Next president to be replaced by Arroyo via Cha-cha - JDV III

The country’s next president won’t be able to warm his seat in Malacañang as he is sure to be replaced by his predecessor, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. This was the claim of Jose “Joey" de Venecia III, who earlier linked Mrs. Arroyo, and her husband, Jose Miguel Arroyo, to the allegedly corruption-ridden $329-million National Broadband Network project with China’s Zhong Xing Telecommunication Equipment (ZTE) Company Limited. He said continuing moves at the House of Representatives to tinker with the 1987 Constitution and reports that Mrs. Arroyo could be eyeing a House seat as Pampanga representative were “all part of a series of contingency plans (for her) to stay in power." "Come May 2010, the President-elect will immediately be overwhelmed by a pro-(Arroyo) Congress which will not waste a second to railroad Charter change (Cha-cha)," De Venecia III, said in a statement issued to media on Saturday. He urged voters to elect as many opposition candidates to the Congress in the coming polls to prevent Mrs. Arroyo from riding the “Cha-cha train." "Contrary to what everyone has been led to believe, the Cha-cha train isn’t dead on its tracks. It's actually warming-up and just waiting for its last passenger - the elected lame duck president of 2010," said De Venecia III. - ANDREO C. CALONZO, GMANews.TV