Too early to talk politics?

EDITORIAL

Politics should be put on the back burner to give way to more pressing issues like the power crisis, the unabated gas price increases and the impending tuition hikes.

Politicians are saying this through the media, but the impression on the people is that they are actually talking politics.

This, following the reported coalition forged between Vice President Jejomar Binay’s Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakasng Bayan (PDP-Laban) and former President Joseph Estrada’s PartidongMasang Pilipino (PMP) under the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) in the run up to next year’s midterm election.

 For one, Sen. ChizEscudero, who is seeking a reelection and has remained independent since he resigned from the Nationalist People’s Coalition in 2009, said more attention should be given to addressing the problems confronting the public rather than political plans.

“Alliances are political certainties and there is rhyme and reason to that. The polls may be already next year but personally I think it’s not yet the right time to be busy about political shopping.” Escudero said.“There are much more important issues that need attention and action like the power crisis, continuing gas price surge and the impending tuition increases as schools open again in the next few months.”

The senator said much had already been waylaid and disrupted in the legislative work of both chambers of Congress by the impeachment proceedings.

According to Escudero, there is a need to catch up with priorities that yield tangible and immediate gains for the people like jobs, food for the table and roofs over their heads. 


Point taken, but then, with the start of registration of candidates this October for the May elections next year, incumbent elective officials and aspirants for elective positions would be hard put doing work “for the people” along with campaigning for the polls.

Actually for most of these politicians, the campaign season has started.