NO, IT is not proclaimed Gov. Lilia “Nanay Baby” Pineda who is the biggest winner in Pampanga these elections past.
That, notwithstanding her 488,521 votes that totally wiped out Eddie Panlilio out of the governorship, what with his “measly” 242,367 votes. Those are the final, official figures from the Commission on Elections.
No, not Pampanga’s favorite baby for a mother, but another “Nanay” who’s rightfully deemed the winner in the super lotto of Pampanga politics this May 10. It’s none other than Madame Lolita Hizon.
Madame Hizon it was that principally bankrolled to success the gubernatorial campaign of Panlilio in 2007, that provided safehouses and security for the then nearly paranoid can’t-breath-without-flak-vest aspirant, among other things.
Madame Hizon it was that Panlilio, once smug in the governorship, dismissed with: “No one forced anybody to support my candidacy and no one is forcing anybody to stay.” This after Madame Hizon tried to give the governor a piece of her mind on the then emerging arrogance at the Capitol, principally coming from the putative provincial administrator.
Madame Hizon it was whose million-peso donation to the Panlilio campaign did not merit any entry in his statement of contributions and expenditures to the Comelec. (Come to think of it, what has happened to the perjury case filed versus Panlilio on these “missing” contributions?)
Madame Hizon it was that Panlilio’s minions pictured – as we wrote in a piece here on September 3, 2007 – as “a Shylock demanding her pound of flesh. (To those who have forgotten their Shakespeare, Shylock is the ruthless, exacting usurer in The Merchant of Venice.)” That is for her alleged attempt – again according to Panlilio’s rabid dogs – to “reign over if not rein in the Panlilio administration.
Madame Hizon it was that consequently declared and waged an all-out war against Panlilio – actively participating in the movement to recall Panlilio, gathering over a thousand signatories to the petition in a single day.
Madame Hizon it was that went into column writing exposing Panlilio’s feet of clay, going to the extent of asking Archbishop Paciano B. Aniceto to defrock Panlilio pronto.
Madame Hizon, proprietor of Pampanga’s Best meat products, it was that called on the Kapampangan not to vote for “Pampanga’s Worst” that, to her, is Panlilio.
So it was that three years in coming, Madame Hizon finally exacted more than her pound of flesh against Panlilio.
Win big indeed, Madame Hizon did there.
And then there is the victory of her son, Jomar, in the mayoralty contest of Bacolor.
The biggest single factor that made Jomar win is his mother. No ands, ifs or buts there.
Shocked and awed were the electorate of Bacolor at the unbounded energy, compassion and charity Madame Hizon put in the Jomar campaign.
Even more than that, Madame Hizon showed both political observers and even the most seasoned political strategists a thing or two in “innovative consolidation” of votes, which irreversibly turned the tide to Jomar’s favor 36 hours before the opening of the precincts on Election Day. A political master stroke there that will most surely find replication in coming elections.
A governor buried in a landslide of votes. A son on top of the election heap in Bacolor. Results speak, nay, shout: Madame Hizon is biggest winner in Pampanga in May 2010.
That, notwithstanding her 488,521 votes that totally wiped out Eddie Panlilio out of the governorship, what with his “measly” 242,367 votes. Those are the final, official figures from the Commission on Elections.
No, not Pampanga’s favorite baby for a mother, but another “Nanay” who’s rightfully deemed the winner in the super lotto of Pampanga politics this May 10. It’s none other than Madame Lolita Hizon.
Madame Hizon it was that principally bankrolled to success the gubernatorial campaign of Panlilio in 2007, that provided safehouses and security for the then nearly paranoid can’t-breath-without-flak-vest aspirant, among other things.
Madame Hizon it was that Panlilio, once smug in the governorship, dismissed with: “No one forced anybody to support my candidacy and no one is forcing anybody to stay.” This after Madame Hizon tried to give the governor a piece of her mind on the then emerging arrogance at the Capitol, principally coming from the putative provincial administrator.
Madame Hizon it was whose million-peso donation to the Panlilio campaign did not merit any entry in his statement of contributions and expenditures to the Comelec. (Come to think of it, what has happened to the perjury case filed versus Panlilio on these “missing” contributions?)
Madame Hizon it was that Panlilio’s minions pictured – as we wrote in a piece here on September 3, 2007 – as “a Shylock demanding her pound of flesh. (To those who have forgotten their Shakespeare, Shylock is the ruthless, exacting usurer in The Merchant of Venice.)” That is for her alleged attempt – again according to Panlilio’s rabid dogs – to “reign over if not rein in the Panlilio administration.
Madame Hizon it was that consequently declared and waged an all-out war against Panlilio – actively participating in the movement to recall Panlilio, gathering over a thousand signatories to the petition in a single day.
Madame Hizon it was that went into column writing exposing Panlilio’s feet of clay, going to the extent of asking Archbishop Paciano B. Aniceto to defrock Panlilio pronto.
Madame Hizon, proprietor of Pampanga’s Best meat products, it was that called on the Kapampangan not to vote for “Pampanga’s Worst” that, to her, is Panlilio.
So it was that three years in coming, Madame Hizon finally exacted more than her pound of flesh against Panlilio.
Win big indeed, Madame Hizon did there.
And then there is the victory of her son, Jomar, in the mayoralty contest of Bacolor.
The biggest single factor that made Jomar win is his mother. No ands, ifs or buts there.
Shocked and awed were the electorate of Bacolor at the unbounded energy, compassion and charity Madame Hizon put in the Jomar campaign.
Even more than that, Madame Hizon showed both political observers and even the most seasoned political strategists a thing or two in “innovative consolidation” of votes, which irreversibly turned the tide to Jomar’s favor 36 hours before the opening of the precincts on Election Day. A political master stroke there that will most surely find replication in coming elections.
A governor buried in a landslide of votes. A son on top of the election heap in Bacolor. Results speak, nay, shout: Madame Hizon is biggest winner in Pampanga in May 2010.
