MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles®) – Now that Philippine President NoyNoy Aquino has all but confirmed he will anoint Interior and Local Governments Secretary Mar Roxas as his choice of successor, the unofficial 2016 political campaign for president is in full swing!

What would a Philippine political campaign be without the usual freebies to entice voters to support the respective party candidates?

Opposition party candidate Vice President Jojo Binay is way ahead of his rival. He has been giving away cell phones to supporters.  But he is upping the ante this time around and has switched from a basic Android cell phone to an Apple iPhone (see photo).

Roxas may not have as much money as Binay to be able to afford a matching expensive freebie, but at least he is keeping true to the campaign theme of  austerity and “Ituloy And Daang Matuwid” (Continue the Straight Path).  So he chose a simple freebie that he hopes will appeal to the greater masses of  people — the tsinelas (flip flops).

It wouldn’t cost  a whole lot for Roxas to make the tsinelas his campaign give-away.  His wife, broadcaster Korina Sanchez, has a huge leftover inventory from a previous campaign promoting her television program, “Rated K”.  And it is the perfect color symbolizing Roxas’ Liberal Party: yellow!