UMATRAS sa panukalang debate sa pagitan ng Team Unity at Genuine Opposition sina re-electionists Manuel Villar Jr., at Joker Arroyo dahil na rin sa paniniwala na wala itong patutunguhan.
Sinabi ni Villar na hindi siya masyadong naniniwala dito dahil walang malinaw kung ano ang pag-uusapan at ikalawa, kung hindi rin lang naman daw ito isasahimpapawid ng media ay wala itong patutunguhan.
Ganoon pa man, sinabi ni Villar na kung talagang ma-plantsa na ito ay pwede naman siyang dumalo at makipag-debatehan sa ibang kandidato.
“Hindi ako masyadong naniniwala diyan, kasi ang problema ay yung makikinig, unless na may live broadcast iyan,” paliwanag ni Villar.
Sa bahagi naman ni Arroyo, sinabi nito na hangga’t walang malinaw na alituntunin, paksa, lugar anong lengwahe ang gagamitin na kailangan ay inayunan ng magkatunggaling partido hindi rin siya dadalo.
Chicken! But Villar doesn't really need the debates, because he's going to win. And I think TV coverage shouldn't be a problem. If I were GO, i'd demand the debates be on TV too.
But Joker on the other hand I believe would rather limit the topics to a few issues because he'd rather not be seen on TV defending Arroyo legitimacy, corruption, abuse of power and his own hypocrisy and inconsistencies.
The TV can make you look really good, or really bad. And Joker will look really bad on TV to his supporters (who still think of him as "independent-minded"). It will certainly burst their fantasy about Joker's ehem "independence." It exposes him for what he truly is. Supporters who are undecided about Joker because of his association with Team Arroyo will find it easier NOT to vote for him this time.
So I predict joker will only join the debates if it's in english (para hindi masyadong maintindihan ng masa) at limited ang scope ng topics to a few issues that he thinks are beneficial to him and the arroyo administration.
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In other news, Conrad de Quiros recently met with the Ang Kapatiran candidates and finds the meeting "not an unpleasant one."
Why, what was Conrad expecting? lol. Anyway, he says the Kapatiran candidates are just regular people like you and me who enjoy life and likes to have a good time once in a while, and "as resolutely secular as the next fellow".
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Joker "Ubusin ang mga Corrupt" Arroyo says the Opposition is only attacking Philip Evardone because he is the brother of Ben Evardone, TU media director.
Senators Panfilo Lacson and Jinggoy Estrada urged President Arroyo to now “execute” the pending recommendation of the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission (PAGC) to dismiss him from his post, on the grounds of the two pending alleged graft cases.
Evardone is the brother of Eastern Samar Gov. Ben Evardone and newly appointed Team Unity’s (TU) media director and the agency he belongs to, NPO, is responsible in the printing of all election paraphernalia, from ballots to election returns and certificates of canvass — all of which were allegedly not spared in the supposed massive cheating during the 2004 presidential polls.
Reelectionist Sen. Joker Arroyo, who is running under the administration ticket, however, came to Evardone’s defense, saying the charges against the two, especially the matter alluding Gov. Evardone’s family ties with the NPO chief in poll fraud are malicious.
“Because it’s election time, there will always be some malice in the way news is projected. Suddenly, (NPO’s) Evardone is now in the media, whatever his position is. If they cannot hit him, they’ll hit the brother,” Senator Arroyo said. “But a candidate saying that the brother of the media TU…that Malacañang is sitting on it, well there’s a malice there,” he said in reacting to the statement made by Lacson.
“Now (that the cheating issue) is being resuscitated, let the people judge. But for me, if I join a team, (that means) I believe in the team, that’s all there is to it. Otherwise, why should I join the team if I don’t believe in it? I am saying that there should be no cheating. I’m not a guarantor of the cheating,” Arroyo said.
Whatever.
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