DIM, VERY dim are the chances of Gov. Eddie T. Panlilio to win the governorship anew. That is granting that he indeed won in 2007 and the recount would not negate it.
Bright as daylight , on the other hand, is Lilia Pineda’s way to the Capitol. As it was in 2007, before her “Nanay Baby” votes got hijacked along the way.
These were the fearless forecasts Luzon Banner editor Ashley Manabat made at a recent edition of the Infomax 8 show Talking Points where we guested.
No, Ashley did not base his divination on the flickering candles put up by a very sparse crowd at the prayer-vigil against the recount on the Capitol grounds. He simply did elementary arithmetic, on the minus side: Panlilio lost the main bulk of his supporters in Madame Lolita Hizon, ex-Bulacan Rep. Willie Villarama, business leader Rene Romero, the ex-seminarian core group of Archie Reyes, Chris Ocampo, Fil Rodriguez, Rop Syquia, and others, to name a few; on the plus side, Panlilio gained Harvey Keh of Ateneo, Jesse Robredo of Naga City, ousted Isabela Gov. Grace Padaca, Ifugao Gov. what’s-his-name, Mayor what’s-her-name Lorenzo of San Leonardo, Nueva Ecija, among others – all non-entities in Pampanga and thus, to Ashley’s reckoning, zero factor.
Ashley argued too that the bitterness of the senior citizens over Panlilio’s alleged neglect of their state and broken promises to them would damn Panlilio’s bid this time.
Ashley cited co-guest on Talking Points Linda Gaddi-David, president of the Pampanga chapter of the National Federation of Senior Citizens’ Associations of the Philippines, giving Panlilio a “dismal” grade of 20 on a scale of 1-100 for being untrue to his word.
Said she: “I don’t know why he doesn’t honor his word when he is supposed to be a man of God.”
And as we wrote here a few days back, Imang Linda was roundly criticized by her peers for that rating. Not so much for being harsh on the governor but for being “very kind” to him. They felt the grade the governor deserved was a big fat O – ZERO.
Then, there were the youth to consider too, Ashley furthered. Another guest at the program, Manuel Divina, Junior Chamber International Philippines area training director, minced no words in his lamentation over voting for Panlilio in 2007.
“He may be a good person but he is not a good leader,” Divina said, giving him a higher but still far from passing grade of 50. This, for the governor’s failure to attend to the needs and aspirations of the youth.
Saying he would no longer support Panlilio, Divina said he would rather give “Nanay Baby” a try, having heard of the many deeds she has done, and still doing, for the people especially the poor.
Dim – as the flickering candles at his prayer-vigil – indeed are the chances of Panlilio at getting elected in 2010. So Ashley reiterated.
Well, what do you know, published in a local daily a few days back was a survey that affirmed Ashley’s prognostication.
A Lakas-CMD-Kampi commissioned survey undertaken in Mabalacat during the period November 13-15, showed Panlilio getting a measly 0.3 percent – the choice of 73 respondents, as against Pineda’s 33 percent from 675 respondents. The top choice was Sen. Lito Lapid with 61.6 percent from 1,232 respondents.
My colleague in the FVR 1992 presidential campaign, now Lakas-CMD executive director Rey Roquero assessed that the withdrawal of Lapid from the gubernatorial contest further boosted Pineda’s political stock, the senator’s supporters tending to shift to the former board member.
So the governorship is already a lost cause to Panlilio then, I asked Ashley.
“Arithmetically, yes. Panlilio would need more than a miracle,” he smirked, disbelieving in the so-called miracle of 2007.
May 2010 would let us know if we have an un-false prophet in Ashley there.
Bright as daylight , on the other hand, is Lilia Pineda’s way to the Capitol. As it was in 2007, before her “Nanay Baby” votes got hijacked along the way.
These were the fearless forecasts Luzon Banner editor Ashley Manabat made at a recent edition of the Infomax 8 show Talking Points where we guested.
No, Ashley did not base his divination on the flickering candles put up by a very sparse crowd at the prayer-vigil against the recount on the Capitol grounds. He simply did elementary arithmetic, on the minus side: Panlilio lost the main bulk of his supporters in Madame Lolita Hizon, ex-Bulacan Rep. Willie Villarama, business leader Rene Romero, the ex-seminarian core group of Archie Reyes, Chris Ocampo, Fil Rodriguez, Rop Syquia, and others, to name a few; on the plus side, Panlilio gained Harvey Keh of Ateneo, Jesse Robredo of Naga City, ousted Isabela Gov. Grace Padaca, Ifugao Gov. what’s-his-name, Mayor what’s-her-name Lorenzo of San Leonardo, Nueva Ecija, among others – all non-entities in Pampanga and thus, to Ashley’s reckoning, zero factor.
Ashley argued too that the bitterness of the senior citizens over Panlilio’s alleged neglect of their state and broken promises to them would damn Panlilio’s bid this time.
Ashley cited co-guest on Talking Points Linda Gaddi-David, president of the Pampanga chapter of the National Federation of Senior Citizens’ Associations of the Philippines, giving Panlilio a “dismal” grade of 20 on a scale of 1-100 for being untrue to his word.
Said she: “I don’t know why he doesn’t honor his word when he is supposed to be a man of God.”
And as we wrote here a few days back, Imang Linda was roundly criticized by her peers for that rating. Not so much for being harsh on the governor but for being “very kind” to him. They felt the grade the governor deserved was a big fat O – ZERO.
Then, there were the youth to consider too, Ashley furthered. Another guest at the program, Manuel Divina, Junior Chamber International Philippines area training director, minced no words in his lamentation over voting for Panlilio in 2007.
“He may be a good person but he is not a good leader,” Divina said, giving him a higher but still far from passing grade of 50. This, for the governor’s failure to attend to the needs and aspirations of the youth.
Saying he would no longer support Panlilio, Divina said he would rather give “Nanay Baby” a try, having heard of the many deeds she has done, and still doing, for the people especially the poor.
Dim – as the flickering candles at his prayer-vigil – indeed are the chances of Panlilio at getting elected in 2010. So Ashley reiterated.
Well, what do you know, published in a local daily a few days back was a survey that affirmed Ashley’s prognostication.
A Lakas-CMD-Kampi commissioned survey undertaken in Mabalacat during the period November 13-15, showed Panlilio getting a measly 0.3 percent – the choice of 73 respondents, as against Pineda’s 33 percent from 675 respondents. The top choice was Sen. Lito Lapid with 61.6 percent from 1,232 respondents.
My colleague in the FVR 1992 presidential campaign, now Lakas-CMD executive director Rey Roquero assessed that the withdrawal of Lapid from the gubernatorial contest further boosted Pineda’s political stock, the senator’s supporters tending to shift to the former board member.
So the governorship is already a lost cause to Panlilio then, I asked Ashley.
“Arithmetically, yes. Panlilio would need more than a miracle,” he smirked, disbelieving in the so-called miracle of 2007.
May 2010 would let us know if we have an un-false prophet in Ashley there.
