Open Letter for Doc Willie Ong Goes Viral & Elicits Comments Online
A columnist and high-profile personality writes an open letter for Doc Willie Ong over its plan to run as Vice President for Election 2022.
Earlier, the Celebrity Doctor Willie Ong announced his plan to run for vice president with Manila Mayor Isko Moreno as his running-mate in the Election 2022. Many Filipinos got surprised after hearing the announcement.
Ong rose to popularity after uploading helpful videos about health. The popular health vlogger is giving free health tips and advice to the public to prevent numerous disease and address some health issues.
Ateneo School of Government in Manila former dean Lawyer Tony La Viña that Ong is a good choice for the pandemic. He also described the Moreno-Ong tandem as advantage for the Filipinos.
Recently, a Facebook user named Malou Tiquia has shared her open letter towards Doc Willie T. Ong for its plan to run as Vice President for next year’s election. The post goes viral and elicits comments online.
Tiquia reminisced the time when she first met the celebrity doctor last January 2019 and discussed some important matters. She also remembered how the doctor lost his senatorial race.
Malou also warned Doc Willie to be more aware and careful with his surroundings to know when he is being used. She is hoping that Ong did not get a cheap grease.
Here is the full post:
“An Open Letter to Willie T. Ong:
We met last 16 January 2019 in my office per your request. Your lovely wife joined us and we discussed your campaign for the Senate.
During the meeting I asked you about your 9 million FB followers and offered assistance to disaggregate it to determine how many are registered voters. I told you that there are an average of 3 voters per HH and assuming the 9 million were all voters, you could potentially have 27 million votes but I also hastened, you don’t need that number. To win in the Senate, you needed 15 million and you can place relatively in a safe rank then. We also talked about a doctor in the Senate and how the late Sen. Juan Flavier changed things in the very traditional, all boys club institution.
We likewise discussed harvest areas, measured capacity, agenda and others. Again, I asked that my team be granted access to the analytics of your personal FB page Willie T. Ong, of which we are friends. You left a thank you card which I returned to you with a scribbled note saying, “consider it a donation to your campaign instead.”
You were a fresh soul then. The willingness to help and be the voice in the Senate for so many advocacies of yours was sincerely felt. But you decided to do it on your own, strongly believing that the 9 million will land you a seat in the Senate. It did not. You ended in rank 18 with 7.6 million votes, spending P581,000.00. No endorsements, no organization on the ground, few and far in between ads.
Followers are not the metric you get by in FB world. It’s engagement. Learn from the campaigns in Singapore, NZ, USA and India.
Reflecting on your 2019 run, you said: “hindi ako epal. I don’t wait for three years in order to run and run again.” I guess that has changed.
Today, you make a huge jump. But to be VP to a Mayor I have known for 24 years and who belatedly saw morphed to a person who is driven by the “I, Me, Myself” syndrome is revolting. A decent Willie shares a stage with a first time Mayor who planned as early as 30 June 2019 that he will be the 17th is truly disturbing. ISKONG is a partnership made in perdition.
I hope Doc Willie you know when you are being used. You will feel that soon and when he has used you, he should have the decency to say thank you. ISKONG is very transactional. I hope it was not cheap grease you got.###”
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