In the recently concluded HARAPAN aired live on ANC and The Filipino Channel (TFC), Senator Dick Gordon seemed to be one of the best performers, speaking eloquently of his platform of government and for the most part, directly addressing the questions hurled at him. He came as the most feisty among the presidential candidates, as if he had a soution to all the country’s woes; as if he would be in control if he were the president, making one think—could he be it? Unlike other presidential aspirants who made early “infomercials,” it is only of late that he came out with his own. Like most of the members of Senate, he is against the declaration of Martial Law in Maguindanao. Like many, he is of the belief that there is no rebellion in Maguindanao and the declaration was just a ploy to favour the Ampatuans. Rebellion, as a crime absorbs other crimes committed in furtherance of rebellion, thus depreciating the penalty for the atrocities committed.
Richard “Dick” Juico Gordon graduated with an A.B. History and Government from Ateneo and finished his law degree in UP before becoming a partner in the Angara Abello Concepcion Regala & Cruz Law Offices (ACCRA) law firm. He was the youngest constitutional delegate to the 1973 Constitution and opposed the passage of the present constitution then, although he is at present, one of its sworn defenders, rejecting various attempts to amend the Constitution under the current administration. He came from a political family—both his parents, assassinated James Gordon and Amelia Gordon, and he himself was a former mayor of Olongapo and married to Kate Gordon who also served the same post and a congressional post and uncle of presidential aspirant former kagawad JC delos Reyes.
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