"Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. said he was not aware of any such move. Sen. Mar Roxas said he did not know anything about it, while Sen. Richard Gordon said nobody had approached him about it. Sen. Benigno Aquino III said he was not aware of any attempt to oust Villar at present."--from the Philippine Daily Inquirer report today, 14 September 2008.
Senators seem incredulous at all those coup stories against Villar. And it seems that, indeed, there's no real attempt at ousting Villar, not at this point. Majority Floor Leader Jinggoy Estrada says he continues to support Villar, obviously since his father, the former president, Erap Estrada, has a strong alliance with the S.T. (Singit at Taga) star.
And the Senate president is confident that a number of senators still support him, despite him being tagged into an anomalous double insertion scam.
So, my friends, it seems that Villar will again survive this one. It's a numbers game at the Senate. Forget about morality. Don't think that the insertion is plain and simple immoral and smacks of graft and corruption. No, no, no!
For Villar and his group of senators, this is nothing. What counts is Villar continues to enjoy the trust and support of the senators. The question is--do the people trust him, now that there's accusations of him making all those double insertions?
I thank God that this early, we are being given the chance to know more about our presidentiables. And surely, we know now who not to support as our president come decision time.
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