So, you want to be president?

PEOPLE have been egging one to run. Another has taken the interview route to make a dent. One is planning a fight in November. Still another was just being floated as a possibility. In all these floats made public, there are no plans being presented, no discussions whatsoever. And it appears that running for the presidency is merely a popularity race. It is interesting how others are already contrasting themselves against the rest when what is being presented is just that: creating a public urgency on the rationale for running. Truly, it is a wrong move in a state of pandemic. Candidates and their supporters need to take stock of this new landscape. This terrain will not sit well with voters when their predicament with Covid-19 is set aside for the tarpaulin play. To do that in Luzon, in the National Capital Region (NCR), shows a lack of strategic knowledge of how NCR voters traditionally behave.

The supporters pushing their respective candidates should think of Rodolfo “Dolphy” Quizon Sr., yes, the comedian, when he was being persuaded to run for a national position. He was quoted as saying that the problem wasn’t really whether or not he would win but what he would do after he won and assumed a government position. Often, we campaigners get the adrenaline rush during campaigns, and upon winning, the hardest part is really governance, putting together a team (mind you, not rewarding campaigners), getting them to work together and putting campaign promises into reality. So, why are there numerous people looking at that “palace” by the river with moist eyes? Do they think it would be easy being president in these pandemic times?