As early as December 2008, the newly created coalition of party list groups made by Bayan Muna, Anakpawis, Gabriela Women’s Party, Kabataan Party, Act and Courage called Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan or Makabayan has formulated its rules pertaining to the endorsement of a presidentiable in the upcoming 2010 elections.
Knowing that it has significant crowd supporters that can be translated into votes which it has proven in the 2007 elections, Makabayan has been boasting their “electoral asset” to the different presidential aspirants to include giving a pledged of public endorsement to these personalities.
Among those spoken to include Manny Villar, Joseph “Erap” Estrada, Mar Roxas, Ping Lacson, Loren Legarda, Dick Gordon, Bayani Fernando and even Jesus is Lord Movement leader Bro Eddie Villanueva.
During this so-called talks or negotiations, Makabayan members have been asking for financial support – separate contribution for their party list groups’ electoral kitty and for the daily operation of Makabayan as a movement – and are also bargaining for an assured post election position in the winning presidentiable’s cabinet in exchange for votes from their ranks.
However, unbeknownst to the personalities they have spoken to, Makabayan has no intention of seeing through with their end of the bargain as they have no plans of ever publicly endorsing a presidential candidate.
They are merely leading on the presidentiables that they would be publicly endorsed and that they would have assured votes from Makabayan allied groups during the 2010 elections and yet all of these are empty promises.
Aside from making empty promises, Makabayan also plans to attack the winning presidentiable after he or she has successfully positioned himself or herself in Malacañang.
Similar to what they did with then Vice President Gloria Arroyo when they first helped her to be the successor of Erap but after a while withdrew their support when they were not given positions under the then newly installed administration, the Makabayan is also planning to do the very same thing to whoever will be victorious in 2010.
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