The problem with an electoral race that always has more to do with the “image” of the candidate than with his or her platform of governance is that even platforms are being “packaged” in such a way that is devoid of any real meaning for voters, except for the often deceptive meaning that powerful political machineries want them to take on. Take “Daang Matuwid.” You have Liberal Party stalwart Senator Franklin Drilon telling Poe that “Daang Matuwid” is Roxas’ platform and that she should “go find her own.” When in fact, what exactly is “Daang Matuwid”?
May isang teorya na binuo ang ASG ng isang paksyon ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) na nais isabotahe ang usapang pangkapayapaan ng gobyerno at MNLF noong 1992. Isang ahente ng pulis at militar, si Edwin Angeles (na misteryosong namatay), ang umaming nag-infiltrate sa ASG bilang kanang-kamay ni Janjalani. Umano’y ang militar ang nagbigay ng mga sasakyan at armas na ginamit ng ASG sa malakihang reyd sa Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay, na ikinamatay ng maraming sibilyan.