Administration doesn’t announce that Sara Duterte will run. She seems very hesitant. So the Opposition, which wanted to be united against the strongest candidate, suddenly finds that there is no strong Admin candidate because Sara doesn’t want to run and BBM (Bongbong Marcos) has not declared his intention, and even so BBM is less popular than Sara.
Because of this, the idea of a United Opposition falls apart, and Leni Robredo reels in shock as all the men she talked to have now declared their intention. There will be no United Opposition.
Opposition candidates Isko, Ping, and Manny have all been emboldened by the fact that Sara will not run, and so their ambition and greed got the better of them.
Why listen to Leni, after all she scores way lower than us in surveys, they think in their heads.
So the Opposition candidates all make their own separate run, thereby effectively splitting the minority votes for the Opposition.
With a divided, greedy, shortsighted opposition, Duterte backs out of the VP race. Sara then announces her candidacy at the eleventh hour. Picks a strong VP, either BBM or Go. And goes on to win the Presidency as the ONLY admin candidate, uniting all government supporters.
And that is how you play chess. A divided enemy is an easy enemy to conquer. (Don’t worry it’s too late for them to back out now, not after all that bluster and bravado and braggadocio.)
(Horror story lang naman ito for the anti Dutertes, pero aminin, the anti Dutertes reading this post are having mini heart attacks. Do I know something, or am I just guessing?