By Mortz C. Ortigoza
A Congressman of a Party-list A asked the former mayor – who is
a mayorship candidate - of a big town to allow him to buy votes so his party
has chance to win the May 9 election. The offer was unheeded, the former Hizzoner is loyal to the
top honcho of Party-list B.
“I promised Party-list
B 30,000 votes where it already bought P1,000 per voter,” he told the
solon about the P30 million already given to the jostling and shoving electorates.
The ex- mayor said he can still intercede for Party-list A by providing him with the modicum 5,000 votes at P1,000 each.
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| Photo is internet grabbed. |
The Congressman smarted how the Hizzoner frugally treated
him. Instead of shelling out P5 million for the P1,000 each purchase of each of
the 5,000 voters, the solon asked his leaders in the town to prepare P3,000 for
each of the 30, 000 voters that the former mayor sold to the bigwig of
Party-list B at P1,000.
“Ang purpose ay agawin
ang boto ng kabila at bumoto sa Party-list A ang mga bobotantes,” my source
told me.
Gee whiz, that’s P90 million of vote buying in that town
alone. A congressman receives a monthly pay of more or less P300 thousand in
his three years’ term.
If he splurges P200 million procuring the votes of
bobotantes in selected provinces in the country his P300 thousand a month or
P11.7 million in three years or 39 months including his 13th month
pay could no longer recoup that P200 million.
That’s how a pedestrian would look on my “not recouping premise” the P200 million.
But remember a solon intercedes – with the blessing of Malacanang to avoid its
occupant being impeached – for hundreds of millions of pesos’ government
projects every year where he gets 20% commission – we called S.O.P – from each
of the contractors.
Who said government post in the Philippines is a thankless job?
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| Photo is internet grabbed. |
If you were shocked about the shameless dealing of our government
officials above, you will be astounded how insane the mayorship candidates of
this city.
Barely two weeks before the eve of the election, people in
this burgeoning government unit will be “ejaculated” where each of them
becoming recipient of oodle of bills in the wee hour in some selected houses
after the year’s long campaign period (including those unofficial months that started in early last year) of the May 9 acrimonious election. The 2022 poll saw friends parted
ways or “unfriend” each other at Facebook after exchanging acerbic words in
some argumentations because it was ruined by their zealous partisanship with their
respective candidates for the presidency (BBM and Leni) down to the mayorship.
Just like what happened in the past elections, pag nagbigay
ang kalaban ng P5,000 kada voter ang rival will give to the same voter P6,000.
Then pataasan na sila ng procurement of vote. Salamabit! If each of the
mayoralty bets spend up to half-a- billion pesos (P500 million) in the
ingratiation game with the bobotantes to an office that gives P150,000 a month
only - then this candidate could no longer recover their colossal expenses.
Since the mayorship rivals are moneyed, this expensive bidding
game with the stupid bribery vulnerable voters ensue because of their pride and
prestige to win the measly paying mayorship post.
Now, this ego-tripping is patently insane!
READ MY BLOG:
Why Politicians Spend a Fortune to a Post that Pays a Pittance?
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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