May I respectfully nominate Leni as Jesse’s replacement?

By Al S. Mendoza

WHY not Leni Robredo?

I mean, let’s get real.

I nominate Leni Robredo to replace Jesse Robredo as secretary of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).

Indeed, why not Leni Robredo, a lawyer no less, instead of some one we are not too sure of seeing him pursue Jesse Robredo’s much-ballyhooed brilliant advocacies (kill jueteng, remove rogue police officers, etc.) at DILG.

Who could be more fitting and capable to succeed Jesse than the widow herself, who would be most certainly and absolutely duty-bound not to fail her husband’s ideals and dreams of making this Republic pursue the politically correct path?

With Leni Robredo, we automatically do away with, if not lessen, the stigma of making a mistake, which would be huge, indeed, should it happen.  God forbid!

Do we not now see a bunch clambering up the fence of power, jockeying for position in a bid to nail down Jesse’s post, which is a very strategic position as it has supervision over both the national police and the elected local government, among the major roles the seat offers?

A bad egg chosen, if not a potential rotten banana picked, could jeopardize the positive gains already scored by Robredo.

This early, somebody intimated Jesse’s successor should come from the Liberal Party, P-Noy’s party.

Naming an LP member is a fool-proof formula against derailing accomplishments already put in place by Robredo?

That is the worst kind of thinking a Party-man can do.  It’s worse than the eight-legged-essay scheme; the outdated frog-in-the-well spin.

Think again, P-Noy.

With Leni Robredo there, the widow would see to it that her husband’s honor would be carved in solid gold.

Jesse’s niche would be Leni’s niche, too.

Jesse’s job would make Leni protect that job to the death.

No, this idea of mine is never a new tack.

When Ninoy Aquino died in 1983, Cory, Ninoy’s widow took over.

In 1985, Tita Cory was picked to carry on Ninoy’s fight that had been forcibly taken away when Ninoy was killed by an assassin’s bullet at the tarmac upon his arrival from exile in the U.S.  The murder remains unsolved.

The 1986 Snap Election that Marcos had called had Marcos “winning” in state-manipulated computers, forcing a mass walkout from election-counting centers.

The protest would soon escalate into the people-powered Edsa Revolt I and on Feb. 25, 1986, Marcos fled to Hawaii, paving the way for Tita Cory to head the revolutionary government en route to becoming President of the Republic.

When Tita Cory died of cancer in 2009, P-Noy was almost instantly called upon to lead the opposition, winning the 2010 presidential derby convincingly.

Tita Cory and P-Noy: They were products of history.

I think Leni Robredo fits the bill, too.

What do you think?

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