Kaban ni D_BystandeR: BAG-O NA ANG LIDERATO SA ALU

I can hardly fathom the extent of their being divided at a time when they have already spent a great deal of their lives in creating a giant labor union founded by Kito Mendoza. At the age of 91, nobody can still claim he is in the best control of his personal and mental well-being to manage a giant labor union. It should have been a passionate way to imagine the  passing of the "torch" from Kito Mendoza to Boy Herrera but only because of some "unseen hands" that were trying to prevent a smooth turnover of  the "torch" by probably putting a wedge between the two to make the  turnover a failure and ultimately reached the Supreme Court for a decision that gave the key to Boy Herrera to lead the labor union giant. I've seen Kito Mendoza in my younger days when I was still working in a local  shipping lines of a private company where we ultimately succeeded in  joining ALU in the early 70's and I have seen the other big personalities like Atty. Cecilio Seno and later Boy Herrera and they were very energetic in  the way they led the union into what has now become a big labor union. And my only wish is that these two great leaders, Kito Mendoza and Boy  Herrera could finally find the resumption of their old companionship and  camaraderie by smoking the proverbial peace peace pipe, if not here,  maybe in the world hereafter.

Footnote: This comment came out in connection with a news item in  The FREEMAN, entitled, "The victory of Sen. Boy Herrera over Kito  Mendoza." It came out on June 13, 2015.