In Iloilo, politics is addition

Carmela Fonbuena

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A loyal Liberal Party member gives up his ambition to return to the Capitol to make way for the alliance of 3 political families.

ILOILO, Philippines – Senators Chiz Escudero, Loren Legarda and censors chief Grace Poe all joined the Team PNoy campaign rally in vote-rich Iloilo province on the same day that rival slate United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) announced it is junking them as common candidates.

If politics is addition, UNA’s move to junk Escudero, Legarda, and Poe is a big loss to them.

But politics in Iloilo is a testament to the politics of addition. The Liberal Party stalwart former Iloilo Rep Niel Tupas Sr gave way to political rival incumbent Gov Art Defensor to make way for the coalition of Iloilo’s 3 political clans — Tupases, Defensors, and Garins.

Tupas slid to the congressional race to support Defensor’s re-election bid. – Rappler.com

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