Pagtakhan goes down to defeat - Reposted from Jul 7, 2004

So much for Filipino solidarity, I guess that's as much an oxymoron as anything. The so-called Liberal star candidate, Dr. Rey Pagtakhan lost in his bid to secure a redistributed riding for his party in the 2004 Federal Election. Pagtakhan, a well-respected, 4 term MP lost to NDP Candidate Judy Wasylycia-Leis, by a margin of over 3000 votes. The Honorable Pagtakhan was supposed to have an upper-hand on his competition given the riding comprised of 17% Filipinos, the highest of any riding in Canada. This was all for naught, however, as the old Filipino addage 'divided we fall' once again proved true. Golly, maybe they just didn't vote for Pagtakhan just because he was born in the Philippines, perhaps? I'm gonna miss that old Chinese Chap......