it happens in the best of families. siblings grow apart, each to one’s own life. ideally the blood-and-flesh bond and the shared upbringing and values prove tight, and are passed on; ideally the family remains united across nuclear units, down generations. but this is rare. especially among families dealing with inheritance and entitlement issues, sincere sibling rivalries are not surprising, if not the norm.
in the case of the binays, we are seeing how bad it can get when sibs squabble over the mayor’s seat. why can’t abby and junjun just take turns? e kasi, hindi sila bati. parang mga bata except that the stakes are so high. each thinks he/she has the upper hand, abby because as far as she knows everything’s good and everyone’s happy in makati under her watch, junjun because he has supporters from the mayor’s office telling him it’s otherwise, pipol miss the binay PR that abby doesn’t have, or so it is said.
imbiyerna si abby, of course, at parang nakwerdasan. kesyo kung me diperensiya pala ang palakad niya sa makati, bakit hindi siya sinabihan ni junjun, then she could have done something about it, or something like that. and kesyo her brother forgets yata that he is banned from running for or holding public office, remember that graft case? eh, teka, say ng COMELEC okay lang because the case is still on appeal.
so, binay vs. binay sa makati. ay mali. binay vs. campos, say ni junjun. (campos is abby’s married name, which no doubt helped win hubby luis one of two makati seats in congress.) SEXIST! tili ni abby, binay daw siya forever! yeah right, but campos too, when it suits her. no sympathy from women, i’m afraid.
the real question is, totoo ba na abby has dad jojo’s ok to run for re-election? totoo ba ang tsismis na si abby ang favorite ni jojo, sorry na lang si junjun? but we don’t know that for sure yet. magfa-family council pa daw, say ni senator nancy; it will be a collective decision.
but ‘twould be interesting to see this abby-junjun show to a decisive finish. kulang nga ba sa karinyo si abby? may panalo nga ba si junjun? it might even be kinda solomonic with a twist, as in, go fight each other, go make spectacles of yourselves, binay vs. binay, never mind how bad it makes the family look, and let the people decide. my god, makati will rock and, maybe, crack, who knows. maybe it’s how to undo a dynasty.