Wankette 20: Chavit vs. Defensor

Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis "Chavit" Singson, who is running for administration under the Team Unity would not confirm a local radio report here that he asked his fellow Ilocanos to junk fellow TU senatorial bet Michael Defensor for suggesting that one of the TU lagging in the survey would have to make way for Gringo Honasan.
Singson was heard on DZRS Commando Radio, a radio station which he allegedly owns, as saying that Defensor should be the one who should be junked but he refused to comment on it in a telephone interview.
Instead, he said that the Confederation of Ilocano Associations, which supposedly had 2.3 members nationwide, would instead exclude Defensor in their ballots on May 14.
The CIA, which is headed by martial arts expert Roger Wanasen, will do the formal announcement Sunday, Singson said.
"He sent feelers," Singson said of Defensor, "but I do not want to talk to him."
"Instead I decided to campaign alone. It is faster that way," he said.
Singson said that he just came from a four-day campaign trek in Mindanao.
"What is the point of calling us, "Team Unity" when they wanted to break us," he said.
Singson pointed to former presidential spokesman Defensor as the one who suggested that those TU senatorial candidates who are lagging in the survey should give way to former Sen. Honasan.
Wanasen said that he asked his fellow Ilocanos to rally behind Singson and junk Defensor.
"They should not do this to our fellow Ilocano," Wanasen, one of the masters of the Yaw-Yan Martial Arts.
He said that the CIA is composed of such umbrella organizations as United Ilocanos, Full Blooded Ilocanos, Genuine Ilocanos and others.
The Northern Alliance, composed of House members from Northern Luzon and those tracing their roots to Ilocos, was behind the candidacy of Singson.
Singson, however, is faltering in the Social Weather Station survey, ranked from 24th to 25th.
Others in the TU slate with an outside chance of winning include Jamalul Kiram. Teresa Oreta and Vicente Magsaysay.
Singson said that he is unfazed with the survey results, taking hope in Sen. Jamby Madrigal, who was also faltering in the survey a few weeks before the 2004 elections but zoomed to the Top 5 in the final results.
Singson is counting on the nomadic Ilocanos who are spread througout the archipelago.
People in Vigan still believe that Chavit would eventually replace Deogracias Savellano in the gubernatorial race if the horizon is indeed dimming.
But his cousin, Rep. Eric Singson said that this is no longer possible.
And indeed, the junking has started. I already received two text messages calling for the Ilocano support of Chavit and the junking of Defensor. Hala!