And things are already heating even before President Benigno Aquino officially takes power.
Rumors abound that there is a rift between the President-elect and his Vice-President-elect Jejomar Binay.
Seemingly the rationale for this rift is the fact that Binay won and Roxas, Aquino's running mate lost.
This despite the fact that Binay has been a long running Aquino family friend and supporter.
Now there are added allegations that Roxas and his group is out to sabotage further Binay's relationship with Aquino.
Hopefully this would not turn out to be true but if it was then I will say this is one major case of being a sore loser.
But then again politics is everything but clean here in the Philippines so something like this is par for the course.
The same can be said about the Ampatuan Clan's denial that they had nothing to do with the murder of a key witness against them - Suwaib Upham, also known as Jesse.
Of course they will deny it but then again who is most likely to gain if a witness against them is killed.
Hmmmmm . . . who I wonder?
It's not like you would need a crystal ball to figure this out. But then again with the way our police and justice system are so incompetent maybe they do need that crystal ball.
Which finally brings me to the not so surprising news that Aquino's government would be facing the burden of a huge public deficit.
Again it doesn't take a crystal ball to figure out who is to blame for all this right?
I mean come on people if you can't even figure it out then our country deserves what we are getting right now.
And he is still planning to go ahead with adding an extra 2 years to the elementary and high school programs.
Where will the money come from. Yes education is important but you need to fund it.
Also, I think the first order of business is to add more classrooms and more teachers before we can even think about adding extra years.
I remember that before my classes took the whole day. Now it's not even half a day.
WTF will anyone learn in such a short time.
President-elect Aquino should set priorities straight first before pushing for something grand but impossible to accomplish under current condition.
Until then we will continue to be stuck where we are.
But knowing Filipinos that will be par for the course.
It's really official - well semi-official at least - Benigno Aquino III and Jejomar Binay are our country's next President and Vice-President respectively.
Congress, sitting as the National Board of Canvassers, finally finished canvassing the 278 certificates of votes - a process which had been marred by delays due to questions about the election's validity as well as accusations of fraud.
Of course it's not over until it's really over since Senator Manuel Roxas is probably going to file an electoral protest.
Whatever the outcome of that remains to be seen.
But at least for now, a new leadership has been chosen by the people and will take office come end of June.
Whether it will be better or worst than what we've had is still up in the air.
We can only hope that President-elect Aquino would follow through with his promises and be able to steer the country to a better course than where it has been headed now.
And may the vice-president-elect and all the senators and representatives put aside politics and work for the actual good of the country.
Seems like a logical thing to ask . . .
. . . Or is that whistling in the wind?
Or maybe we're so into the long story line of figuring out who the winner is that we like to watch the drama of our elections unfold.
After all tele-novelas are tele-novelas but the election drama only comes once every 3 years - and it's live.
Hmmm maybe if we still can't decide who the the vice-president will be why not have the two front runners Binay and Roxas slug it out in a no holds barred contest to decide who will be Aquino's partner for the next 6 years.
If you prefer something more civilized then WATCH THIS!
Anyway, let's get this elections over with because the longer it stays on the more ridiculous it gets - Koala Bears be damned . . .
Things are heating up between vice-presidential bets Jejomar Binay and Mar Roxas.
Accusations of fraud and what not has been slung between the two with no signs of abating
No surprise as the gap between the two is negligible and so it is unsure who will really win the coveted easy seat of Vice-President of the Philippines.
Why do I say it's an easy job?
To my mind the vice-president, at least in our country really does nothing - much. If they do they really don't get that much exposure.
Also, since the vice-president often is from a different party, the president will not be that open to using the VP since he or she does not want the VP to get politically strong and win the the next national election for the other party.
And let's just say there's really no trust because of the different party thing. That's why I wonder why we don't elect both the president and the vice-president as one package - much like in the United States.
But because of the current system, the VP gets to network and be behind the scenes without much concern. He or she gets an on-the-job-training on how to be a president so when the times comes he or she knows what to do and not what to do - especially if the president does something that becomes truly unpopular.
So who ever wins the vice-presidency will, barring any stupid mistakes that can result in political suicide - like vice-president Noli de Castro - most likely be the next president.
So depending on who you want it's either going to be Binay or Roxas.
We just have to wait and see.
And things are already heating even before President Benigno Aquino officially takes power.
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