``You know politics. Even if they (Arroyo’s allies) belong to parties against Aquino, the minute he is proclaimed as president, they would change parties because you get so many benefits under a sitting president." (bold highlights mine)
Powerful but ominous words from the newly reelected Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago.
The Inquirer quote actually refers to the supposed dominance of the opposition in both houses of the Philippine Congress, where according to the report, new alliances are needed in order for the new President to wrest the leadership.
And how does President Aquino do that?
This from the opening statement of the Inquirer, ``The opposition will likely lead both houses of Congress under a Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III presidency unless he manages to form new alliances with his power over pork barrel allocations, according to lawmakers. (bold highlights mine)
So the fundamental way to induce a shift in the balance of partisan allegiances would be through dangling of pork barrels or lose his power over Congress!
And the newly elected President is not yet in office! Talk about instituting changes!
It's NOT difficult to extrapolate that somewhere down the term of President Aquino, an unholy alliance between the antagonists (GMA, Villar or etc...) and today's hero will be consummated.
As a saying goes, plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose.
Somewhere down the road reality will bite, and this is just the beginning.
Powerful but ominous words from the newly reelected Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago.
The Inquirer quote actually refers to the supposed dominance of the opposition in both houses of the Philippine Congress, where according to the report, new alliances are needed in order for the new President to wrest the leadership.
And how does President Aquino do that?
This from the opening statement of the Inquirer, ``The opposition will likely lead both houses of Congress under a Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III presidency unless he manages to form new alliances with his power over pork barrel allocations, according to lawmakers. (bold highlights mine)
So the fundamental way to induce a shift in the balance of partisan allegiances would be through dangling of pork barrels or lose his power over Congress!
And the newly elected President is not yet in office! Talk about instituting changes!
It's NOT difficult to extrapolate that somewhere down the term of President Aquino, an unholy alliance between the antagonists (GMA, Villar or etc...) and today's hero will be consummated.
As a saying goes, plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose.
Somewhere down the road reality will bite, and this is just the beginning.
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