A seasoned politician and national official told us selected
media man that if a former congressman and a defeated 2016 gubernatorial bet
will take another stab at the gubernatorial post, he should change his
strategy.
“He splurged his
monies in the medical missions where even surgeries were done by the doctors he
hired a year before the May 2016 election,” he stressed.
He said Mr. Bet spent P300 million alone in that endeavor.
He disclosed that those hundreds of millions of pesos were better spent a week in buying votes because voters have short memory to ones generousity he gave a year ago.
I agree about this one because another battle scarred mayor of a first class town told me the science of vote buying.
"Voter would vote for a candidate who gave P250 a day or during the casting of vote than a bet who gave P500 to a voter a week before the election".
He disclosed that those hundreds of millions of pesos were better spent a week in buying votes because voters have short memory to ones generousity he gave a year ago.
I agree about this one because another battle scarred mayor of a first class town told me the science of vote buying.
"Voter would vote for a candidate who gave P250 a day or during the casting of vote than a bet who gave P500 to a voter a week before the election".
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| VOTE FOR SALE - Registered voters queue at the headquarter of a big time politician in the Philippines to get their money that reached up to P1000 bill in exchange for the vote of each them. Doling out of sum and goods became a perennial practice among the Filipinos every time there is an election from the village chief up to the congressional office. |
“A week before the
poll, he even attempted to buy votes at P300 per voter. I told him he should
emulate our style that became the pillar of our longevity in winning the series
of elections. He should at least buy vote at P500 per voter,” the national official cited to us.
He explained that with P300 per voter, it would
not bode well for the mayors in the District.
“Mapag suspetsahan pa
silang kinupit ang P200 sa P500”.
The bet acquiesced by doling out P500 bill per voter. In
other districts however vote buying was fetched at P400 per voter.
But it did not help
him because he still lost the race even he spent P900 million or almost a
billion in that contest where wherewithal is a major factor to victory.
His shortcoming aside from that expensive medical mission,
he did not give monies to the five of the six congressmen in the province.
The other congressman gambled by supporting the other
governorship candidate.
“I asked him (the bet)
if he gave monies to the congressmen, he answered in the negative because
congressmen do not have sway in bringing votes in his favour,” he told us.
National official said with P5 million per solon that would
be P25 million only. Congressmen have influence too in their district.
“Ang problema sa kanya, nagbigay siya ng milyon sa mga vice
mayoralty bets pero hindi sa congressmen. May boses ang congressmen sa mga
mayors at constituents’ niya”.
In case this bet run and change his strategies, he would win
the next year’s election, according to my source, where filling of candidacy
will be on October this year.
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Another mayor said that mayors in some districts of the
province had the gall of pocketing the millions of pesos given by Mr. Bet and
those millions of pesos allegedly given by the rival.
“Nag I Have Two Hands iyong mga mayors, pinag ku-kubra ang
mga pera ng dalawang kandidato. Hindi nila binili ng boto. Binulsa nila ang mga pera. Ayon natalo ang
kandidato namin”.
To those readers who kept skipping the class for the comfort
room whenever the song ‘I Have Two Hands” was sang in Grade 1, here’s the
lyrics to help you understand what is avarice (psst means more extreme than "greed") whenever the patron hands monies
to the mayors.
I have two hands' the
left and the right
Hold them up high' so dirty and bright
Clap them softly
One' two' three
Dirty little hands of the mayors are bad to see
Hold them up high' so dirty and bright
Clap them softly
One' two' three
Dirty little hands of the mayors are bad to see
Many mayors deserted Mr. P900 million two weeks before the
casting of the ballots because he ran out of monies.
The latest in the grapevine, Mr. Bet father, a magnate, where
he had reconciled is hell bent to support him for another gubernatorial shot.
“Uubusin natin ang
pera ng kalaban,” another mediaman quoted what the vice mayor said to him
about what the mogul told his son.
This rumor and this change of strategies in flooding the
province with crispy bills will ensue if Mr. Bet files his candidacy five
months from now.
“Show me the money,
este, show me the photocopy of the Certificate of Candidacy that the official signified his intention and I
will buy your prognosis hook, line, and effin’ sinker,” I told my source.
(You can read my selected columns at mortzortigoza.blogspot.com and articles at Pangasinan News Aro. You can send comments too at totomortz@yahoo.com)
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