FEELING BETRAYED
By Renato Remogat and Mortz C. Ortigoza
URDANETA CITY,
Pangasinan - Because of betrayal, this huge city’s mayor abandoned a congressional
ally who runs for the governorship in favor of the latter's rival.
Mayor Julio “Rammy”
Parayno, III defected to the camp of re-elective Pangasinan Governor Amado Espino,
III in an act that pundits see can affect the voting equation of the eight
towns and one city’s district reigned by Congressman Ramon “Monmon” Guico, III
who challenges Espino in the governorship for the May 9, 2022 election.
This city has a 90, 000 voters or more than one fourth among the more or less 350, 000 voters of the eight towns and one city’s district.
ABANDON. Vote – rich
Urdaneta City Mayor Julio “Rammy” Parayno, III (left photo and clockwise)
deserted political ally Pangasinan Fifth District Congressman Ramon “Monmon” Guico, III by joining in the trenches
re-elective Pangasinan Governor Amado “Pogi” Espino, III on his governorship
duel with Guico in the May 9, 2022 election.
Guico’s father
and namesake Monching runs for the congressional seat against Parayno’s cousin
and Espino’s ally former Board Member
Clemente B. "Nino" Arboleda Jr.
In an exclusive interview by Reporter Renato “Atong” Remogat, Parayno smarted
that the solon was behind the filing of the certificate of candidacy (CoC) of
this city’s former city mayor Amadeo “Bobom” Perez against him in the number
one elective seat of this entrepot city.
Parayno was known to be a loyalist of the Aliguas Guico Lambino (AGUILA) ticket
but decided to break away from the group because of the actuation of the young
Guico.
“Matagal ko ng kinikimkim iyan at alam ko rin na nag-uusap at pumupunta pa
mismo si Cong.Mon-mon sa bahay ng mga Perez at bakit pa nila ako pinalabanan kung
talagang kaalyado nila ako?” he said.
He used to be a
party man and would not easily bolt to the other camp, he added.
“ Hindi ko naman gagawin iyong babaligtad ako sa grupo dahil “ party man” at
kaalyado nila ako”.
Parayno, it can
be recalled, left the camp of Governor Espino before the May 2019 election when
he learned that the governor’s father and namesake the then incumbent congressman
of the district smoked the piece pipe with his rival former mayor Perez and his
father and namesake.
Espino,
affectionately called “Ama” sued with criminal libel case the older Perez
because of his pronouncement against Espino during the meeting de avance in
Lingayen of Mark Cojuangco’s failed bid for the 2016 governorship race against
the young Espino.
Parayno was a
vice mayor then who ran for the mayoralty against Maria Teresa Socorro Perez -Naguiat
- the younger sister of the then exiting chief executive of this city.
“Meron pagka-seloso daw si Mayor. Parang ganoon din
ang nangyari last election kasi kasama ni Ama na sana si Mayor Rammy kaso
nalaman niya na nagpunta si Ama kina Perez. Ayon kumabila siya,” a source of Northern Watch Newspaper, on
conditioned of anonymity, said.
Parayno played a key role in
catapulting Guico to the congressional
seat by snatching in a hair-thin votes of 3,512 (1.42%) among the 246, 760
electorates the congressional diadem from the older Espino.
That victory was an upset to a seasoned politico who brainchild the victories of his sons –Governor Espino and Second District Rep. Jumel Espino -, wife Bugallon Mayor Priscilla Espino, and allies in the mayoralty races in many parts of the humungous province.
Political kibitzers saw the shift of loyalty of Parayno to have a major effect
to the political stocks of Congressman Guico and his father in the Eastern
Pangasinan’s district.
Late last year,
another Guico loyalist Board Member John Louie Sison defected to the Espino
Camp. Sison and Parayno were seen in a photo shot posted last night at Facebook
with Governor Espino and congressional candidate Arboleda.
It was captioned “Nagpahayag ng suporta si Urdaneta City Mayor Julio "Rammy" Parayno III at Vice Mayor Jing Parayno sa administrasyon ni Gob. Amado "Pogi" I. Espino III sa isang simpleng pulong kanina. Kasama ni Gob. Espino sina BM John Louie Sison at former BM Niรฑo Arboleda”.
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