Vote for Mig

(Choosing the 12 Part 2)

I watched the GMA TV Show Isang Tanong last Sunday at 10:45 pm. It featured some of the senatoriables in an interesting show format.

The show format called the Senatoriables three by three. The first senatoriable sits on the “HOTSEAT” while the other two stay in a sound-proof booth (just like in the beauty pageants). The GMA anchor directs 1 question to the senatiorable in the HOTSEAT and he/she has 1 minute 30 seconds to answer the question. This will be the same question that will be asked to the other 2 senatoriables in the sound-proof booth. After that, the Senatoriable will be asked a specific question by one of the members of the media. The candidate has 1 minute to answer the question. The final question will come from the “ballot box”. The ballot box contains questions asked by the other senatoriables in the panel.

The following were last Sunday’s guests, with my opinion on how they faired. I think the remaining candidates will be featured next Sunday.

I was disappointed with the KAPATIRAN party candidates. I saw their platform through forwarded emails but the Senatoriables who were there last Sunday weren’t too impressive. Like they didn’t know what to do.

I was turned off with Chiz Escudero and Alan Cayetano. All they talk about is abolishing corruption, but they didn’t say how. How can you abolish something that was already there since Rizal’s time?

Noynoy Aquino was also a disappointment. I’m not sure if he’s good. But he was stuttering all the time.

Angara was pretty good. I might just vote for him.

But the one person that surprised me was Miguel “Migz” Zubiri.

He’s okay with abolishing the Pork Barrel, for as long as the money goes to projects for the 4th-6th Class Municipalities. He thinks that job generation in rural areas is one way to help alleviate poverty. As a 3-time congressman, he had perfect attendance in all the plenary sessions (sulit ang taxpayer’s money). He’s not the most eloquent man, but he speaks with enough confidence. He seems to be clear on what he wants to do, and he’s got enough experience to know what to do.

I hope to learn more about the other candidates (Villar, Pangilinan, Paredes- the last Kapatiran Senatoriable, and others) in tomorrows Part Two of ISANG TANONG. I suggest you watch it too.

For now there’s only one Senatoriable who gets a definite vote from me. And that’s my namesake: MIGUEL.