Kudeta vs Villar konektado sa 2010 prexy polls - JDV

MANILA – Kumbinsido si dating Speaker Jose de Venecia na malaki ang kinalaman sa girian ng mga “presidentiables" sa 2010 presidential elections sa pagkakaalis kay Senador Manny Villar bilang pinuno ng Senado nitong Lunes.

“The 2010 presidential elections is very clear, five presidentiables (Sens. Manuel Roxas, Loren Legarda, Francis Escudero, Richard Gordon and Lacson) all go against Villar, that is very clear…to put it very well, (it’s all about) politics," ayon sa dating lider ng Kamara de Representantes nitong Martes.

Idinagdag ni De Venecia na mahirap talagang kontrolin ang liderato sa kapulungan kapag nanghimasok na ang Malacanang.

“Even I, after five terms, I could not control the situation (in the House) once Malacanang’s voted against me," idinagdag ni De Venecia na biktima rin ng kudeta sa kanyang liderato noong Pebrero 2008.

Hinihinalang ang pagtestigo ng anak niyang si Joey De Venecia III sa Senado tungkol sa ZTE-NBN deal ang dahilan kaya pinatalsik sa liderato si Rep De Venecia sa Kamara kapalit ni Speaker Prospero Nograles.

Sa kabila nito ay pinayuhan ni De Venecia ang bagong lider ng Senado si Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile na mag-ingat sa grupo ng bagong mayorya na kinabibilangan ng mga senador na kritiko ng Malacanang.

“Ingat (si) Sen. Enrile because he’s identified with Malacañang and lahat ng bumoto sa kanya eh puro against Malacanang," patungkol ni De Venecia kina Lacson at Madrigal.

Idinagdag nito na sa komposisyon ng bagong mayorya at pagkakaroon ng kanya-kanyang agenda ng mga senador ay hindi umano imposibleng malagay kaagad sa alanganin ang liderato ni Enrile.

“I suppose there’s an undesired convergence of interests because you have Lacson group, Madrigal group etc. They are anti-Malacanang but their candidate is (Sen. Juan) Ponce Enrile who is identified as a stalwart of Malacanang, so there was convergence of interests. Their desire to remove Villar was their primordial interest, so the beneficiary of that overriding interest is Enrile," paliwang ng dating speaker.

Kabilang sa bagong mayorya ang mga taga-oposisyon na sina Sens Lacson, Madrigal, Roxas, Legarda, Escudero, Rodolfo Biazon at Jinggoy Estrada. Kasama rin sa grupo ang mga pro-administrations Sens na sina Gordon, Lito Lapid, Gringgo Honasan, Ramon Revilla Jr, Miguel Zubiri, at Edgardo Angara.

Una ng nagpahayag ng pagdududa si Sen Aquilino Pimentel kung tatagal ang alyansa ng bagong liderato sa Senado na tinawag niyang “masahol" pa sa “halo-halo. gmanews.tv

De Venecia forming ‘powerful coalition’

MANILA, Philippines -- With his ties with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and some leaders of his political party, Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrat (CMD), severed, former speaker Jose de Venecia said Thursday that he was now working on a "powerful coalition" for the 2010 election that would elect the next President.

De Venecia said the coalition would form a "new enlarged powerful majority" that would field a strong contender and other candidates in the next national elections.

He said that he has started talking to leaders of several political parties and their members, and received commitments from some that early next year "they were prepared already to cross the river."

"In the light of the 2010 elections, I am working on a powerful coalition. … This is not Lakas anymore, it will be an enlarged rainbow coalition," De Venecia said in an interview.

Asked what would happen to the ongoing regional merger between Lakas and the Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (Partner of the Free Filipino, KMP) party of the President, De Venecia said, "That will fall along the wayside. You talk to our leader, we'll create a new enlarged powerful majority, elect the new President of the Philippines that is what we're working on."

The former speaker expressed confidence that the next president could come from his coalition and beat whoever the administration candidate would be. With the public opinion very much adverse to the Arroyo administration, he said any candidate associated with the President would suffer defeat.

De Venecia said the country's next leaders should attend to the battle against poverty and corruption, not to politics.

Asked if he was eyeing Vice President Noli de Castro to be their standard-bearer De Venecia said, it could be a subject of negotiation. "But our moves must be dictated by public opinion." inquirer.net