150 local sectoral leaders to call for Binay to run for president in 2010

October 26, 2008

By Lizanilla J. Amarga

Some multi-sectoral leaders here in Northern Mindanao will be joining their counterparts in other parts of the country this Monday in the call to have Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay as the “alternative” presidential candidate for the opposition in the National Elections this coming 2010.

Spearheading the local initiative are Northern Mindanao Regional Tribal Council president Fernando Bermoy, Mindanao Youth Volunteer Corps, Inc. president Rhobert Maestre, Non-Government Organization (NGO) Council – Region X president Jordan Ian Apat, Kagawasang Mindanaw co-convenor Stanley Uriante and BINAY NA! Youth Region 10-Cagayan de Oro president Karlos Adolfo Cañeda.

They announced that there will be a formal gathering of some 150 local leaders from different sectors here in the region at the the Balay Mindanao center in Barangay Bulua this city this Monday.

Parralel efforts are also initiated in other regional centers such as Cebu, Davao, Tacloban, Bohol, Iloilo and Bacolod all coordinated by their national convenor Rodolfo Cañeda and support of Sen. Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel, Jr.

The leaders said the general assembly this Monday is in connection to the regionwide consultations they earlier conducted with their respective organizations where there was a consensus to join the call for Binay to run for president.

These leaders voiced convictions that Binay, who is the national president of both the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) and the United Opposition (UNO), is the only one they consider as the “true opposition leader from the ranks” as compared to the others who have already manifested their intentions to run for president in 2010.

They pointed out that Binay is also known not just for “creating partnerships” with different sectors in society and reaching across political aisles for the sake of progress, but also, to “look for new approaches” in situations while remaining consistent to his ideals.

For them, Binay has a “good record” with how he turned Makati City as one of the most progressive cities in the country

“Binay brought so much progress and development in Makati City as its mayor, we believe that he can do the same for our country as its president,” Maestre said.

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