SO WHAT’S THE EMERGING END GAME? At the rate Vice President Jejomar Binay is being bashed left and right and marginalized before the court of public opinion. The emerging question: What is the end game? Knowing his passion and drive to become the next president by 2016, the Vice President would pursue his presidential bid without letup, ignoring the clamor for him to appear before the public hearing of Senate blue ribbon subcommittee and give his side under oath. Despite his humble origin, the Vice President is an extremely proud and complex man. On that basis, he would do everything to defy all odds and run for president in 2016. There is simply no way to stop him. In fact, he believes it is his destiny to become the next president. But to win the next elections is another story. Binay looks at 2016 as his swan song. Either he makes it or he won’t. He will be 75 years old by 2016. Knowing that age is not on his side, he would do everything to win. But his political antagonists are equally driven and intelligent. Sen. Antonio Trillanes did not suffer seven years of imprisonment only to blink in an eyeball to eyeball situation with the Vice President. Sen. Allan Peter Cayetano is an articulate lawyer and lawmaker, who knows his law, while Sen. Koko Pimentel, the subcommittee chair, did not top the Bar without understanding the majesty of law. The Filipino people could expect an extremely political bloody scene in leading to the 2016 presidential elections. Plenty of political corpses are expected to litter the road leading to the next elections. The way the Vice President’s popularity, trust, and approval ratings have been plunging as the Senate public hearings continue, the people could expect a more even political field with no presidential candidate holding a clear-cut and distinct political advantage over the rest of the field. Who will reap the political dividends over the Vice President? Will it be any of the following: Senators Grace Poe, Cayetano, and Francis Escudero, or DILG Secretary Mar Roxas, and Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada? A lot depends on how the political dynamics would cascade to the Filipino people. At the moment, the political horizon does not show so much except for the Vice President, who is still gasping for breath. If the Vice President would fail to recover or stop his skidding popularity, the choice is for him to withdraw the presidential field, leave it to the aspiring candidates, and retire from politics. By doing it, his three children could be spared of the collateral damage, as they continue with their political careers. This is intended to minimize whatever damage the Senate investigation could inflict on him and his family. Meanwhile, the remaining presidential candidates would continue in their posturing and maneuverings for the next elections.
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 07:54:37 +0000
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