The close advisers  of Vice President Jejomar  Binay, the putative front runner in the 2016 presidential race, have been mostly  drawn from  the camps of three former presidents: Marcos,  Estrada and  Mrs. Arroyo.  If you say that is a good thing and a positive  one ,  and it would add to the intellectual and moral heft of Mr. Binay, I would not even know how to answer back.

Sure, Joey Salgado, who trained under the late  journalism great Joe Burgos, is with Mr. Binay.  But Joey’s role is crafting words  and media strategy, not on nation-changing  policy directions.  Mr. Binay would not turn to Joey, say,   to get an adequate briefing on how Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Crimea would impact on the defense preparations in the Pacific Rim.

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