BY MICHAEL MEDINA, ONLINE EDITOR
DESPITE of the winning streak of their standard bearer Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III as the country’s new president, the Liberals in Zamboanga del Sur all suffered defeat against the incumbents from the ruling party and its coalition.
It seems that both the black and white propaganda from the brightest spin doctors of the provincial LP headed by last-termed Vice-Gov. Roseller “Roy” Ariosa failed to convince people to vote them into their desired positions.
Ariosa is a former Cerilles ally before he had a falling out after his boss, 2nd District Rep. Antonio Cerilles, accordingly reneged on his promise to let him run for the May 2010 polls as governor because Cerilles himself will be running.
Hobbled with limited campaign funds and odd running mates, who are previously his political adversaries, Ariosa and his team of liberals ran against Cerilles and his powerful lineup of state politicians while keeping his fingers crossed but eventually lost, ending his not-so-colorful political career.
In his Facebook wall, the vice-governor wrote: “The people of the Republic of the Philippines and Zamboanga del Sur needs and want change, but that CHANGES when money is involved,” alluding to the reported rampant vote-buying activity during last Monday’s elections.
Ariosa and other LP candidates have been complaining of vote-buying in the province where money is enclosed in folded and stapled sample ballots and usually left for distribution in the houses of barangay officials.
Ariosa had hoped that if he won the polls and if the other liberals were successful in there campaign, Zambosur will have transformation and they will bring in the needed replacements of people in the Capitol.
But the people’s voice is more deafening and they chose to place their confidence to Cerilles’ slate after claims cropped up that Ariosa has sided with controversial politicians and the so-called hunted men of the government who are suspected drug lords and gun-runners.
Based on the tally of the Provincial Board of Canvassers as of Tuesday, Ariosa got 115,505 against Cerilles’ 229,307. For vice-governorship, Lakewood mayor Domingo Mirar settled only with 73,194 while outgoing board member Juan Regala got 233,350.
For the congressional race, incumbent 1st District Rep. Victor Yu is a high pointer with 154,452 as against Romeo Vera Cruz’s 50,719 while Gov. Aurora Cerilles got a wide margin of 107,884 votes in contrast to Tirsendo Poloyapoy’s 23,029.
DESPITE of the winning streak of their standard bearer Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III as the country’s new president, the Liberals in Zamboanga del Sur all suffered defeat against the incumbents from the ruling party and its coalition.
It seems that both the black and white propaganda from the brightest spin doctors of the provincial LP headed by last-termed Vice-Gov. Roseller “Roy” Ariosa failed to convince people to vote them into their desired positions.
Ariosa is a former Cerilles ally before he had a falling out after his boss, 2nd District Rep. Antonio Cerilles, accordingly reneged on his promise to let him run for the May 2010 polls as governor because Cerilles himself will be running.
Hobbled with limited campaign funds and odd running mates, who are previously his political adversaries, Ariosa and his team of liberals ran against Cerilles and his powerful lineup of state politicians while keeping his fingers crossed but eventually lost, ending his not-so-colorful political career.
In his Facebook wall, the vice-governor wrote: “The people of the Republic of the Philippines and Zamboanga del Sur needs and want change, but that CHANGES when money is involved,” alluding to the reported rampant vote-buying activity during last Monday’s elections.
Ariosa and other LP candidates have been complaining of vote-buying in the province where money is enclosed in folded and stapled sample ballots and usually left for distribution in the houses of barangay officials.
Ariosa had hoped that if he won the polls and if the other liberals were successful in there campaign, Zambosur will have transformation and they will bring in the needed replacements of people in the Capitol.
But the people’s voice is more deafening and they chose to place their confidence to Cerilles’ slate after claims cropped up that Ariosa has sided with controversial politicians and the so-called hunted men of the government who are suspected drug lords and gun-runners.
Based on the tally of the Provincial Board of Canvassers as of Tuesday, Ariosa got 115,505 against Cerilles’ 229,307. For vice-governorship, Lakewood mayor Domingo Mirar settled only with 73,194 while outgoing board member Juan Regala got 233,350.
For the congressional race, incumbent 1st District Rep. Victor Yu is a high pointer with 154,452 as against Romeo Vera Cruz’s 50,719 while Gov. Aurora Cerilles got a wide margin of 107,884 votes in contrast to Tirsendo Poloyapoy’s 23,029.
