By Mortz C. Ortigoza
If the gubernatorial election will be held today in Pangasinan where either Governor Amado Espino, III or his father and namesake clashes with Fifth District Congressman Ramon “Monmon” Guico, III, the latter will be gobbled by either of the Espinos.
Credit is due to their formidable political machinery and the surname that is already a household name in the almost three million registered voters in Pangasinan where the independent component city Dagupan is excluded.
Just like the other challengers the Espinos “bludgeoned” in the past elections, Guico is not yet known among the voters in Central and Western Pangasinan.
But there is this factor that could make the Espinos apprehensive. A source on conditioned of anonymity told me that as the May 9, 2022 election comes near a massive reshuffle of the police provincial directors in the country loom.
“After Major General (Vic) Danao becomes PNP Chief, (Senator) Bong Go will be interfering for a Guico friendly PD in Pangasinan,” my spook told me.
He said the one who intercedes for this to materialize is a retiring General who is being convinced by the opposition to run for the mayorship in one of the 44 towns of the province.
Recently, the opposition group's ULOPAN or United Lights of Pangasinan launched late of July this year the governorship and vice governorship bid of Guico and Vice Governor Mark Lambino.
A huge portrait in a tarp of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio was at the backdrop of the stage in the gym of Guico's owned aviation college in Binalonan where a manifesto was read urging the Mayor to run for President in the next year’s presidential election.
The group is under the tutelage and protection of Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) and Presidential Adviser for Northern Luzon Secretary Raul Lambino – the Praetorian Guard of President Rodrigo Duterte and the “Pangulo’s Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP–Laban for brevity) – where Senator Bong Go – Duterte’s factotum nonpareil – is now the party’s nominee for the presidential post in the next year’s poll.
Pundits and perceptive political kibitzers know that the one who has control of the top cop in the province has the comparative advantage in tightening the screw of the movements of the opponent and his supporters especially as election day comes nearer.
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MORTZ C. ORTIGOZA
I am a twenty years seasoned Op-Ed Political Writer in various newspapers and Blogger exposing government corruptions, public officials's idiocy and hypocrisies, and analyzing local and international issues. I have a master’s degree in Public Administration and professional government eligibility. I taught for a decade Political Science and Economics in universities in Metro Manila and cities of Urdaneta, Pangasinan and Dagupan. Follow me on Twitter @totoMortz or email me at totomortz@yahoo.com.
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