And they’re off!
First off the block in the race to submit certificates of candidacy with the Commission on Elections were the usual, uhm, suspects. Unlike racehorses though, they have rounded the mental bend long before the first day of filing of certificates.
If the elections are held today and I am left with no choice but these “gentlemen”, the first on my ballot would be Daniel Magtira. He has after all submitted an impressive bio-data. According to him, he is married to former presidential daughter, actor and talk and game show host Kris Aquino and is nominated by Rep. Imee Marcos and Boy Abunda. And I guess being an “automative electronic Pinoy rock singer composer” carries a lot of weight in these parts. He even brought a guitar with him.
Second on my ballot would be Rummel Pinera, a “small businessman” from Laguna who in his interview sounded like he made half a sense. He said this country is rotting and something must be done with it. So he runs for the Senate and betrays his mental state.
Theodore Aquino is a waste management engineer based in the US. His years dealing with American crap may have gotten to his head though. His candidacy is his way of fulfilling his promise to his uncle Ninoy Aquino, he said. I am not surprised. The dead vote in the Philippines, don’t you know?
I would never vote for Atty. Oliver Lozano. This guy admitted he forestalled the impeachment complaint against gloria in 2005. He even asked executive secretary Eduardo Ermita to include him in the adminstration’s line-up because of “services” rendered for Malacañang. Nagkabukuhan na. The Palace is not beyond using crackpots just to save gloria’s hide!
These early birds may be comic relief to some. But one thing can be said about them—they sure have the right idea about the Comelec, this country’s electoral system and the institution they want to become members of.
