{"id":212149,"date":"2019-04-30T22:40:55","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T02:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=212149"},"modified":"2019-04-30T22:40:55","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T02:40:55","slug":"duterte-backed-senatorial-bets-dominate-april-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/04\/30\/duterte-backed-senatorial-bets-dominate-april-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte-backed senatorial bets dominate April survey"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his speech during the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) campaign rally at the Cagayan Sports Coliseum in Tuguegarao City on April 16, 2019. ROBINSON NI\u00d1AL JR.\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Senatorial candidates endorsed by President Rodrigo Duterte himself dominated the latest Pulse Asia Survey conducted just a month before the May 13 mid-term elections.<\/p>\n

The survey, conducted from April 10 to 14 this year, showed that there were eight administration-backed bets included in the so-called winning circle or top 14 candidates with a statistical chance of winning if the elections were held during the survey period.<\/p>\n

Of the eight administration-backed bets, three belong to the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino\u2013Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) party, which the President chairs, and five are guest candidates.<\/p>\n

The three PDP-Laban candidates are former Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Christopher Go (40.8 percent) who is ranked 4th to 8th places; former Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Ronald dela Rosa (36.7 percent), ranked 5th to 9th places; and reelectionist Senator Aquilino Pimentel III (31.8 percent), ranked 10th to 14th places.<\/p>\n

Guest candidates endorsed by the President included in the top 14 list are Senator Cynthia Villar (51.7 percent), who is ranked first and second places; Taguig City Representative Pia Cayetano (43.9 percent), ranked 3rd to 6th places; reelectionist Senator Juan Edgardo Angara (40.4 percent), ranked 4th to 9th places; Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos (29.6 percent), ranked 10th to 14th places; and, reelectionist Senator JV Estrada Ejercito (28.1 percent), ranked 10th to 16th places.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, candidates who are also in the winning circle but not endorsed by the President are reelectionist Senator Grace Poe (50.5 percent), ranked 1st and 2nd places; former Senator Lito Lapid (45.7 percent), ranked 3rd to 4th places; former Senator Ramon Revilla Jr. (38.1 percent), ranked 5th to 9th places; reelectionist Senator Nancy Binay (36.2 percent), ranked 6th to 9th places; former Senator Jinggoy Estrada (28.8 percent), ranked 10th to 14th places; and, Senator Paolo Benigno Aquino IV (28.8 percent), ranked 10th to 14th places.<\/p>\n

Former Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas skidded out of the winning group and is now at the 14th to 17th places with a voter preference of 24.5 percent.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo welcomed these survey results, stressing Duterte\u2019s strong \u201cendorsement appeal\u201d or power to endorse his candidates.<\/p>\n

\u201cIbig sabihin iyong mga tao naniniwala kay Presidente.<\/em>\u00a0It means\u00a0malakas ang kanyang<\/em>\u00a0endorsement appeal (This shows that the people believe in the President. It means, he has a strong endorsement appeal),\u201d Panelo said in a Palace briefing on Tuesday (April 30).<\/p>\n

Panelo said even if opposition candidates would get a spot in the Magic 12, it would only mean that Filipinos elected these bets to help the Duterte administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cPag ikaw ay pinanalo ng taumbayan, ang mensahe sa iyo: \u2018kaya kita pinanalo diyan ay para tulungan mo iyong pinagkakatiwalaan naming Presidente, hindi para manggulo ka<\/em>\u00a0(If the people elected you, the message is this: \u2018the reason why we elected you is so that you could help the President we trust, not to cause dissension),\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

Asked if more administration-bet candidates winning during elections would mean a stronger chance for the proposed shift to a federalism system of government, Panelo said it will still be up to the framers of the Constitution and Filipino people to decide.<\/p>\n

\u201cFederalism would have to depend on the framers of the Constitution and ultimately will depend on the approbation of the Filipino people,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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