Senator Aquilino Pimentel is beginning to lose his integrity, it is in part thanks to his efforts of siding with whomever he perceived will challenge his main chief political rival Senator Juan Ponce Enrile, his jailer during the martial law period. In the most recent debacle on the Senate, Senator Pimentel chooses to side with Senator Manuel Villar on the allegations that Villar real estate business benefited mostly from the C5 project. Senator Pimentel, has a long reputation of advocating good governance and has chaired the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, the most powerful committees on the senate. But his political meddling whenever he sees fit that Enrile is making way ahead of him has contributed to his sagging popularity. He is determined to stop Enrile even if he sees the other side of the road is nowhere to be found.Senator Pimentel stand on defending fellow Senator Villar on the C5 project issue is contrary to his advocacies. Whether Senator Villar’s real estate business benefited directly or indirectly there is a simple case of conflict of interest issue. First and foremost Senator Villar should have divested his and his family shares in their business that does business with the government before entering politics; Senator Pimentel is a bright politician and should have known this also. Instead he chooses to ignore this principle over personal interest, or that he chooses the lesser good.
