Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV is reportedly setting his sights on running for mayor of Caloocan in 2025, setting himself up for a faceoff with the Malapitan family that has ruled the city for over a decade.
An Iskooper told Politiko that Trillanes has started making the rounds of communities in Caloocan to listen to people’s concerns and touch base with local leaders.
Now that’s a career trajectory I wasn’t expecting. Maybe he’s seen the writing on the wall that the masses don’t want him as a legislator anymore.
But I’m rooting for him simply because we need to tear down dynasties.
Why Caloocan tho? I’d understand kung taga-roon talaga siya, but even then, local politics is a very different beast than national politics, so I am not sure he’d easily make the jump.
I am not excusing political dynasties, but fighting them in the political arena is a very difficult battle. He must be very prepared for it, and be willing to have more than one go at it.
Maybe that’s what the Magdalo intel told him, lmao.
I don’t know how much experience Trillanes has in local politics, but local politics is way nastier than that of the national level. Will he be running solely based on his fame and name recall? I’d be incredibly wary of the political machinery of the incumbents if I were him. If he is really serious about this, he should then take the time to build up his own machinery, making connections with barangay captains and establishing a network of “grassroots” supporters who’d mobilize people who would then try to convince others to vote for him. I don’t think there’s enough time for all that though.
Of course, there’s the latent anti-Malapitan vote, but I don’t think it can be counted on. Besides, it’s far better to have that as a bonus rather than counting on it.
Nako sana matalo na mga Malapitan. I’m fucking tired of them. Corrupt to the bone yang buong pamilya na yan
