The never ending story

The elections of 2013 were over only seven months ago. But preparations are already under way for  the elections of 2016, when the electorate once more goes to the polls to elect the President of the Republic and other national officials. Speculation is already rife on who the ruling Liberal Party will field for the Presidency in 2016, with the media second-guessing why, for example, President Benigno Aquino III named former senator Panfilo Lacson “Rehabilitation Czar”. Could it be in preparation for Lacson’s eventual designation as the administration candidate in 2016, when he would have rebuilt his constituency enough for him to seriously challenge Vice President Jejomar Binay for the Presidency? On the other hand, how damaging to the Vice President’s political ambitions was the Dasmariñas Village incident which involved his son, Makati Mayor “Jun-Jun” Binay, and his daughter Nancy, the senator?