Growing Cult in Noynoy Aquino

I have once read that in order to be a true great leader, one must be able to transgress the boundaries of ordinariness, to be iconic and then to be cultic for one.
In other words, one has to be extraordinary.

And so with the case of Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, he has extraordinary things going on for him. For certain, it is not extraordinary measure of personality, but that of extraordinary circumstances.

At a glance, Noynoy has proffered no astonishing credential, except that the situation he is right now makes him so politically palatable and very, very viable. The recent death of her mother, Former President Corazon C. Aquino, has showed yet once again that in local shores, the political environment is often inclined to embrace the extraordinary. Well, perhaps there is no blame for even in America right now, they are still so embroiled in the extraordinary phenomenon of President Barack Hussein Obama.

Eventually, Noynoy Aquino is riding on these circumstances, the overflowing support of the people to her mother and the legacy she had left, and of course, being the son of the most patent icon of Philippine politics in the modern era. And perhaps we can add the fact that she is the sister of the most recognizable personality in Philippine television nowadays.

Columnist William Esposo in The Philippine Star wrote:

“All the present presidential candidates can only offer how much better they can govern over their rivals…Noynoy brings an ideological factor into the equation—the same ideological factor that enabled a housewife to beat the dictator in 1986.”

And besides, Noynoy Aquino had exemplified great ardor and stability in his political career so far, not disposed to enter into frays, or to meddle into issues and then be heard for it, and what is so noticeable is the lack of controversy in his midst. That by itself is extraordinary ultimately.

If he decides to run, he would surely have that privilege of riding upon extraordinary circumstances, those that could enable him to venture into cultic adulation, to be inspirational and exceptional, and win one presidential election.