I’m ready to be president: Gordon
ALTHOUGH he considers himself of presidential timber, Sen. Richard Gordon said he is not sure whether he will seek re-election for the Senate or will run for president in 2010.
Gordon, who was ranked fifth in the 2004 senatorial elections, can seek re-election in 2010. But he has been aspiring to become president since 1992 yet.
“I think among those who have declared (to run for president), I can see that I am the most ready (to manage the country) but I am not a candidate yet,” Gordon said in a press conference.
He said he knows the job of a president.
“If I need to be president tomorrow or today, I already know what to do right away,” Gordon said.
He said he has been handling many executives positions in the past, including 13 years as Olongapo City mayor, chairman of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) and as secretary of the Department of Tourism (DOT).
“We envisioned Subic Bay, we created the free port, we took over the free port and nothing was stolen. Today, SBMA has 87,000 jobs,” Gordon said.
He said that when he was Tourism secretary, the DOT was able to increase tourists with his “Wow Philippines” program.
“In the Senate, I think everybody knows that I put up the automated election law. It’s already implemented. I sponsored the tourism bill, which should have been approved last year,” Gordon said.
Experience
According to Gordon, he has been the governor of the Philippine National Red Cross for the last 26 years, and has helped thousands of less fortunate people through the years not because he is in politics but because he wanted to help.
He has served as chairman of the Pacific-Asia Tourism Association (PATA), governor of the International Red Cross, and chairman of the East Asia Pacific of the World Tourism Organization.
“I think I’m ready (to become president of the Philippines) except that I don’t want to say that I am running right now because I am not ready to announce that,” Gordon said.
He said he is not a traditional politician and he will pale in comparison to those who already declared candidate for president with “their horrendous money which is even questionable where they got it.”
“So, the point is, I will make it a point to announce it in a proper time,” Gordon said.
On the billboards in Metro Manila showing his face and that of Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia, he said it does not mean a Gordon-Garcia or Garcia-Gordon tandem in 2010.
“We are just putting up a Cebuano-Filipino in Metro Manila. You must know that I was the one who installed the statue of Lapu-Lapu at Bagumbayan (Luneta),” Gordon said.
Gordon said that with the billboard, Garcia represents the Cebuanos in Metro Manila.
Meanwhile, Gordon said a deserving candidate for president does not have to be super rich to become president, but that the person must have dignity, capability and honesty to lead the country.
Gordon said that although he has money, he will not spend that for a presidential election. He said that if Filipino voters are already mature, they will even contribute
money for the president they are going to vote just what happened to Barack Obama in the US.
para sa akin, hindi sapat ang isang Richard Gordon upang maging sumunod na pangulo ng bansa.
please run for president mr Gordon. i truly believe in your vision for our country.
GORDON:
He does not have the politically famous name of the Aquinos,
He does not have the billion campaign funds of Villar,
He does not have heart that is close to the masses like Estrada,
He does not have the GMA administration machinery support like Teodoro..
But definitely, he has the vision and the leadership to transform the Philippines to be the next Economic Tiger of Asia in just 6 years.
Hope, that the silent majority (30 M Filipinos) can support him to be the Transformer for the nation.
Hi James Knight,
Sino ang gusto mong susunod na presidente ikaw, bago ka masalita sa ibang tao tumingin ka muna sa sarili,mo, bakit di mo ba nakikita ang mga ginawa, nagagawa, at gagawin pa ni Senador Gordon, hindi kami tumitingin sa dami ng pera ng isang pulitiko, tumutingin kami sa nakikita namin na totoong naglilingkod sa bayan at mga kakabayan natin, Sa nagawa at nailtulong ni Sen. Gordon sa mga kababayan natin ay higit pa sa isang pulitiko na maraming pera, Si Senador Gordon kahit hindi panahon ng pamumulitika nag lilingkod yan at nagtatrabaho ng walng kapalit na Boto, at saka madaling gisingin yan sa oras ng pangangailangan ng mga kababayan niya, kahit basurero, sidewalk vendor, nakakamayan siya, di tulad ng ibang pulitiko pag kumamay sa kababayan, nagpapahid ng alkohol pagkatapos kumamay, may alam kaming ganyan. sana maging huwaran natin si Senador gordon, dahil makikita mo siya makakahalubilo mo sya kahit hindi panahon ng eleksyon, di tulad ng iba na makikita mo lang sa oras ng pangangampanya pag nanalo na, makikita mo uli sa susunod ng eleksyon. alam naman natin kung sino sino ang mga ganyan mga pulitiko. basta kami ng mga nasa abroad inaasahan namin si Senador Gordon , na magiging daan ng pagbabago ng ating Bansa.
Uniko