There is a tug of war raging within the innermost councils of the various power groupings in the country. No, there are a number of tugs of war within these groups. And we are talking here not just of the incoming Aquino administration but of the outgoing one including their satellites within and among the groupings across the land. The sad thing about all of this expending of energy is the fact that more often than not, the wars are not about advocacies and the agenda for our country and people but about power, who gets what and how much. Let’s start with the outgoing administration. Quite apart from the fact that the ruling Lakas-Kampi contingent in the House of Representatives, which remains the biggest with roughly 109 members, is breaking apart possibly into three, i.e., the Lagman-Suarez group with GMA as the principal convenor, the Garcia-Alvarez-Antonino group composed mostly of original Kampi members and the neo-Lakas-Lakas-CMD composed mainly of first termers and second closely associated with graduated members revolving around Speaker Boy Nograles, all of whom have their own plans on how they can possibly optimize their say in the upcoming 15th Congress. There are a number of power groups (in the Senate and those who served in the executive department such as LWUA Chairman and Presidential Adviser on Political Affairs Butch Pichay) who are pulling the once vaunted coalition in various directions. Unless PGMA exerts more effort to keep the troops in place, the coalition may find itself increasingly following the path of its predecessors such as the KBL and LDP, to name the more recent ones. The center is weakening and it may not hold any longer unless clear signals from no less than GMA herself gets to be introduced into the pot. Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100620com5.html |
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