Sino Ba Talaga Dito Ang Pwede?
Potential presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the Philippines
August 18, 2008 by junroxas
| Noli de Castro (Independent) |
Known as “lagaring Hapon” in the media circle, he is known as a lameduck vice president, with no official stand on lots of issues.De Castro successfully ran for senator as an independent candidate during the last 2001 senatorial election, though he campaigned with the opposition. He garnered more than 16 million votes, the highest ever for a senator in the history of Philippine politics at that time.In the 2004 Philippine election, De Castro ran for vice president and won by a narrow margin over Senator Loren Legarda but an electoral protest was filed by the latter and is still on-going.Political résumé:
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 Mar Roxas (LP) |
Man of the elites and for the elites,Roxas garnered the highest votes in the Philippine election history when he ran as Senator, many people had already made him a potential presidential candidate by 2010. While he has been coy on his plans for 2010, the Mar Roxas for president in 2010 movement has been gathering steam with the Liberal Party revival targeting the youth (considering that the bulk of the voting population is aged below 30 years old). Other signs include the sprouting of Mar Roxas for president spots in cyberspace ([1] and [2]); and his colleagues endorsing him as the party’s standard bearer — Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III declaring him Liberal Party’s candidate for 2010 and Liberal Party’s chair emeritus Jovito Salonga introducing him as “the next president of the Philippine republic.”Political résumé:
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| Manny Villar (NP) |
The “Balimbing King” who can side with Erap or Gloria depending on his convenient needs, Villar is the party President of the Nacionalista Party and has been mentioned as a potential candidate of the party.Political résumé:
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| Loren Legarda (NPC) |
The “loser and the second wife of a murderer”,Legarda ran for the position of Vice-President as the running mate of Fernando Poe, Jr. during the last 2004 Philippines general election but lost to then Senator Noli De Castro by a very slim margin of 800,000 votes, amid allegations of massive fraud by de Castro and the administration.Political résumé:
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 Dick Gordon (NP) |
On 6 August 2007, Gordon announced that he was considering contesting the Presidential election scheduled for 2010. He also said that he would be organizing a new political coalition from among the parties that have emerged over the past decade, as, in his view, the two traditional parties, his own Nacionalista Party and the Liberal Party, had “nothing to offer.”Political résumé:
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| Ping Lacson (GO) |
The “Loser and the Fan of Lito Banayo”,Lacson ran for President in the 2004 general election against the incumbent President, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. His candidacy stirred disagreements with its party president, Edgardo Angara. The COMELEC decided to follow what was done in the Quirino-Avelino case splitting the certificates of votes into half. Angara appealed the case before the Supreme Court and reversed the COMELEC decision. Banayo is the strategist of Erap that caused the downfall of the former President. Banayo can not even mobilize 300 volunteers to face the Anti Erap rallyists from EDSA. Banayo is an eco graduate but likes to post as a political science graduate. “Kung nasaan si Banayo, talo ang kandidato”, this is the reason why Lacson lost.Lacson resigned from the party upon hearing the news. He continued campaigning and in the elections, he finished third, ahead of the late Raul Roco and Bro. Eddie Villanueva.Political résumé:
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| Sonny Belmonte (Lakas-CMD) |
Belmonte is currently the Executive Vice President of Lakas-CMD and is being considered as a potential presidential candidate by his party.Political résumé:
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| Image:Bayani Fernando.jpg Bayani Fernando (Lakas-CMD) |
Fernando is well-known to have introduced efficient vehicular traffic systems, improved flood control and waste disposal,providing homes for the squatters of Marikina City, securing jobs for so many people as MMDA chairman, and raised Metro Manila’s profile through a massive rehabilitation and beautification program. Lakas-NUCD considers him as a potential presidential candidate after noticing that there is a strong clamor for him to run for national public office which includes the sprouting of a Bayani Fernando for President spots in cyberspace [3] and [4] with hundreds of letters from all over the country.Political résumé:
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 Jinggoy Estrada (PMP) |
Estrada, son of former President Joseph Estrada, was being considered by former Senator Ernesto Maceda as a potential presidential candidate together with Makati City Mayor Jejomar Binay as his tandem, during a thanksgiving visit of former President Estrada in Vitas, Tondo.Political résumé:
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 Chiz Escudero (NPC) |
Escudero, son of former Agriculture Secretary Salvador Escudero III, landed the second spot during the last 2007 senatorial elections. He was one of the pro-impeachment congressmen who were the prime movers for the initiation of impeachment proceedings for current Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.Political résumé:
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| Jejomar Binay (PDP-Laban/GO) |
Binay was asked by former Senator Ernesto Maceda to talk and decide between him and Senator Jinggoy Estrada on who among them will run for president and vice president. He said that he is more than capable of running the country if and ever he decides to run for president in 2010.“I think modesty aside and if given the opportunity, I am capable of running the country. I have more than 20 years in public service holding various positions in government,” Binay added.Political résumé:
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| Francis Pangilinan (LP) |
Pangilinan is rumored to be the running-mate of Mar Roxas after the election of the Liberal Party Party President on November 26, 2007 where they will announce who will be the official Liberal Party Presidential-Vice-Presidential TicketPolitical résumé:
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| Eduardo Villanueva (BP) |
Bro. Eddie Villanueva may run for 2010 after some meetings held sponsored by Philippines for Jesus Movement (PJM) conducted in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. Bishop Leo Alconga, one of the partymates of Eddie Villanueva says that he may run as “alternative presidential candidate” against some of the big names in the post.Political résumé:
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