Our hope for development, Gibo-Ronnie

Being the renowned political strategist, Ronnie Puno was expected to keep silent until the party will have chosen its standard bearer for the Lakas-Kampi. Many were expecting him to mum about his preference.

Hours after the Sept. 9 announcement by Sen. Noynoy Aquino of his decision to run for president in 2010, Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronnie Puno dropped his own bombshell of political news by announcing his support for the presidential bid of Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro.

Puno said in a news conference in Camp Crame that a tandem with Gibo, would be a “winning” move for Lakas-Kampi and we can’t help but agree.

Along with the formidable Lakas-Kampi political machinery, and the support of the majority of the country’s provincial governors, a Gibo-Ronnie teamup could seal the victory for the administration party in 2010.

“We believe that with Secretary Gilbert Teodoro as our presidential standard bearer, and I, speaking for myself, as an aspirant for vice president, I believe that running with Gibo Teodoro is going to be a winning move,” he said.

Ronnie Puno said that as Gibo’s vice president, he can serve as an elder adviser who can counsel him on various issues by drawing from his experiences in his many years in the government service, especially in the field of local concerns, “which has been my entire career.”