The Mar Roxas blunder

In pushing aside a loyal Liberal Party leader in Niel Tupas Sr. to bring in Arthur Defensor Sr. and Oscar Garin, DILG secretary Mar Roxas has succeeded in reinforcing the winnability of the man he wanted defeated in next year’s gubernatorial race.

Original LP leaders in Iloilo province were so disgusted over the shabby treatment Roxas, and President Aquino, gave Tupas that they immediately packed  their bags and crossed over to the United Nationalist Alliance of Congressman Ferjenel Biron.

Now, Roxas only has Defensor, and Garin, to fend for him. Which is going to be a tough mission, because the reconfiguration of Iloilo provincial politics tilted the balance in favor of Biron.

The true-blooded Liberals abandoned the sham “matuwid na daan” because of this betrayal of the cause. It’s traditional politics in the shade of KBL forty years ago. Aquino, Roxas and Franklin Drilon shelved the principles of the LP and embraced the practices of Marcos. Along the way, they forged an alliance with Bong Bong Marcos.