In Cebu City, the Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan (BOPK)-dominated council has been following the strategy of denial and of blocking every initiative of Mayor Michael Rama, who is running for reelection against Rep. Tomas Osmeña in the May polls. Which means that the councilors do not consider the image they would portray, that of being obstructionists and Osmeña lapdogs, as essential in winning in an election.
I would say the BOPK’s obstructionist strategy stems from the fact that it is not the party in power, Team Rama is. Being the incumbent mayor, Rama wisely used the resources available to him to initiate projects designed to portray him as a performing chief executive and to win over voters in areas that benefit from those projects.
No wonder the CEBU CITY MAYOR RAMA was able to gain adherents from, say, the mountain barangays where his infrastructure projects are visible. No wonder, too, that the mayor, who looked lonely after he bolted from the BOPK early in his term, has looked formidable as a candidate because of the perception that he was able to deliver the services that his predecessor, Osmeña, failed to attend to because of his obsession with the South Road Properties Read the full article here in the Cebu Sunstar
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/opinion/2013/04/05/wenceslao-winning-campaign-strategy-276020
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