People Power Coalition to power Noynoy-Mar tandem

Revival of People's Power Coalition (PPC)

Will there be a revival of the People Power Coalition (PPC), the organization that powered the Yellow Army to power? Now that Mar Roxas, president of the Liberal Party already accepted the vice presidential candidacy, the LP has just completed its slate. A recent survey shows that a Noynoy-Mar tandem would definitely corner 51% of the votes, a formidable pairing if compared with a Chiz Escudero-Loren Legarda tandem.

It seems that the Noynoy-Mar tandem would break out of the LP organization and lead what others term as a "People Power Coalition". In the past, this coalition includes the Lakas-CMD party of former speaker Joe de Venecia Jr. With the problems being encountered by the administration party, the Partido Lakas-KAMPI CMD, will this lead to a breakaway and formally dissolve PALAKA?

PALAKA dissected

A source in the COMELEC says that Commissioners are decided not to formally recognize PALAKA. That opens the possibility of Lakas party members going all out for a PPC with the Liberal Party and its aligned organizations. An LP-Lakas coalition, with the support of various civil society members and people's organizations is undauntedly a strong electoral machine.

PPC is definitely a monkeywrench thrown in the political alignments. A Lakas-CMD less PALAKA will cut the administration party in half. If that happens, that will definitely frustrate the campaign of Defense secretary Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro. Will Kampi stay with its decision to field Teodoro or will it just coalesce with another party?

Lakas-less administration party to coalesce with NPC?

Sources say, a Lakas-CMD less administration party intends to coalesce with the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC). Teodoro, some analysts say, would just slide down to senator, to keep the NPC sanctioned tandem, Chiz Escudero-Loren Legarda pairing. Others say, Teodoro would just launch his own campaign, independent of the administration.

That would render Palaka power-less.

UNO to break up; Villar still scouting for a running mate

That leaves us with the so-called "united" opposition. For the past few surveys, Erap's surveys have shown inconsistencies. The last survey shows him at third place, not a formidable number since he will be facing such formidable opponents like Noynoy and Villar. Erap also faces the same problems as Villar's---they lack strong choices for running mates.

Erap's camp is floating an Erap-Binay tandem, not a very strong pairing. This pairing is still up in the air since talks are rife that Binay is slated to join the People's Power Coalition (PPC) as possibly either its campaign manager or one of its senatoriables. If that happens, that leaves Erap without a vice presidential bet, and open to the possibility of a coalition.

Villar is floating a Villar-de Castro or a Villar-Cayetano or a Villar-Estrada tandems. De Castro has already said he will not pair with Villar while Cayetano said that she was unaware of any talks about it.

If Villar fails to get a suitable partner for him, he will probably entertain merger talks with UNO. That will be a graceful exit for Erap. Hence, a Villar-Estrada tandem.