Time is running short and Malacañang is desperately, if not stealthily, prowling for Lakas-NUCD-Kampi standard-bearer Gilbert Teodoro’s running mate.
Sen. Loren Legarda can be counted out because, as she said, she is not ready to jump to the administration bandwagon and defend the Arroyo administration over its involvement in corruption activities.
Gov. Gwen Garcia was hot for a while, but perhaps she valued more the wisdom of her father, Rep. Pablo Garcia in making her stay-put in Cebu rather than accepting to be Gibo’s ‘spare tire.’
It is not surprising, therefore, that in desperation the Palace is eyeing its sights on movie personalities to become Teodoro’s running mate.
First Batangas Gov. Vilma Santos was baited but she graciously shunned the offer.
Even Edu Manzano was being considered, for chrissake!
Here comes now Sen. Ramon Revilla Jr who admitted that he has been getting feelers from the administration making him Gibo’s running mate.
How despairing the party has to get that it has to turn to celebrities in searching for vice-presidential running mate?
Is this how insignificant we have become that we are made to embrace election winners not because of their intellectual and skillful capabilities but by their sheer popularity?
Is this how trivial the problems of this country has become that we could not care less anymore if the vice-president, who is just a ‘heartbeat’ away from the presidency, can adequately handle the enormous responsibility of leading a nation?
Is this how calloused the administration has become that the welfare of its people comes second only to their own personal and party interests?
If Gibo Teodoro is as principled a man, as he wants every body to acknowledge he is, then he should assert over his party on who to choose as his running mate, for what is at stake is the future of this country.
Choose an upright, intelligent, conscientious, and a true servant of the people for a running mate.