The Ramas and the Garcias in the political horizon

Time shall come eventually, when the most powerful political beasts in the electoral jungle shall confront and seek to exterminate each other.

- Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez

The lions and the tigers of Cebu shall ultimately come to head. This shall be survival of the fittest and elimination of the unfit. Mike versus Raymond is the first episode of this series of konfrontasi. But the elephant in the room is Tomas Osmeña with his minions and subalterns not far behind.

One on one, most Cebuanos today believe that Mayor Mike Rama is the better man, the better lawyer, the more experienced with superior leader, manager and administrator, with superior wisdom and erudition, albeit with many errors in judgment and surrounded by mediocre rascals. Raymond Garcia is a good man whose time has not yet come. He is being pushed by ageing relatives to carry on the Rama banner, But very raw, untried, untested. Hinog sa pilit.

If the vice president is acquitted from impeachment, and she becomes president in 2028, Mike Rama can run for governor of Cebu, or accept becoming executive secretary, and that will be the day. Gwen Garcia today cannot ride on two horses forever. She cannot have her cake and eat it too. She cannot keep on dancing to the music of the Palace while dancing boogie with the Dutertes so as to deny Pam the privilege of cornering all pro-Duterte loyalists in Cebu.

It would appear today that the Ramas, led by the truly and genuinely elected mayor of Cebu City, Atty. Michael Rama, and the Garcias, led by Gwen Garcia in the province and the sitting de facto mayor, Atty. Raymond Garcia in the city, are in a direct and confrontational collision course. It is important to know where each of them came from so that we shall know where they are going to bring Cebu and the Cebuanos.