Complete Slates
With the political jockeying over, and the slates finally complete, we finally know which ones have succumbed to political pressure and which ones remained true to their convictions. OK, it’s one sided. Obviously, the individuals who remained true to their convictions are few to none. I won’t list them, it seems obvious.
Now that the pre-campaign hubbub is over, let the cheat-off begin!
Here are the final list of candidates according to their party affiliation.
TEAM Unity
Michael Defensor
Ralph Recto
Joker Arroyo
Edgardo Angara
Vicente Sotto III
Teresa Aquino-Oreta
Luis “Chavit” Singson
Prospero Pichay
Vicente Magsaysay
Carlos Jericho Petilla
Miguel Zubiri
Sultan Jamalul Kiram III
Opposition Candidates
Benigno Aquino III
Allan Peter Cayetano
Anna Dominique Coseteng
Francis Escudero
Panfilo Lacson
Loren Legarda
John Osmeña
Francis Pangilinan
Aquilino Pimentel III
Sonia Roco
Antonio Trillanes IV
Manuel Villar, Jr. (via)
Independent:
Kiko Pangalinan
Richard Gomez
Although, I still don’t know what to make of Richard Gomez running as independent. It was not a choice, it was forced upon him, because no party would actually take him in their final slates, even though he was trying hard to woo both sides to let him in their slates.
Let me ponder the candidates for a little while, and hopefully come up with who will be strong enough to stick to their convictions come inauguration. And let us not forget the local elections. The local elections will be much more important come May.
