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Monday, October 13, 2003
Diaz: PaDayon Pilipino 'rebellion'
By Cris Diaz
IT is not surprising for some partymates to go astray because some of them attempted in vain to attain what Calingin has politically accomplished today.
Thinking of becoming an emerging political leader in Misamis Oriental may not be in the mind of "Bong" Calingin.
Erstwhile an ordinary farming mayor of the landlocked town of Claveria, Misamis Oriental, Bong Calingin's destiny as a rising political leader was beyond imagination.
Yet, Calingin's victory against then administration and well-oiled political party of the Lakas-NUCD in 1998 was one for the books of Misamis Oriental's turbulent political weather.
No doubt, this is the primary reason why some partymates disquising themselves as "rebel Padayon members" are out to destroy Calingin's political career.
In fact, issues against Calingin have been resurrected and recycled every now and then. The most popular is the Ticala issue, which is always used to cover much deeper political ill-motives.
Thus, Padayon Pilipino today is experiencing a political turbulence. A turbulence created not by a political enemy but rather by political partymates who could be acting "to advance vested interests."
What is lamentable is the propensity of these partymates to create scenarios designed to deceive electorates.
For instance, the issue on Padayon Pilipino's alleged dissolution in Misamis Oriental was classically deceptive.
How could a stable and a dominant political party be easily dissolved? Anyone, who knows simple political logic could easily understand that such pronouncement is incredible.
Another thing is the idea that the fate of Padayon Pilipino is dictated by one person.
This argument is definitely pursued by partymates who want to create a wedge within the Padayon leadership particulary Calingin and Emano.
It simply means, "survival of the fittest." In other words, if this succeeds, some party members will certainly gather in one corner while others do the same. A complete party breakdown, so to speak.
And this has taken place. Mike de Jesus, Calingin's partymate in the 2001 elections, is considered the culprit of all Padayon's mess today.
De Jesus' pronouncement to contest Calingin's re-election bid was considered a "violation of Padayon's party rules." In short, it was an act of tyranny.
De Jesus prides himself with the symphaty of so called elected Padayon Pilipino partymates at the Provincial Board.
Actually, the so called rebellious Padayon Provincial Board members were only testing De Jesus's party loyalty.
Consequently, De Jesus initiated the demolition job against Calingin but before the job could have taken off, it crashed and miserably failed.
Emano was stunned with De Jesus' actuations. It cannot be denied that Emano subdued his anger knowing that De Jesus had inflicted irreparable damage on Padayon Pilipino's image.
Although a lot of people suspected Emano to be the "unseen hand" who could have encouraged the rebellion within Padayon Pilipino political party, the suspicion cannot be substantiated.
Even Calingin, who was the direct object of the so-called Padayon rebels, did not cast suspicion against Emano.
Lately, Emano was overheard as commenting that De Jesus had forgotten where he came from. The comment sent a strong message that he (Emano) could have already dropped De Jesus like a hot potato.
Emano's statement came at a time of De Jesus announcement about joining Congressman Oscar Moreno's party in Misamis Oriental's first district.
Analysts, however, consider Emano's statements against De Jesus as something more than in its real sense of the word.
Moreno, known to be the remaining Lakas-NUCD leader in Misamis Oriental, has reportedly joined Aksyon Demokratiko of Raul Roco. Roco has announced his intention to run for the presidency.
The contention that Emano may have already discarded De Jesus was even bolstered when the name of town Mayor Julio Uy, of Villanueva, Misamis Oriental, was floated to run for Vice Governor as an Independent candidate.
This pronouncement dispelled all doubts that Emano is going to support De Jesus's gubernatorial bid with Uy as running mate.
While Emano expressed doubts that the rift among Padayon partymates in Misamis Oriental seemed irreparable, there are still avenues that could heal the wounds inflicted by De Jesus.
When will the healing process take place? Many opined that the earliest the better. This, since as the political season heats up, Padayon faces more difficult tasks ahead.
Under the healing process, a re-alignment is necessary while a "win-win" solution is needed to arrest the rebellion within Padayon Pilipino's political party.
(October 13, 2003 issue)
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