As persistent rumors have it, actor-director Cesar Montano is reportedly contemplating on pulling out as senatorial candidate of President Arroyo’s Team Unity due to the failure of Malacañang to make true its P200-million campaign fund promise.
A very reliable source revealed that a Cabinet member, who takes charge of distributing campaign kitties of national and local candidates, has been withholding the amount, jeopardizing the actor’s candidacy, who was the last to declare his bid among his colleagues.
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Montano’s camp said the actor was not closing his door on the possibility of running for governor, but denied it was because the administration failed to give him campaign funds.
The question is, how can the admin bets have "problems with money"? Hindi ba sagut ng taxpayers ang campaign money ng TU? Binabarat ba ng malacanang si Kuya Cesar?
More from Ellen Tordesillas:
Ang tunay na dahilan kung bakit medyo nanlalamig si Cesar Montano sa kanyang kandidatura sa pagka-senador sa ilalim ng team GMA ay hindi pala nabibigay ang P200 milyon na ipinangako ng Malacañang sa kanya hanggang ngayon.
Ito ay nanggaling sa isang malapit na tao kay Montano.
Itong mga nakaraang araw, napabalita na hindi sumisipot si Montano sa mga rally ng Team GMA at umu-ugong na baka mag-withdraw siya. Siyempre ang press relase ni Gabby Claudio, ang political operator ni Glori Arroyo, ay nag-aadjust pa raw si Montano sa kultura ng pulitika.
Maala-ala natin na si Montano ay biglaang isinama sa tiket ng Team GMA nang mag-withdraw si Leyte Gov. Jericho Petilla. Di ba nasa shooting siya at pinatawag siya sa Malacañang. Sabi ni Montano na si Gloria Arroyo mismo ang kumausap sa kanya.
Nang tanungin si Montano kung sino ang gagastos sa kanyang kampanya na sabi ng mga beterano sa politika ay aabot sa P250 milyon, sinabi niya “administrasyon” raw. Kasi nga naman raw, nagkakahalagang P30 milyon na kontrata sa advertisement ang nawala sa kanya dahil sa pagpasok sa pulitika.
Maliban sa P200 milyon na cash, ang pagka-intindi namin walang problema si Montano sa eroplano at helicopter, TV ads at organisasyon niya. Sagot lahat ng Malacañang. Kailangan kasi ng Team GMA panghatak ng mga tao sa kanilang mga rally.
Team "Unity" pa ba ito? Naku naman! Bakit nyo naman binabarat si Kuya Cesar!
Kaya nga Mr. Montano decided to run for the Senate, kasi pangako nyo na sagot nyo ang lahat ng gastusin, diba maam? He gave up his TV shows at advertisements, na malaking pera rin naman.
More from the Inquirer: TEAM Unity studying Montano’s ‘additional needs’--spokesman
Money Quote:
Over the weekend, reports said that Montano had been absent in some sorties because of lack of campaign funds.
"To run a good campaign, there are three things you need -- money, money, money," a source from Montano’s camp told INQUIRER.net.
Another source said it was good thing that the actor’s gripes about money came out so that the administration could be aware of it and act on it.
Tongue Twisted's insightful comment about Kuya Cesar Montano's tactic is worth reading too.
More from Lito Banayo on Cesar and Richard Gomez:
What every survey in town confirms though is that Cesar Montano and Richard Gomez made a serious mistake in thinking their star appeal will buy them a seat in the Senate.
Mukhang hindi na sila uso.
Theirs is a personal financial debacle after the elections rule that people do not find their star appeal lustrous enough. Talo na, mawawalan pa ng sine. Worse, their multi-million income from product endorsements and television commercials would go phfft, like a punctured balloon.
Siguro natatauhan na si Buboy. Kaya nagmukmok ng ilang araw. So Team GMA had to ante up more money, or else its one and only crowd-drawer becomes a recluse. Friendly advice to Buboy, and his personal handler Romy Chong: Take whatever money there is and disappear from the political scene.
As for friend Goma, that’s what you get for "selling" yourself to all sides. Had you just stayed the course, and shown loyalty to your ninong Erap and pal JV, you would have made it to the GO Team, where your chances of winning would have been more enhanced. Drop out now, show some remorse, join the campaign sorties of GO, and perhaps go for it in 2010.
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