Partisan Panlilio
BY TAKING his oath as a member of the Liberal Party, Gov. Eddie T. Panlilio shucked liberalism and clothed himself with partisanship.
Taking “liberal” here in the sense of “suitable for a freeman; not restricted…, broad: showing or characterized by broad-mindedness…,not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; free from bigotry…”
By taking his oath as a member of LP, accepting the party chairmanship for Pampanga and now directly engaging in highly-partisan politics, Panlilio has restricted his political thoughts and action to the advancement of the interests of his party.
For starters, Panlilio named a number of individuals to carry the LP standard in the battle for mayoralty posts, to wit: sitting vice mayors Diman Datu in Bacolor, Norman Lacson in Magalang, Bajun Lacap in Masantol and Jing Capil in Porac; winning electoral protestant but still not-sitting Mozart Panlaqui in Sasmuan; vice-mayoralty loser Dr. Victor Tiglao in Mabalacat; one Juvy Navarro in Macabebe, and one Agnes Yambao in Minalin.
Panlilio was expected to bring in this harvest of prospective leaders, along with later finds, before LP standard bearer Senator Noynoy Aquino and running-mate Mar Roxas in a grand spectacle at the Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center yesterday.
As to what elective position Panlilio would seek, a slot in the LP senatorial ticket or the governorship anew, Panlilio kept mum.
"The process we are taking is that we select, negotiate and confirm with the prospective candidates their willingness to run and join the LP. Thereafter, for mayors, as an example, they would subsequently be in charge of creating their own line-ups. The provincial level, for vice-governor ay wala pa. Same is true with the gubernatorial post. We are still in the process of negotiating with prospective candidates." So a local daily quoted Panlilio as saying.
"We are continuously trying to convince and talk to prospective candidates for governor…” So stressed Panlilio, the local daily said.
Who these prospective candidates for governor are, Panlilio did not say.
But – as it was in 2007 – Panlilio himself opened his availability to run for the governorship “no one rises to the call for governor.”
A unnamed supporter of Panlilio was reported to have said that the governor “is already firm on his decision to run again in next year's elections.”
"There are some who are asking him to run for senator but that lack of possible candidate in the gubernatorial race here is keeping him away from that possibility. The truth is he has in fact made up his mind on the matter." So was the supporter quoted directly.
Whether Panlilio runs or not, the fact that he now call the shots for the LP in Pampanga makes him highly partisan, and therefore a divisive force in the community, and thus an open violator of the Canon Law.
One instance of Panlilio cleaving even families is his reported wooing of former vice-governor Cielo Macapagal-Salgado to run against her half-sister, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, should she aspire for the 2nd district congressional seat.
Panlilio’s high-partisanship was not lost to many Kapampangans but it took one “parishioner” Armando Canda to write Archbishop Eduard Joseph Adams, D.D, the Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines: “Your Excellency, please take note that Fr. Panlilio has cruelly divided the Catholics in Pampanga including the Clergy. We have learned from our catechism that among other things, a priest should be the symbol of Christian unity and communion. Fr. Panlilio is exactly the contradiction of this precious truth.”
Pleaded Canda: “Fr. Panlilio is a bad example to the other priests especially the young ones. As he engages deeper into the realm of partisan politics, we believe that the Church need not wait for him to seek this dispensation. Instead, we feel that the time has come for the Church to conduct an investigation to once and for all determine if Fr. Panlilio is still an acceptable and qualified member of the priesthood. If determined otherwise, we believe that he should be immediately laicized and removed from the priesthood so that he will not be able to use his status in the Church to influence and pursue his personal or his party’s political agenda,”
Now, will the Church set the line on Panlilio this time?
Taking “liberal” here in the sense of “suitable for a freeman; not restricted…, broad: showing or characterized by broad-mindedness…,not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; free from bigotry…”
By taking his oath as a member of LP, accepting the party chairmanship for Pampanga and now directly engaging in highly-partisan politics, Panlilio has restricted his political thoughts and action to the advancement of the interests of his party.
For starters, Panlilio named a number of individuals to carry the LP standard in the battle for mayoralty posts, to wit: sitting vice mayors Diman Datu in Bacolor, Norman Lacson in Magalang, Bajun Lacap in Masantol and Jing Capil in Porac; winning electoral protestant but still not-sitting Mozart Panlaqui in Sasmuan; vice-mayoralty loser Dr. Victor Tiglao in Mabalacat; one Juvy Navarro in Macabebe, and one Agnes Yambao in Minalin.
Panlilio was expected to bring in this harvest of prospective leaders, along with later finds, before LP standard bearer Senator Noynoy Aquino and running-mate Mar Roxas in a grand spectacle at the Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center yesterday.
As to what elective position Panlilio would seek, a slot in the LP senatorial ticket or the governorship anew, Panlilio kept mum.
"The process we are taking is that we select, negotiate and confirm with the prospective candidates their willingness to run and join the LP. Thereafter, for mayors, as an example, they would subsequently be in charge of creating their own line-ups. The provincial level, for vice-governor ay wala pa. Same is true with the gubernatorial post. We are still in the process of negotiating with prospective candidates." So a local daily quoted Panlilio as saying.
"We are continuously trying to convince and talk to prospective candidates for governor…” So stressed Panlilio, the local daily said.
Who these prospective candidates for governor are, Panlilio did not say.
But – as it was in 2007 – Panlilio himself opened his availability to run for the governorship “no one rises to the call for governor.”
A unnamed supporter of Panlilio was reported to have said that the governor “is already firm on his decision to run again in next year's elections.”
"There are some who are asking him to run for senator but that lack of possible candidate in the gubernatorial race here is keeping him away from that possibility. The truth is he has in fact made up his mind on the matter." So was the supporter quoted directly.
Whether Panlilio runs or not, the fact that he now call the shots for the LP in Pampanga makes him highly partisan, and therefore a divisive force in the community, and thus an open violator of the Canon Law.
One instance of Panlilio cleaving even families is his reported wooing of former vice-governor Cielo Macapagal-Salgado to run against her half-sister, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, should she aspire for the 2nd district congressional seat.
Panlilio’s high-partisanship was not lost to many Kapampangans but it took one “parishioner” Armando Canda to write Archbishop Eduard Joseph Adams, D.D, the Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines: “Your Excellency, please take note that Fr. Panlilio has cruelly divided the Catholics in Pampanga including the Clergy. We have learned from our catechism that among other things, a priest should be the symbol of Christian unity and communion. Fr. Panlilio is exactly the contradiction of this precious truth.”
Pleaded Canda: “Fr. Panlilio is a bad example to the other priests especially the young ones. As he engages deeper into the realm of partisan politics, we believe that the Church need not wait for him to seek this dispensation. Instead, we feel that the time has come for the Church to conduct an investigation to once and for all determine if Fr. Panlilio is still an acceptable and qualified member of the priesthood. If determined otherwise, we believe that he should be immediately laicized and removed from the priesthood so that he will not be able to use his status in the Church to influence and pursue his personal or his party’s political agenda,”
Now, will the Church set the line on Panlilio this time?
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