Do you remember retired colonel Bonifacio Bosita of "back-rider tsinelas" fame?
He will soon be Congressman Bonifacio Bosita after the impressive performance of his party-list, 1-Rider, in the just-concluded May 9 national and location elections.
Partial and unofficial tallies from the polls show that 1-Rider Party-list has amassed the second-highest number of votes in the Party-list race, next only to the Erwin Tulfo-led Anti-Crime and Terrorism Through Community Involvement and Support (ACT-CIS) Party-list.
Bosita is the first nominee of 1-Rider, meaning his inclusion in the House of Representatives in the upcoming 19th Congress is assured.
With this development, Bosita is being greeted by his supporters and well-wishers on the Facebook page of Riders’ Safety Advocates of the Philippines (RSAP), which he founded back in 2016.
Bosita owes much of his popularity to the Facebook page, which has over 800,000 followers.
Incidentally, Bosita had predicted an easy victory for a congressional seat at this point last year when he was still toying with the idea of running in the elections.
“Hindi naman po ibig sabihin na ako ay nagyayabang, at sinasamantala ko yung situation. Kung ako sir ay tatakbong party-list (congressman), sigurado po ako, 100 percent, mananalo ako (It doesn’t mean that I’m boasting or taking advantage of the situation. But sir, if I will run for party-list, I’m 100 percent sure I would win),” Bosita said in a video posted on the RSAP Facebook page.
It remains to be seen if Bosita would pursue House probes in relation to the tsinelas traffic issue once he officially becomes a lawmaker.