If my source is correct in telling me that 80 percent of all Romblon capitol employees, including the so-called ’15-30’ collectors, hate to see Gov. Jojo Beltran re-elected as governor, then Rep. Budoy Madrona may rest easy. He and Beltran will cruise safely to their re-election hurdles without any problem.
How is that? It is because logic tells me that wise voters who hate a politician usually vote for that politician not merely to ensconce him/her in power, but to insult him/her. Re-electing Madrona and Beltran would be, to me, the greatest insult that could be heaped on the durable duo.
Let us not insult our politicians by not voting for them. Again. That’s what this logic tells us.
Are we ready to do that? Hell, no. Romblon’s election history is rife with lessons. Lessons that elementary school pupils should not learn, but learn nonetheless from their teachers who count the votes. One of these lessons is that no politician in Romblon ever loses in an election. He/she just gets cheated.
Madrona, Beltran, Firmalo, and the rest know this. They know that come election time, the hate and the grudges of voters against our politicians will be transformed into admiration—then votes. That’s because of money. Our voters have this fallacious argument:
“Kukurakot din ‘yan. Galing din sa atin ang perang ipinamimigay niyan pag eleksyon. Tanggapin natin kasi, hindi na naman natin yan makikita sa loob ng tatlong taon.”
Correct?
So, if you hate Budoy or Beltran or both, chances are you truly love them, and will probably vote for them, not because of any emotional feeling or attachment or belief in their expertise and qualification, but because of money consideration.
This is true for a big chunk of Romblon voters. Many provincial capitol employees may protest to high heavens this open and probable event, but that’s the best they can do: bite their tongue in silent protest. Many can’t even come out in the open and denounce the shenanigans of their governor even if they are witness to these. They love their comfort zones.
I will start with Beltran. People love him very much that they want him to stay in the capitol forever. I, myself, want him to be there for eternity to mismanage the provincial government some more. Come on, Jojo. Please continue to run the capitol as a personal kingdom. You will lose nothing but your soul.
As for Madrona, well, you either love or hate the guy. Romblon loves Budoy, too, (look at that Bayan kong Mahal slogan, which some say is Bowel Movement) and would want to see him re-elected many times over. They had just a brief respite with the man when they elected Firmalo, but since then, they have realized their folly and returned Madrona to the House.
They will do so again in 2010. That’s my bold prediction. I am ready to bet my gin money to anyone who will say otherwise.
“Madrona is the best Romblon congressman.” Ever. Can you imagine, there was no mining in Romblon when he was not yet in power? Today, the province is all about mining. Our politicians, save a few, are all into mining. You know, “this is mine. That is mine. Those are mine.” Right?
I mean, why should we change our congressman and our governor when our lives haven’t changed either? We are still poor, yes? Perhaps, a little poorer than we were when Beltran was still in the kingdom of Raha Bangkusay, or when Budoy was still in a seminary, but what’s the difference?
Everyone in Romblon is entitled to suffer a little of our unpaved roads, dilapidated health care system, bad governance, unclean water, unemployment, and all that ek-ek that enemies of Budoy and Jojo love to hurl against them as if it is their fault that Romblon is reeling from incompetence, corruption and retrogress.
You are not a Romblomanon if you feel that when traveling from Magdiwang to San Fernando, you feel you are passing through an expressway. Are you sleeping?
No, it is not Madrona’s and Beltran’s fault that we are what we are. It is OUR fault, and we should not blame anyone but OURSELVES for having been short-changed and abused by our politicians. We should fault OURSELVES for allowing OURSELVES to be short-changed and abused year in and year out.
And who promises to save us from our hellish experience with the present power holders?
The opposition!
Ah, the opposition consisting of who? Lolong Firmalo, Bernie Fondevilla, Alice Fetalvero, Mel Madrid, Jun Irao, et al? These province mates of ours who also dream like everyone else of ending Madrona’s and Beltran’s reign?
They could be hallucinating. I mean, they must be like every one of us. Dreaming. Which is good, as long as it will not end in a nightmare, or bangungot.
It is not because they are not qualified, or have not the right and the means and the motivation to fight Madrona and Beltran, et al. They are and they have, but I am pessimistic. Suspicious, even. The reason I say this is while it is free to dream, it is also free to disappoint the Romblomanons with regards to the word ‘opposition’. And as a Romblomanon, I am truly, sincerely, angrily disappointed with these opposition politicians. Not anyone of them might get my vote. On election day, I might just put Awe Eranes on my ballot, then go home and write.
You see, ‘opposition’ contains the words OPPOSE, OPPOSITE, and OPTION.
A true political opposition opposes not just for the sake of opposing. A true political opposition also is the opposite of the person, place, or thing it opposes. And lastly, a true opposition provides us the option—the alternative, when it succeeds from being an opposition to become ruler.
Question: Are Firmalo and Fondevilla, et al the political opposition in the province in the truest sense of the word? Right now, right here, are they the opposite of Madrona and Beltran, et al? Do they have a ready alternative to the ways of the incumbents? Anyone who answers me correctly will receive a P20-worth of mobile phone load. My number is with Awe Eranes of the Romblon Sun.
Now, let’s look forward to the re-election of Madrona and Beltran—by crying. We are very unlucky.
If my source is correct in telling me that 80 percent of all Romblon capitol employees, including the so-called ’15-30’ collectors, hate to see Gov. Jojo Beltran re-elected as governor, then Rep. Budoy Madrona may rest easy. He and Beltran will cruise safely to their re-election hurdles without any problem.
How is that? It is because logic tells me that wise voters who hate a politician usually vote for that politician not merely to ensconce him/her in power, but to insult him/her. Re-electing Madrona and Beltran would be, to me, the greatest insult that could be heaped on the durable duo.
Let us not insult our politicians by not voting for them. Again. That’s what this logic tells us.
Are we ready to do that? Hell, no. Romblon’s election history is rife with lessons. Lessons that elementary school pupils should not learn, but learn nonetheless from their teachers who count the votes. One of these lessons is that no politician in Romblon ever loses in an election. He/she just gets cheated.
Madrona, Beltran, Firmalo, and the rest know this. They know that come election time, the hate and the grudges of voters against our politicians will be transformed into admiration—then votes. That’s because of money. Our voters have this fallacious argument:
“Kukurakot din ‘yan. Galing din sa atin ang perang ipinamimigay niyan pag eleksyon. Tanggapin natin kasi, hindi na naman natin yan makikita sa loob ng tatlong taon.”
Correct?
So, if you hate Budoy or Beltran or both, chances are you truly love them, and will probably vote for them, not because of any emotional feeling or attachment or belief in their expertise and qualification, but because of money consideration.
This is true for a big chunk of Romblon voters. Many provincial capitol employees may protest to high heavens this open and probable event, but that’s the best they can do: bite their tongue in silent protest. Many can’t even come out in the open and denounce the shenanigans of their governor even if they are witness to these. They love their comfort zones.
I will start with Beltran. People love him very much that they want him to stay in the capitol forever. I, myself, want him to be there for eternity to mismanage the provincial government some more. Come on, Jojo. Please continue to run the capitol as a personal kingdom. You will lose nothing but your soul.
As for Madrona, well, you either love or hate the guy. Romblon loves Budoy, too, (look at that Bayan kong Mahal slogan, which some say is Bowel Movement) and would want to see him re-elected many times over. They had just a brief respite with the man when they elected Firmalo, but since then, they have realized their folly and returned Madrona to the House.
They will do so again in 2010. That’s my bold prediction. I am ready to bet my gin money to anyone who will say otherwise.
“Madrona is the best Romblon congressman.” Ever. Can you imagine, there was no mining in Romblon when he was not yet in power? Today, the province is all about mining. Our politicians, save a few, are all into mining. You know, “this is mine. That is mine. Those are mine.” Right?
I mean, why should we change our congressman and our governor when our lives haven’t changed either? We are still poor, yes? Perhaps, a little poorer than we were when Beltran was still in the kingdom of Raha Bangkusay, or when Budoy was still in a seminary, but what’s the difference?
Everyone in Romblon is entitled to suffer a little of our unpaved roads, dilapidated health care system, bad governance, unclean water, unemployment, and all that ek-ek that enemies of Budoy and Jojo love to hurl against them as if it is their fault that Romblon is reeling from incompetence, corruption and retrogress.
You are not a Romblomanon if you feel that when traveling from Magdiwang to San Fernando, you feel you are passing through an expressway. Are you sleeping?
No, it is not Madrona’s and Beltran’s fault that we are what we are. It is OUR fault, and we should not blame anyone but OURSELVES for having been short-changed and abused by our politicians. We should fault OURSELVES for allowing OURSELVES to be short-changed and abused year in and year out.
And who promises to save us from our hellish experience with the present power holders?
The opposition!
Ah, the opposition consisting of who? Lolong Firmalo, Bernie Fondevilla, Alice Fetalvero, Mel Madrid, Jun Irao, et al? These province mates of ours who also dream like everyone else of ending Madrona’s and Beltran’s reign?
They could be hallucinating. I mean, they must be like every one of us. Dreaming. Which is good, as long as it will not end in a nightmare, or bangungot.
It is not because they are not qualified, or have not the right and the means and the motivation to fight Madrona and Beltran, et al. They are and they have, but I am pessimistic. Suspicious, even. The reason I say this is while it is free to dream, it is also free to disappoint the Romblomanons with regards to the word ‘opposition’. And as a Romblomanon, I am truly, sincerely, angrily disappointed with these opposition politicians. Not anyone of them might get my vote. On election day, I might just put Awe Eranes on my ballot, then go home and write.
You see, ‘opposition’ contains the words OPPOSE, OPPOSITE, and OPTION.
A true political opposition opposes not just for the sake of opposing. A true political opposition also is the opposite of the person, place, or thing it opposes. And lastly, a true opposition provides us the option—the alternative, when it succeeds from being an opposition to become ruler.
Question: Are Firmalo and Fondevilla, et al the political opposition in the province in the truest sense of the word? Right now, right here, are they the opposite of Madrona and Beltran, et al? Do they have a ready alternative to the ways of the incumbents? Anyone who answers me correctly will receive a P20-worth of mobile phone load. My number is with Awe Eranes of the Romblon Sun.
Now, let’s look forward to the re-election of Madrona and Beltran—by crying. We are very unlucky.
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