By Mortz C. Ortigoza
A major blow struck the camp of a marquee political
family in the huge Pangasinan province when a hardcore ally jumped ship to a
rival because he was not anointed to run for a congressional seat.
Exiting Board Member Raul Sison, the point man of
Governor Amado “Pogi” I. Espino, III in the Second District, abandoned him and
his congressman father with the same namesake after feeling being betrayed for his
congressional ambition in the second district of the province.
NEW ALLIANCE - Some personalities in Pangasinan’s
politics are all smiles after Board Member Raul Sison (extreme right) deserted
Pangasinan Governor Amado “Pogi” Espino, III and his father and namesake Fifth
District Congressman Amado. Sison joined the camp of Alaminos City Mayor Arthur
Celeste (extreme left) for the latter gubernatorial run in the May 2019
election. In photo are Presidential Adviser in Northern Luzon Raul Lambino (2nd
from right), former Pangasinan Governor Victor Agbayani, Binmaley former councilor
Anong Alipio and another ex-loyalist of the Espinos retired police colonel Paterno
Orduna (2nd, 3rd, and 4th from left,
respectively).
On the now circulated online photo, Presidential
Adviser in Northern Luzon Raul Lambino held the right hands of the smiling
Celeste and Sison.
With them were former Pangasinan Governor Victor
Agbayani, Binmaley former councilor Anong Alipio, and another ex-loyalist of
the Espinos retired police colonel Paterno Orduna who were noticeably elated
with the new collaboration in the eight towns' district known as the bailiwick of
the Espinos because of the alliances of the Orduna brothers and Sison in the
past.
Lambino, with the imprimatur from the presidential
palace, was known to persuade Celeste to challenge the hegemony of the Espinos
in Pangasinan.
“Mga leaders
ng second district iyan. Lalabanan ni Raul Sison anak ni (ex) gob na tatakbo
din congressman. Nasa ticket Mayor Art si Raul. Raul Sison was governor Espino
numero uno operator sa second district (They are leaders of the Second
Congressional District. Raul Sison will clash with the son of former governor
Espino for the congressional seat. Raul is now under the ticket of Mayor Art
for the gubernatorial race. Raul Sison was the Espinos’ No. 1 political
operator in the second district),’ the source,
who asked for anonymity, explained the new realignment more than a week before
the filling of candidacy of the bets in October 11 to 17 this year.
Sison, a seasoned politician of the District, will
be pitted with Bugallon Mayor Jumel Espino in an election that political kibitzers believed will shore up the political stocks of the Celeste camp as the Espinos were handicapped because of the
dichotomy caused by Sison’s defection.
The district is to be vacated by exiting
congressman Leopoldo Bataoil who announced to reporters that he will be
challenging Lingayen Mayor Josefina ”Iday” Castaneda on the May 13, 2019 poll.
With Sison, the Ordunas and Agbayani, a former
congressman of the Second District, collaborating for the victory of Celeste in
the district, the new alliance was considered by political spectators as “made
in heaven”.
In case the tandem of Celeste for governor and
outgoing Six District Congresswoman Marlyn Primicias – Agabas for vice governor will not materialize, the source said Celeste can enlist Agbayani for the vice
governorship in case Primicias will join Governor Pogi Espino or she runs for
the mayoralty of Tayug, Pangasinan.
“The
problem however the family of Agbayani was reluctant that he throws his hat
anew for the political arena,” the source
cited.
He said Agbayani's family could turn 180 - degree in case
the patrons of Celeste in “Imperial” Manila give reasonable campaign funds to
the former governor to take a crack in the second highest office in the
province.
Agbayani and his wife Jamie were beaten by the
older Espino in a gubernatorial contest that showed the ‘genius” of the former decorated police
officer, an alumnus of the Philippine Military Academy, in the mastery of the Labyrinth
of the politics of the three cities and forty four towns’ province.
“With
Agbayani under Celeste, the Espino camp will be seeing a down-in-the- wire fight even they got
Agabas on the bow,” the source added in Tagalog.
Former Bugallon Mayor Rodrigo Orduna Ha!ha!ha! Ngayon natauhan na rin si BM Sison matagal ko ng sinasabi kasi yan lahat pinapangakohan magamit kalang. Di ka nag iisa butit nagising ka di tulad ng mga iba diyan mahimbing pang pagkakatulog. Hoy Gising!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteUntalan Mon ๐? kung skali man to eh tga urbiz c moding operana he will take care of the job in 2nd dist.for espine.bataoil on the other,a PMA'er class 76' will reinforce co-PMA'er class 74' ATE for lingayen.xa cge marakep crin so 2019!
Jose Edwin Tandoc: huh shocking news . di naman bumibitawsi BM kung magada tratto. Antoya Antoya manpetang lay kawali . abangan natin susunod na kabanats.
Mark Machiavelli Ortigoza: late kalay news Edwin topic ya karuman/kahapon ng mga broadcasters. Si Harold lang di naka picked up nito dahil hindi siya marunong mag FaceBook, sanamagan!
Ganyan po tlga ...kahit cnu po manalo godbless po.pero bsta ako espino parin ako for governor... Wala po sana away....
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