Former president Erap Estrada warns Sen. Noynoy Aquino not to be too cocky. And why not? Aquino seems oh so complacent these days — what with the latest survey results showing him leading by a comfortable 12 point margin against Sen. Manny Villar.
And since he has concluded this to be a “two-man race” which, you might guess, was what invoked Erap’s ire, he must be rather self-assured that his ultimate destination will be Malacanang — no less. Otherwise, expect another EDSA (God forbid!), he prophesies. After all, considering how spankingly well he’s been doing at the surveys since he announced his intention to run (and even shortly before that) how can his loss be possibly justified? Such a scenario could only mean one thing — that he was cheated.
Noynoy must be forgetting one thing — that never in the history of pre-elections survey history has a ‘leading’ candidate ever won in actual elections. But this has been highlighted in many opinion articles already, so much so that repeating it here will simply reduce its impact — so forget I said that.
Now if that perceived cockiness isn’t enough, his recent statement regarding the continuous Exodus plaguing cousin rival Gibo Teodoro’s Lakas-Kampi CMD all but add credence to Aquino critics’ observation — that this country’s accidental savior with a supposedly Ghandi-like disposition is succumbing all too soon to the temptations of power.
Aquino said that those ex-LKC who have transferred to Manny Villar’s Nacionalista Party are their (Liberal Party’s) rejects — supposedly because they adhere to certain ‘standards’ which a party applicant must also satisfy. I wonder what that ‘standard’ is. Because the only standard I see from where I’m standing is the ‘double standard’ by which we judge these turncoats, er, ‘transferees’.
If all the NP’s getting are ‘rejects’, I guess we the electorate can judge them for ourselves, thank you very much. We don’t need someone dictating us who’s ‘good’ and who’s a ‘reject’.
See, when you get forced to answer questions from reporters trying to incite you to a word-war, you always have a choice not to comment. Just because you always have something to say about anything doesn’t mean you should always say it.
“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.” (often attributed to Abraham Lincoln but taken from Solomon’s Proverbs)
There are times in a politician’s life (campaign season’s a best example) when choosing to keep quiet makes a louder statement than blabbing needlessly at the drop of a hat.
If Gibo is doing ‘loyalty checks’ within the party ranks, maybe Noynoy should do a ‘complacency check’ in his.
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