If not for his ruling-class name, and if not for Mommy’s inherited wealth, which he used to win electoral posts and pay for his expensive PR imaging, Roxas really couldn’t have moved further than Capiz: his performance in government in the past two decades has been so utterly dismal, he’s a loser. What he had accomplished is almost entirely the creation of an image for himself as Mr. Palengke, whatever that means. At best, it helped him shed off part of his elite image to garner the most votes in the senatorial race in 2004.
Either his eyes have always been on the presidency ever since Mommy in 1993 ordered him back to the Philippines to continue the clan’s political clout that he couldn’t focus on the tasks before him. Or he’s just not fit for a government job, for some reason.
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