaya kampanteng kampante na siya.
Chiz is really very low profile at di kurakot. But his annointees may be. Yan ang nakakatakot at kailangang bantayan.
Para naman kayong kahapon lang pinanganak. If Chiz wins, all the congressmen will be gravitating to his side, partymate, partyless or not.
Nung maupo si Cory, lahat naging Laban. Pag-upo ni Ramos, nabura na ang Laban, Lakas naman. Nung nanalo si Erap lipat lahat sa PMP, kaso tatanggalin niya sana ang pork barel, inunahan siya at balik uli sa Lakas. Pagpalit ni Putot, tinapyas yung mga hindi orig Lakas at balik sila sa Lakas.
Kahit pa sino ang manalo, kapit ang mga kongresman sa kanya.
Ganyan din pag kampanya, pag matunog na mananalo si Chiz, ipupusta ko ang kapitbahay ko na yung sample ballot ng mga Lakas mayors, councilors, blanko ang Presidente, kundi ma’y Escudero na ang nakaimprenta.
Ang nag-quote nga pala nung comment ko sa #37 e si Sen. Trillanes.
At kung ma-stalemate ay baka lalong hindi umandar ang ating bansa o kaya ay makabangon man lang sa lugmok na kalagayan.
Kadalasan kasi ay ‘wave’ of popularity ang nangyayari pero pagkatapos ay lumilipas din. Look at Obama now. Bumababa na rin ang rating dahil sa ‘unsatisfied’ performance.
Sorry, I mean, ‘unsatisfactory’ performance.
If Chiz wins, all the congressmen will be gravitating to his side, partymate, partyless or not. – tongue
Mismo! Tuwing may bagong presidente ay ganyan ang nangyayari kaya hindi ko nakikita na problema ang Kongreso sa kanyang mga programa kung sakali. Iba ang Pinas politics sa Kano.
isang magandang tingnan nating lahat ay ang mga taong nakapaligid sa mga nais maging pangulo. kay chiz ang nakikita ko si lito banayo at wala namang masyadong sikat. pero sa ilan pang nakikita ko sa kanya, dapat siguro isulat ni tita ellen, walang mga corrupt. may ilang nanungkulan sa gobyerno ni erap pero mga malilinis at walang kaso.
ganuon din kaya sa kampo ni villar, gibo at kahit kay noynoy.
tanong ko lang, ano ang ginawa nila nuong nilalantad ang jose pidal, macapagal highway, bridge to nowhere, peace bond at iba pang anomalya bago ang hello garci. hindi ba nanahimik ang mga taong nakapaligid sa mga nais maging pangulo.
kung ganuon, kung hindi man sila kasali, kaporal sila. ang hindi kumibo ay nangangahulugang kasali rin.
si chiz mula umpisa nilabanan si gloria. ni noynoy kakampi dati, si villar kakampi at oposisyon kuno samantalang si gibo kakampi hanggang ngayon.
kayo humusga.
What were the bloggers here at Ellenville was saying about Chiz and what were the statements of Chiz about gloria?
Lot’s of double talkers here!
Blast from the past:
http://www.ellentordesillas.com/?p=2643
should be were not was
At least two sources told me that Noynoy and Erap were talking in recent days for a possible endorsement of Erap.
Erap wants the inclusion of Jinggoy, Binay and JPE (there’s another name I can’t remember) in Noynoy’s senatorial ticket.
The LP’s can’t accept JPE (But of course!).
The negotiations indicate that Erap is looking for a graceful exit.
Ellen,
Gumagastos na ng mga campaign ads nila ang mga kandidato, kaya mas malamang na tuloy na ang labanan!
Maraming ngayong maglalabasang balita o ‘rumors’. Lilituhin tayo at sasabihing galing ke ganito. Pero kwidaw eh pang-istir lang. Kaya timbangin at pag-aralang mabuti at baka tayo mapaniwala. Sangkatutak na putik ang ibabato sa magkakabilang panig! Ilag at baka tayo maputikan!
Ellen,
Baka pakawala ng LP camp yan. Eh hindi pa nga nagpapalabas ng kumpletong ticket ang kampo ni Noynoy eh dahil nahihirapan pang bumuo ng malakas na kandidato sa senatorial slate.
Luzviminda, I’m a journalist. I know how to vet information.
Whether they have complete ticket or not, that’s beside the point re negotiations with Estrada.
From xman: “Lot’s of double talkers here!
Blast from the past:
http://www.ellentordesillas.com/?p=2643
xman,
Hinalukay mo pa ha! Ginising mo ko ah!
“Chiz is really very low profile at di kurakot. But his annointees may be. Yan ang nakakatakot at kailangang bantayan”
You have a point here, but if a leader make his/her stand from the issue of corruption with specific policy on how to lessen or to eliminate from the very beginning pa lang siguro naman po hindi man mawala pero mababawasan ang matatapang ang hiya sa gobyerno, leadership by example.
Example of this is the current administartion..
Kaya nga pinagsususpetsahan ko yung mga handlers ni Chiz eh. Sa totoo lang, suspetsa ko ay backdoor operator yang si Banayo para mahati ang oposisyon. Ginawa na niya yun nuon kay Lacson para kalabanin si FPJ. Kaya ayun nahati ang boto at mas madali nang makapag-dagdag-bawas. Ngayon parang suspetsa ko baka ganun din. Sorry ha pero suspetsosa talaga ako eh.
xman, we react here based on current events, lahat nagbabago dahil fluid ang Pinas politics.
Sa simula pa, ang mga bloggers sa Ellenville ay bumibira sa inaakala nilang hindi tamang mga salita at aksyon ng dati nang mga sinuportahan. Kaya hindi nakakataka na bago-bago ang mga reactions ng bloggers ayon sa bawat galaw at kilos ng mga politiko. Hindi naman fanatics ang mga tao dito.
Mananalo yata ang taya ko…Erap endorsing Noynoy.
xman,
Ayan pati tuloy ako naghalukay ng link dito about Chiz.
http://www.ellentordesillas.com/?p=6408
Baka kaya hindi nababahala si Gloria at mukhang relax pa eh dahil may tali siyang hawak sa mga ibang presidentiables. Haaaaaay naku mukhang makakalusot ang Engkantada.
Dahil paniwala ko hindi porke’t binabanatan at kinakalaban si Gloria eh anti-Glo na siya. Pwede rin di bang pakawala lang. Kung walang aksyon, ano yun!
Si Danding naka-ngiti rin. Dami rin niyang manok.
Sinabi mo pa Luzviminda. Whichever way the election goes, mukhang panalo si Danding kung si Gibo o si Noynoy and mananalo. Ngayong lumipat na si Chiz, medyo tagilid siya…heh,heh,heh.
Ellen, mukha ngang tahimik na tahimik si Erap ngayon. Dati palaging nasa front page siya. Gee, Erap aligning with Noynoy? I can not understand this alignment at all. But this is politics. Enemies become friends and best of friends become enemies (Erap and Sabit remember?).
Kung minsan nga eh iniisip ko na baka pakulo lang ni Danding yung pagkalas ni Chiz para umakyat yung popularity niya at manalo. In the world of politics, everything is possible.
Mam Luzviminda,
Do you know what is the common denominator of Chiz and Ping why Mr. Banayo helped them, it is their clear stand on pork barrel system that one of the root cause of massive corruption in government. It is not to make hati the opposition besides sino nga ba ang tunay na oposisyon from the very beginning, to that point you will see that Mr. Banayo choose who he wants to help base of the principle, advocacies and clear platform of a certain candidate.
Welcome to Phil politics. Realignments, balimbingan is the name of the game.Until election day a lot of things will still happen.
If Erap is really into the camp of Noynoy, lumabas na naman ang pagkauto-uto niya. He said that he will never join those people who made his life miserable, but it seems he has to eat back his own words. Kaya naman pala panay ang padala niya ng mga prutas kay Kris, yon pala nililigawan niya. Hay naku ano nga ba ang takbo ng utak ng taong ito?
So what will happen now to the fans of Erap who are critical of Noynoy? Pikit mata ba silang susunod sa kanilang idolo kahit na alam nilang mukhang tanga ang sasamahan nito? Maybe its time to give a closer look of what is happening and make decision not based on personalities, but on character.
Whatever happens, Chiz will remain as is and not be a part of this rigodon. Si Erap at si Noynoy na lang, pareho naman yata kasing may…
Kahit anong sasabihin ng tao tungkol kay Erap, the fact is ay meron siyang base na hindi bumababa ng 15%. So ang endorsement niya kung ibibigay man niya sa kahit na sinong kandidato ay makakatulong ng malaki. Yun mga committed suporter ni Chiz o ni Noynoy ay hindi babaklas dahil lang si erap ay sumoporta sa kandidato nila. An titignan nung mga followers nila ay kung ano ang kapalit para sa suporta. Kung si Jinggoy at si Binay ang kapalit palagay ko kakayahin yan ng mga suporter ni chiz at ni noynoy. They will hold their nose but they won’t leave their stabdard bearer. Sa tingin ko lang.
The link is an editorial of the daily inquirer and not Ellen’s piece.
Chiz suggestion then now proves to be the right thing to do. His instinct was right on the money. He was proven right and more or less seven months from now, Filipinos will be going to the polls to elect a new president to replace the evil in Malacanang.
So what’s with the inquirer’s so young and out of touch? By all accounts it’s not Chiz. What he has shown was wisdom and maturity.
The problem with Noynoy are the Jesuits.
The problem with Villar is Money.
The problem with Gibo is Glueria.
The problem with Erap is Erap.
The problem with Chiz is Danding. But wait, Chiz just dumped The Shrewd away.
So what’s the problem?
We are.
Chiz’s memory is photographic.
Villar, demographic.
Noynoy, paraplegic.
Gibo, smartmatic.
Erap, erratic.
In fact, in that issue about suffering Gloria Arroyo two more years, Chiz was proven correct.
Did any of the opposition candidates wanted to remove Gloria two years ago? Villar, Erap, Noynoy? No one. Even the people.That why Manila Pen failed. That’s why we are where we are now.
It’s Inquirer editorial writer who should eat his words. Chiz was proven correct.
al, you are so right. chiz is consistent with regards to righting gma. from day one of the illegal regime chiz is with the opposition.
noynoy and villar are with the administration. let us not forget they even help install her to power. villar with the impeachment and noynoy because of the yellow peril.
reminder also to all, when sen. lacson exposed jose pidal, the macapidal highway and other pre hello garci anomalies, nasaan sila. they were so busy also earning money and playing footsies with gma. si chiz lumalaban na nuon.
they only left gloria during the height of hello garci kasi akala nila tanggal na siya. drilon and company, including the infamous hyatt 10 were even talking to noli de castro already.
xonix,
you know if a elected official is accused of graft and corruption and he is reelected anyway, the graft and corruption charges are dropped because it is presumed that the people by reelecting him judged him not guilty.
Now, if Gloria had won the 2004 election all those accusations against her before she ran and won would have been washed out.
Drilon and company and the hyatt 10 left Gloria when they heard the Garci tapes and Gloria did not and could not explain it to them. That’s when they decided they could not continue to work with her
“they only left gloria during the height of hello garci kasi akala nila tanggal na siya. drilon and company, including the infamous hyatt 10 were even talking to noli de castro already.”
You have this backwards. Gloria got into serious trouble when her cabinet and some of her closest political allies joined the protests against her. Remember FNR and JDV running to her rescue? That happened after drilon and company and the hyatt 10
“Kaya nga pinagsususpetsahan ko yung mga handlers ni Chiz eh. Sa totoo lang, suspetsa ko ay backdoor operator yang si Banayo para mahati ang oposisyon. ” — LVM
Agree ako diyan ……
” Ginawa na niya yun nuon kay Lacson para kalabanin si FPJ. ” … LVM
Agree din ako diyan ….
Kaya rin siguro tinira ni Lacson si Erap ano?????
Wala kasi siyang mahakot sa mga elitistas yellowistas kaya ayon bumaba siya ng level … doon naman siya ngayon sa domain ni Erap … madami kasi kami doon. Wa-es din pala itong si Banayo ano? Sabagay ganyan talaga ang mga iyan hahanapin kung saan kikita.
Ganyan talaga ang politika … matira ang matibay.
Basta’t Erap pa din ako at kung hindi siya ouwedeng tumakbo …. doon ako sa iendorso niya … kung si Chiz oks lang, kung si Noynoy … oks din lang …. wag lang si Gibo at Villar.
Si Erap kasi ay para sa mahihirap …. at kahit noon pa naman .. hindi siya nagbabago.
Dyan ako bilib sa ‘yo, tedanz…meron kang nakalinya pero hindi mo iniiwanan si Erap, unless si Gibo or Villar ang kanyang iendorso.
Marami pang realignment ang mangyayari from hereon, baka between LP and NP lang ang laban, irrelevant kasi ang manok ni Gloria. Unless na gamitin nila ang makinarya ng Hello Garci, walang pag-asa si Gibo. Kung gagamitin nila ay tiyak magkakagulo na ng tuluyan dahil walang maniniwala sa kanyang panalo.
This is an email from joeseg (walang permiso na inimport ko dito).
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“Those who vote decide nothing, those who count the votes decide everything”
Si tukayong Joseph Stalin mismo ang nagsabi nyan kaya tunay na tunay na nangyayari kahit hindi pa uso ang double jeopar-G, si glorya at garci noong panahon nya.
Ako’y matamang nakikiramdam sa takbo ng pulitika sa atin. Marami pa talagang mangyayari at ayaw man o gustuhin natin, malaking papel ang gagampanan ni Erap. May himig din akong uurong si Erap kapag nakita nyang mababa sa survey at si Noynoy ang eendorso. O di kaya, Supreme Court will decide that he can’t run anymore which will do good for him as a graceful exit.
Now, may bago na naman pakulo ang admin na bukod sa pagtakbo bilang repre=sin=ta.thieve ng Pampanga, pwede rin daw as vice president si glorya http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/228083/a-dangerous-proposition. Isang ubod nang sipsip na taga Quezon pa mandin ang nagmungkahi. Kung mananalo si glorya, mas madali nga naman na muling makabalik sa poder dahil kung mamatay ang kung sinong mamanalong president (o di kaya patayin), sya na naman at forever na!!! Kung magkaganun, sino ang pwedeng makatalo kay glorya? Si Markoring, tangna, malamang tumaob. Si Jejomar, hindi rin uubra. Si Loren, lulunurin pa rin. Eh sino pa? Mas areglado kung si Erap na ang tumakbo as vice president with Chiz as president. Sila ni glorya ang maglalaban at dyan natin makikita ang tunay na damdamin ng Noypi. At kapag tinalo ni glorya si Erap, iiral ang aking motto: Pag tinalo, dinaya. Hehehe…
@xman at 67:
Hagip na hagip ano? That’s the problem with glib talkers. . .very fast magsalita. . .very fast ding makalimot. . .
jpax:”Do you know what is the common denominator of Chiz and Ping why Mr. Banayo helped them, it is their clear stand on pork barrel system that one of the root cause of massive corruption in government.”
jpax,
Ang alam ko ay hindi tinatanggihan ni Chiz ang kanyang pork barrel. Ang sabi ni Chiz sa isang article na nabasa ko ay hindi “pinapa-RELEASE” sa utos ni Gloria ang allotment niya dahil kabilang nga daw siya sa oposisyon.
Someone mentioned about the column of Patricia Evangelista here. I can’t find it now.
I found this blog answering Patricia:
Patricia ends her tirade against Chiz’s defection from the NPC with
Mostly, I write this because, very frankly, I cannot trust a man whose mouth says one thing, and his eyes another.
now frankly, I wonder what it is that’s in Chiz’s eyes. or in Noynoy’s for that matter – he who is obviously Patricia’s candidate because, as she says, Chiz’s decision to defect is sold as
another touchstone of national change on the heels of Noynoy Aquino’s rise as the nation’s moral, if less articulate choice.
http://radikalchick.com/ by Katrina Stuart Santiago
I watched a lady host in the newscast of TEN telling that some people think that the way Chiz talk, na parang makata ay isang ‘put-on’ lang, dahil hindi naman daw ganito siya makipag-usap sa natural. Maybe because he is a good debater at nagpa-paimpress, minsan paikot-ikot. And maybe that is also the reason na hindi rin siya masyadong mabenta sa ibang kabataan dahil nahihirapan silang maka-connect. Now in these age of SMS and techno! Karamiahn pa naman sa mga estudyante ay hate ang subject na Pilipino.