Gobierno Que Se Merece

(The Gov't that We Deserved)

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

With those clowns in the Senate and House of Thieves and those running for the seat of the Commander -in-Thief, er, Chief and the Senate like Robin Padilla, Jojo Binay, Jinggoy and JV Estrada, and Monsour del Rosario- a martial art expert sanamagan!- who are in the Top 24 of the Senate bets as polled lately by SWS, I shuddered HolyJesusMary&Joseph!

Was it President Manuel Quezon - who rabble roused in the Senate of the Commonwealth Government (an OJT government given to us by our White Master the Yanks) in the 1930s - or was it U.S President Abraham Lincoln who said?:

Photo is an internet grabbed.

"Un pueblo obtiene solo el tipo de gobierno que se merece (A people get only the kind of government that they deserve)".

Below are the Top 24 Senate Candidates who would win the election of the 12 Senate seats if it was held on October 20 to 23, 2021. It was a Strat Base ADR commissioned polls by the Social Weather Station (SWS):

1) Raffy Tulfo with 60%,; 2) Former Senator Sorsogon Gov. Francis Escudero with 51%; 3) Taguig Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano with 50%; 4) Antique Rep. Loren Legarda with 45%; 5) Re-electionist Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri with 44%.; 6-7) Former Vice President Jejomar Binay and former Public Works Secretary Mark Villar with 40% each: Re-electionist Senator Risa Hontiveros with 36%,; 9) Former Senator Jinggoy Estrada with 33%; 10) Actor Robin Padilla with 29%; 11) Broadcaster Noli De Castro with 28% ; 12) Reelectionist Sen. Joel Villanueva with 27%.

Outside the Magic 12 are the following: 13) and 14) Former

Senator JV Ejercito and Re-electionist Sen. Richard Gordon with 26% each; 15) Re-Electionist Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian with 25%,; 16) Actor and former Quezon City mayor Herbert Bautista with 16% ; 17) Former Senator Gregorio Honasan with 23%.; 18) Former Senator Sonny Trillanes (21%); 19) Re-electionist Sen. Leila De Lima (11%); 20) Human Rights Lawyer Chel Diokno (10%); 21) Former Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro (9%); 22 and 23) Former Congressmen Neri Colmenares and Monsour Del Rosario (7% each) and; 24) Former Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol (6%).