4 FROM BARUG SO FAR. As of this news feed, Partido Barug was still waiting for word from Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) that would endorse more of its candidates. Only four Barug...
As of this news feed, Partido Barug was still waiting for word from Iglesia ni Cristo that would endorse more of its candidates. Only four Barug candidates have so far been"blessed" by INC: Cebu City reelectionist councilors Joel Gaganera and Jerry Guardo and newbie Jaypee Labella, and candidate for north district congresswoman Niña Mabatid.
Other candidates outside Cebu City who already got the INC backing include, media reports said, Governor Gwen Garcia, Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Ahong Chan, Talisay Mayor Samsam Gullas and others in the Alayon slate, and Minglanilla Mayor Rajid Enad.Chances were still open for a repeat of the INC support for Mike Rama and other Barug bets. In the 2019 election, INC went for Edgardo Labella, for mayor, Rama, vice mayor.
Mayor Rama called his INC visit"part of a religious inter-faith campaign as ascendant mayor and candidate for mayor." He didn't have to explain. Candidates, local and national, consider the INC support as extremely helpful, notably because of their bloc voting.Mayor Mike partly covered his political intentions in saying he was also promoting inter-faith in their April 7 visit.
INC must have helped the winners but, to be sure, they had a high batting average in choosing them a few days before the race.Apparently, INC has used bloc voting to make itself a political force to reckon with. Obviously, it has succeeded. Proof of that: INC is being sought for help by candidates every election. Its formula must be to support candidates who, the Iglesia believes, will win and occupy influential positions:"winnability" for high seats of power.
The INC supposedly wants only the freedom to exercise its religion. But then Constitution and the laws already guarantee that. It must want political leaders who assure and deliver the protection -- or risk denial of bloc votes in future elections. What can be stronger and more irresistible lobby than the promise of votes in bundles or chunks?
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