Governor Gabby introduced me to FVR and to then Senator Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. One year into my secondment, FVR visited the city with some of his cabinet members including then PNB President later first BSP Governor Gabby Singson. I was seconded as a senior economist and later head of research of the SEACEN (Southeast Asian Central Banks) Research and Training Center based in Kuala Lumpur. As more servants of God came around, visiting the Philippines which was then becoming a darling destination of tourists and investors alike, FVR would enjoy those rare opportunities to hear the Word and to be prayed for.Ī couple of months after FVR assumed the presidency on June 30, 1992. He always accommodated their invitation to attend mass gatherings of Christians for various causes of national interest. It was rather challenging to put a number to what the Christians managed to rally for FVR, but he was more than grateful for their modest support. After a season of prayer and fasting, many Christians agreed among themselves to support FVR.
A few months before the election, prophet Bishop Bill Hamon came to minister to the Church in the Philippines, sharing with them a word about the faith of the next president. All the seven presidential candidates were invited to explain their platforms of government. Many Christians during this time collectively decided to pray and fast, seeking God’s leading in the 1992 presidential election, the first under the 1987 Philippine Constitution. FVR gathered what people described as a ragtag of politicians and formed the Lakas-National Union of Christian Democrats and ran against Mitra and five other candidates namely, Miriam Defensor Santiago, Danding Cojuangco, Imelda Marcos, Jovito Salonga and Salvador Laurel.įVR succeeded to get 5.34 million votes or 23.58 percent of the total votes cast, narrowly defeating the second placer, Defensor-Santiago, who received 4.47 million or 19.72 percent of the votes. His bounce back was inarguably one for the books.
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