It's final. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will be running as congresswoman in 2010 elections. She will be filing her certificate of candidacy today. She is barred from running the presidency because the Constitution prohibits her from doing so. She is qualified to run as a senator but why choose Congress? Simple answer for a complicated issue. GMA wants to stay in power beyond 2010. "To me it is a simple lead to poilitical power," says Ernesto Maceda, spokesperson of United Opposition (UNO). If she really wants to serve the people, she should have chosen the Senate seat because she will be elected-at-large unlike for a Congress seat where only voters from the 2nd district of Pampanga will be casting their votes. If she wins, she can persuade her allies in Congress to pursue charter change, dissolve the Senate, and of course the assembly would elect her as the new prime minister.
According to Rep. Teddy Casiño of Bayan Muna, he has never seen a leader so obsessed with power as Mrs. Arroyo. "She is drunk with power and can’t get enough. I think she needs professional help," he further said.
HINDI AKO TATAKBO SA PAGKAPANGULO SA 2010 'NO? SA KONGRESO NA LANG, 'NO?
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