CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—It’s definite. Pampanga Vice Gov. Joseller Guiao and Lubao Mayor Dennis Pineda are teaming up in the May 2010 elections.
The only thing to be settled is who between them will run for governor and vice governor, Guiao and Pineda said on “Hamon,” a public affairs show on regional television CLTV 36 on Tuesday night.
“Kami pong dalawa, hindi puedeng maghiwalay (The two of us, we can’t be separated),” Pineda said when asked of his political plans.
Guiao, 50, prefers to seek a seat in Congress or be a governor like his father, the late journalist and Lakas stalwart, Bren Z. Guiao. The younger Guiao is a professional basketball coach and is on his second term as vice governor.
Of his option, Pineda, 35, said: “Gamay ko ang executive (I am good in executive work).”
The mayor is on his third and last term. He has chaired the Pampanga Mayor’s League in the last six years. He is the only son of alleged jueteng financier Rodolfo “Bong” Pineda.
The tandem of the two officials was expected.
Both are with the Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (Kampi), the dominant political party in Pampanga. Kampi fielded the mayor’s mother, former Board Member Lilia Pineda, and Guiao in the 2007 polls. Lilia Pineda lost to Gov. Eddie Panlilio.
Unity and services, which they claimed Panlilio failed to give, are what they want to offer to the Kapampangans, the two officials said.
Reached for reactions on Wednesday, Panlilio said he “continued to try to forge Christian unity in a politics-dominated public governance system.”
As for services, he said: “We’ve spent every centavo of the budget honestly and judiciously to provide social services to our constituents, and raised P397 million in quarry revenues to augment the services.”
Guiao and Pineda said Kampi will finalize the slate by August or September this year.
Their announcement of the tandem shut off a proposal for a team up between City of San Fernando Mayor Oscar Rodriguez and Pineda.
Observers say the common foe of all gubernatorial hopefuls, including Rep. Juan Miguel Arroyo, is Sen. Manuel “Lito” Lapid, a movie actor.
Lapid, his son Mark and three subordinates were sued for plunder by Panlilio last Monday over some P600 million in quarry revenues that have not been allegedly remitted during their stints as governors from 2002 to 2007.
Some saw Panlilio’s move as a way of saving the Kapampangans from another Lapid administration. Board Member Chris Garbo viewed it as “politicking.”
The only thing to be settled is who between them will run for governor and vice governor, Guiao and Pineda said on “Hamon,” a public affairs show on regional television CLTV 36 on Tuesday night.
“Kami pong dalawa, hindi puedeng maghiwalay (The two of us, we can’t be separated),” Pineda said when asked of his political plans.
Guiao, 50, prefers to seek a seat in Congress or be a governor like his father, the late journalist and Lakas stalwart, Bren Z. Guiao. The younger Guiao is a professional basketball coach and is on his second term as vice governor.
Of his option, Pineda, 35, said: “Gamay ko ang executive (I am good in executive work).”
The mayor is on his third and last term. He has chaired the Pampanga Mayor’s League in the last six years. He is the only son of alleged jueteng financier Rodolfo “Bong” Pineda.
The tandem of the two officials was expected.
Both are with the Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (Kampi), the dominant political party in Pampanga. Kampi fielded the mayor’s mother, former Board Member Lilia Pineda, and Guiao in the 2007 polls. Lilia Pineda lost to Gov. Eddie Panlilio.
Unity and services, which they claimed Panlilio failed to give, are what they want to offer to the Kapampangans, the two officials said.
Reached for reactions on Wednesday, Panlilio said he “continued to try to forge Christian unity in a politics-dominated public governance system.”
As for services, he said: “We’ve spent every centavo of the budget honestly and judiciously to provide social services to our constituents, and raised P397 million in quarry revenues to augment the services.”
Guiao and Pineda said Kampi will finalize the slate by August or September this year.
Their announcement of the tandem shut off a proposal for a team up between City of San Fernando Mayor Oscar Rodriguez and Pineda.
Observers say the common foe of all gubernatorial hopefuls, including Rep. Juan Miguel Arroyo, is Sen. Manuel “Lito” Lapid, a movie actor.
Lapid, his son Mark and three subordinates were sued for plunder by Panlilio last Monday over some P600 million in quarry revenues that have not been allegedly remitted during their stints as governors from 2002 to 2007.
Some saw Panlilio’s move as a way of saving the Kapampangans from another Lapid administration. Board Member Chris Garbo viewed it as “politicking.”
