Saturday, October 27, 2007

The rise of the Espina Oligarch by ADREA PITAO TAN

Posted January 04 2006 - http://reporter88.wordpress.com/page/4/
Naval/Biliran
- At the rise of Marcos regime Gerry Espina is one of EPZA’s highest authority that made him successfully transformed his life into a political magnet from a shine-shoes boy in Cavite to a politically hierarchy in the Biliran province.
Now Biliran province political magnet, he has remained true to his achievement. By institutionalizing/monopolizing the islands private and business sector and he has transformed Biliranons relation with Manila, particularly with the office of the President.
When Mr. Espina became a congressional designate, Biliran was still in mayhem. Its islands still in ruin, political parties were bickering and a handful of will-to-do, the so called politically immature and stupid-oligarch controlled most of the island job positions.
In a short period of time, Mr. Espina addressed all these problems. He established his own political party with his family and relathieves. He concentrates his power in the Biliran province, and destroys his political enemies as reminders to others as to who was the king.
Mr. Espina was never popular in Manila. But he enjoys support from other political personalities. Yet the most spectacular change has taken place in Biliran’s province-hood policy.
When Jaroism collapsed, Biliran was embraced by the Parillalism as the redeemer and the sentiments were genuine but Parilla’s government never followed through. Biliran was covered by promises which never realize.
By the time Mr. Espina came to power, Biliran politician’s frustration could no longer be hidden. As more or less member of the board put it seriously. Mr. Espina never set out to confront his political enemy in the Biliran province. Indeed, he tried to establish a personal link to the Arroyo family.
In recent years, Mr. Espina has refined his strategy: instead of just responding to his political enemies’ initiatives, he is now launching his own with the help of money weapon and his own installed media outlet.
Now Espinas clumsy attitude to use money weapon with an under dog method to get rid of his political enemies has alarmed the indigenous Navalians and/or Biliranons. -apt-

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