MAKABAYAN: VOTES IN EXCHANGE FOR CABINET POSTS

Who would have thought that a seemingly patriotic alliance such as the Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan or MAKABAYAN for short is actually a group of blackmailers? This fact was revealed in a document recently discovered by Jaime Laude of Philippine Star who did a story on said broad political alliance to which progressive party list groups such as Bayan Muna, Gabriela Women’s Party and Anakpawis are at the helm. According to (writer)’s take on the document, MAKABAYAN precursors have been promising to deliver a million votes to several known presidentiables – Mar Roxas, Loren Legarda, Joseph Estrada, Jamby Madrigal, Manny Villar and Jejomar Binay – and are demanding that their proffered number of ballots would be repaid by the winning candidate with several post-elective positions under their newly installed administration.

Based on this document, it is quite clear that as early as now MAKABAYAN is already on its first phase of implementing a grand electoral fraud for the upcoming elections as their offer is literally the same as selling votes to the highest bidder or to any of the presidentiables who can offer the juiciest position after 2010. Gone are the usual exchanges of P500 bills-for-votes normally seen on Election Day as the MAKABAYAN has successfully caused the evolution of electoral cheating in the country. And, mind you the group is a big-time dreamer as they have explicitly demanded cabinet positions from all the presidentiables which would mean that they could and would wheedle out various “request” from their padrinos whose victory they would naturally claim as their making.

What is further appalling from this unholy alliance is the fact that these politicos have been eagerly seeking an endorsement from MAKABAYAN without really knowing that the organization is merely playing them for a fool. Unbeknownst to them, the group has steadfastly approached each of the presidentiables and is offering the same depraved offer over and over again. A portion of the document - “consideration to deal with or criteria: pinakamalapot na ang critical support sa kandidato sa pagkapresidente ang….resources, post-elective position (cabinet post) at winnability” – further proved how convoluted the grand electoral fraud of MAKABAYAN really is.

MAKABAYAN is even aware that there is a big chance that these presidentiables will be irked by their supposed “endorsement” and their attached “demands” that precursors behind said broad political alliance have even directed their organizers to keep mum about how they planned to milk every presidential candidate for the upcoming 2010 elections and how they planned to renege their side of the bargain. For the poor gullible presidentiable, he or she will surely lose a couple of millions as MAKABAYAN is also insisting this big stipulation under their “contract”