18.05.07
Kamag-anak ko, kasabwat ko (My kin, my accomplice)
- Alan Peter Cayetano, Aquilino Pimentel III, Benigno Aquino III, Chiz Escudero, Genuine Opposition, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Panfilo Lacson, Readers' Blog Posts, TEAM Unity, Vicente Magsaysay -
HISTORY repeats itself like a broken record.
Before, it was conjugal dictatorship and cronies. Then, it was Kamag-anak, Inc. Now, we call it political dynasty. Really, there’s nothing new under the sun.
The Estradas had set a bad precedent when mother and son won simultaneous seats in the Senate. In the recent election, we saw senatoriables with kin already sitting in the Senate. That’s one the reasons why I did not vote for Alan Cayetano, Vic Magsaysay and Koko Pimentel (See my previous blog entry: http://inquirerbloggers.net/eleksyon2007/2007/05/16/why-i-did-not-vote-for-pichay-cayetano-et-al/).
