Blogger Schumey over at The Philippine Experience projects what a Manny Villar presidency will be like based on what the crook does in his kingdom of Las Pinas.

Schumey wrote:

Subdivisions in Las Piñas not owned by the Villars are celebrating. The reason, they are now freed from Villar’s water company with the entry of Maynilad. Unfortunately for the people who live in Camella, they will have to continue paying for high water rates. Villar refused to allow Maynilad to service his subdivisions. Maynilad’s rates are way below what Villar’s water company charges its subscribers. He clearly does know how to put his interests above that of the public.

Let me show you how expensive water coming from Villar’s company can be. Maynilad’s basic charge is P106.77 while Manuela 4A-4H charges P 190.00. The difference doesn’t end there. Maynilad’s rates gradually increases and plateaus at P45.28 at 200/cum and over. Villar’s is P47.50 for 51 cum and over. Spot the difference? The poor residents have no other alternative. If they want cheaper water, they should live elsewhere. “Iiyak talaga ang lahat kay Manny!”

I don’t think Manny Villar invested as much money as Maynilad did. If he really cares for the people, he will help them lessen the burden by allowing Maynilad to enter his subdivions. We all know how high the cost of living is. Without competition, those residing in his developments will not have any option but to pay what he charges them. And I thought that monopolies are illegal in this country? This is the kind of businessman Manny Villar is. This is the kind of person who presents himself as coming from the poor or even pro-poor. This is the kind of person who would like to become our president.

Sure he develops low-cost housing but here’s the catch. Take the case of Camella Homes which did not have its own drainage system. It was the government who spent for its drainage. Can you imagine living in a house witjout drainage? Every time you took a bath, it drains into some other part of the house, usually the kitchen. No wonder Villar is rich, he doesn’t complete the job, he let’s others spend for his projects’ completion.

Villar ran away from a host of ethics complaints when he was Speaker of the House. Now a senator, he is again running away from ethics complaints. The common thread that runs through those complaints is Villar used his position to enrich himself.

When they were both in the Lower House, Joker Arroyo said of Villar, “If he wants to be a congressman, then he must not be in business which deals with the government.”

Manny Villar may have the greatest platform ever but it’s who he is that really counts. People who listen to the sales pitch without taking a good look at the salesman always end up as fodder for the unscrupulous. Look at what happened to those who bought Bernie Maddoff’s spiel.

PS. Schumey also adds a little story (READ HERE) on one of the many ways Villar helped Typhoon Ondy’s victims.

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