

And his own uncle, Ambassador Danding Cojuangco, owner of the Nationalist People’s Coalition, had formally announced that the party will choose between Senators Legarda and Escudero. I told him that he needed to show both his wares and intent early on. Early last year, when we bumped into each other at the wedding of Anthony Taberna and his lovely Roselle, Gilbert hinted at a desire to seek the highest post in the land. Never mind that he has proven competence in administration.Īdministration loyalists are also thinking of Gilbert Teodoro, who has been competently running that staff department called National Defense. I have always known him to be a man who weighs his chances carefully, and he knows that a presidential run at this time is “suntok sa buwan”. Over the weekend, Quezon City Mayor Sonny Belmonte categorically declared before the Kapihan sa Sulo forum that he is not running for president, dashing the hopes of some Lakas faithful that he could be their standard-bearer.

But are there any others waiting for their “timing” to announce their candidacies? These are the names most often enumerated by media, and the ones most often included by the pre-campaign poll surveys. Francis Escudero, Vice-President Noli de Castro, Sen. Loren Legarda, MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando, Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay, then Sen.

In the order of our articles, they have been former president Joseph Estrada, Sen. We have described ten presidential wannabe’s in previous columns. Last Friday, we described in this space what to our mind are the parameters of informed choice, for the kind of president we should elect in 2010.
