otong Regalado, Dr. Norma Juarez, El Cid Familiaran and Cong. Monico jointly turn over a wheelchair to Lola Aurora Carumayan of Purok Kabukiran, Brgy. Taculing, Bacolod City.*
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PROS AND CONS. Now that Councilor El Cid Familiaran has grabbed the bull by the horns through his proposal to provide franchises for jai alai operations in Bacolod and openly saying that close to a dozen underground jai alais are operating in Bacolod City, pros and cons about jai alai and the numbers game are cropping up.
A question had also come up about the perception that Malacaqang does not appear too keen in really stopping the illegal numbers game, with President Benigno Aquino, III, declaring in a recent statement that, at the moment this does not figure in his list of priorities. Earlier, we had been told, that among those who had supported Aquino’s campaign during the May 10, elections was well-known gambling figure Charlie "Ating" Ang and this, through uncle Peping Cojuanco. What this means is that in the circle of the President’s core group and peripheral supporters were key people who mobilized supporters which Noynoy was not even deeply aware of, was Peping Cojuangco his uncle, who kept his won chronies and hangers-on in the Council for Political Affairs. Other key family members, political leaders and supporters in the Liberal Party (LP), had their own operations including those who worked for the victory of vice-presidential candidate Jejomar Binay something which were recently told, has become a trigger for the ongoing conflict within the Aquino and Roxas camp, the latter having sacrificed his political ambition to be president to give way to Aquino. One very angry lady we were told is Mar Roxas mother, Judy Araneta-Roxas who contributed a not too-small amount for the campaign in the sum of P500-Million. The Grand matriarch is reportedly asking those who got the money why her son lost in the recent election to Binay. Was the money she gave also used for the Binay campaign unknown to them? POLICIES ARE NOT OFTENTIMES MADE BY STATEMENT. This episode and this fact, indeed, shows that traditional politician leaders and figures run election campaigns on the basis of gut realities. This is very true in the case of Mar Roxas who had thought all along that because he had backed out of the presidential race, those in the Noynoy camp would repay this "sacrifice" in the same kind, the same commitment which he did. But he was all wrong as he found our after the last election. It was , of course, too late when Mar Roxas and company found out about the great "stab" in the back. Now, the great division in the balay camp and Noynoy’s loyalists are surfacing. This also is true in the case of Noynoy’s other core supporters who made deals with other personalities and groups which are what traditional politics are. The deals could even have been made out only with political factions in the country, as it was with Chiz Escudero but more with foreign countries which have a great stake in business and finance as it concerns the Philippines. Talks are rife in Philippine circles that Noynoy’s uncle Peping, made a deal with outgoing President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, for her and her political networks and loyalists to support Noynoy Aquino and which was for political expediency. That is why some people told us that the truth Commission was intended to fail in the first place and in the final end because of the political debt, the campaigners around Noynoy Aquino made and even beyond his knowledge which became fiat accompli and which the President has to comply with although he only learned about this later. The reality is that we may have a situation here, where jai alai, jueteng and all kinds of numbers game, legal or illegal will flourish under this administration.* Edgar Cadagat Negros Daily Bulletin |
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