Ironically, the results, except for
that of the position of mayor and vice mayor, are consistent with
previous Cebu City elections. BOPK as in elections past,
swept the congressional race for the city's two districts. It also
almost swept the council race. The fact that four of the
opposition bets won is also consistent with the results when Alvin
ran for reelection against Tomas. Team Rama's performance mimic too
that of Kusug in elections past.
What was abnormal as far
as BOPK is concerned was the defeat of its mayoral and vice mayoral
bets. The party in all the elections it participated in the past
delivered consistent results for its entire slate. But this time,
something untoward happened. And BOPK is groping for answers.
The results at a glance
would mean within BOPK, some junking of candidates happened involving
no less than the party head. For how else would you explain the
victory of almost everyone except for the standard bearer?
If so, the junking didn't
come from the party head himself who would be in the position to make
such order for that would be illogical. It could have come from someone
else, equally influential, someone outside BOPK perhaps, working inside,
loosening screws, cutting wires within the BOPK machinery enough to
upset the election results. For sure, those involved won't tell surveys their choices and schemes.
Is Tomas losing control
over his own party? If he is, filing an election protest is an exercise in
futility. It's like cutting the wrong tree. Like Caesar, he may have to ask the difficult question, Et tu, Brute?
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