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Sanchez's
faux pas
"My
alliance with Gov. Sanchez is the worst decision
I have ever made in my life ... I hope the
governor can prove me wrong".
This
was exactly the statement of lawyer-CPA Joseph
Santiago during the governor's birthday party at
the capitol, according to SP secretary Ursus de
Quiros.
By
that, Mr. Santiago means that Gov. Sanchez has
to work doubly hard for Santiago to be able to
grab the congressional seat.
Pointing his palm to the direction of senatoriable Winnie Monsod, Gov.
Sanchez said something like "ikinagagalak
kong ipakilala sainyo ang isa sa mga magaling na
kandidato sa pagkasenador, si Liwayway Vinzons
Chato!!"
Then "Mareng Wennie," an economics professor at UPbegan her
speech by saying "Akala ko kilala na ako sa
buong Pilipinas, yon pala hindi ako kilala sa
Catanduanes, at gobernador pa. However, I'll
forgive you Gov. Sanchez basta i-adopt ninyo ako
bilang daughter of Catanduanes."
Almost everybody was embarrassed, perhaps including Atty. Joseph
Santiago. And to think that the rally was
broadcast over DZGB and DZRC, aside from our
local DZVC.
Economist Wennie Monsod added "marahil hindi nanonood si governor ng
TV!" Worse, all the ten senatoriables and
Vice President Tito Guingona might believe that
Catanduanes is a backward province, without a
single TV set!
Vice Gov. Alfred M. Aquino was wondering why the full force of the local
PNP was concentrated in and outside the Virac
Sports Complex while the second highest official
of the land who was with a group at the CSC gym
had only 2 or 3 minor officers of the PNP.
I think Aquino's concern is justified. Here's Vice President Tito
Guingona having only 2 or 3 minor officers while
Gov. Sanchez and company have more than a
platoon.
While it's true that Veep Guingona also proceeded to the sports complex,
he should have been escorted by the elite force
of the command. May we ask PNP Provincial
Director Freddie O. Panen?
We dialed his landline number twice, nobody answered. We resorted to his
cellphone and the operator said "the
subscriber cannot be reached. Please dial
later."
This is understandable because we write this column 30 minutes to
deadline, every Sunday morning. Perhaps, nobody
is in his office, and the good colonel might
still be in bed. But somebody must be in the
camp even on Sundays. Or perhaps Col. Panen's
office might be closed.
"`The perception that Col. Panen is Sanchez-friendly' seems to be
validated," Vice Gov. Aquino said. May we
hear a reply from the PNP provincial boss?
Now it is confirmed. Beauteous Evelyn San Ramon will, after all, run for
Congress. By the time this issue hits the
streets, she might have filed her certificate of
candidacy.
This is what we gathered from kins who said that she is arriving Monday,
Feb. 26. They said that Evelyn will run as an
independent. Informed of the new development,
Rep. Verceles said "that's good, the more,
the merrier."
A few months back, San Ramon had announced that she will run in tandem
with Verceles. However, it appeared that her big
boss in Kuwait refused to allow her to go on
leave or resign, hence, Verceles decided to
court Bro. Rene Velarde.
"But the Velarde family has decided that Rene runs under the party
list," Verceles said. "That is why I
was forced to field Natsy," he added.
The graduating solon said that whereas Natsy was not born in Catanduanes
"she is a Catandunganon by choice because
she maried me." He added that Gen. Jaime
Echeverria was not born in Catanduanes but his
parents lived for a while in Payo. The retired
general ran for governor then with Rosalie
Estacio as his runningmate.
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