Trapo politics SILVER LINING Dean Ernest Maceda 06/18/2010

Trapo politics

SILVER LINING Dean Ernest Maceda 06/18/2010 Liberal Party (LP) leaders are opposing Vice President Jojo Binay’s appointment to the Cabinet for purely partisan reasons. They are afraid Vice President Binay will entrench himself as a strong rival for the presidency in 2016. That’s trapo politics to the hilt. That’s six years away. The LPs chances in 2016 will depend on the performance of the P-Noy administration. The only relevant question here is: Will getting VP Binay into the P-Noy Cabinet help him succeed? The popular Vice President Jojo Binay is ready for any P-Noy decision. He is a very mature, organized person with excellent academic credentials, with a UP Law and National Defense College Masters Degree in National Security Administration. He can live without any Cabinet post. It might be a blessing in disguise for him because he will be free to express his views publicly on any controversial issue. Being a member of the Aquino Cabinet obligates him to toe the P-Noy line. VP Binay is now deluged with invitations to administer oaths of office. He has been invited by Mayor Ed Hagedorn of Palawan, Rep. Toby Tiangco and Mayor John Rey Tiangco of Navotas, the Marcoses of Ilocos Norte, Deputy Speaker Arnulfo Fuentebella of Camarines Sur, wife Evelyn who is now mayor of Sangay and reelected son, Arnie as mayor of Tigaon and Mayor Lenlen Almonte of Biñan, among others.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100618com6.html

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