Random Musings on the Political Landscape - 0% Law School, 100% Elections

How quick they are to harp over fabricated issues on Noynoy, the latest being his involvement with Best Security Agency. To wit: "Senator Aquino should not try to sweep this episode in his life under the rug as if it were a small, minor thing. It is not minor. He put up a security agency while his mother was president and bagged contracts with government corporations and agencies. I don't know how he can say there was nothing wrong about it," Remulla said in a statement.

As always, the truth is easy to find:

"The truth of the matter is - Sen Aquino divested his 50 shares in Best Security Agency, worth P50,000, as early as 1987 in order to avoid any issue of conflict of interest. Its lone government contract with the Philippine National Construction Corporation (PNCC) was obtained through public bidding and without any intervention from Senator Aquino," said in a statement.

Really, Remulla. To borrow Atty. Tamano's favorite catch phrase, "Everyone knows" that you're so deep inside Villar's back pocket, you may as well be living inside Villar's ass. People will buy that you're generally smart and possibly a good Senatorial candidate. No one believes you the moment you start talking about Noynoy and the Liberal Party. Please, get over yourself.

At the very least, Aquino's involvement in setting up Best Security Agency pales in comparison to Villar's multiple instances of using government resources to benefit his private corporations' interests. Just as Joker Arroyo - assuming he still remembers his speech back in 1998. If he doesn't remember, you can read it yourself here.

This is just anther case of the pot calling the china black.

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Curious is the NP's latest accusation against Noynoy: That Noynoy, and not Manny Villar, is GMA's secret candidate.

ROTFLMAO!

First off, let's get something straight. The term "Villarroyo" is not an invention of the Liberal Party. It is the invention of Manuel Buencamino, from the group Action for Economic Reforms. This is a crucial distinction, as it is an indication that political observers, and not actual Liberal Party members, could already see the signs of the Villar-Arroyo connection as early as January this year.

Furthermore, it was not the Liberal Party who put the final nail in the Villarroyo signpost: it was Lakas insiders who confirmed that Mike Arroyo had given marching orders to Cebu lawmakers to support Villar instead of Teodoro. Surely, you don't expect us to believe that the Liberals engineered this too? Come on.

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Most disturbing about a recent article on the ABS-CBN website was this quote from Manny Villar himself, in reference to Aquino's campaign spending:

"I am beholden to no one but myself because I am spending my own money."

The premise of this statement, meant to insinuate that the people behind Noynoy have vested interests, is that in the event that Noynoy wins, he is obligated to pay back the money spent on the campaign, in cash or in kind.

If that is the case, then doesn't the same logic hold for Villar's spending? Should Villar win, who's to stop him from obligating himself to pay back the only person he is supposedly beholden to?

When in Congress, he transformed small millions to large millions. When in Senate, he transformed large millions into billions.

When in Malacanang, will he transform billions into trillions?

I shudder at the thought.