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FAST-SELLING. A street vendor sells miniature Philippine flag for P30 per piece along Tionko Avenue in Davao City yesterday. Miniature Philippine flags are selling like hotcakes in the city as Dabawenyos prepare for the upcoming simultaneous singing of the Philippine national anthem, an attempt to break the Guinness world record currently held by Bangladesh, and to show support for the presidential bid of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte who will have his miting de avance during that time in Luneta. Lean Daval Jr.
UNRATTLED Despite storm of accusations, Duterte holds on to surveys lead
By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.
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OT even the storm of accusations hurled at Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte could shake his ratings as the presidential frontrunner kept his lead in two presidential surveys. This was the analysis of Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU) Political Science professor Ramon Beleno III. Beleno told EDGE Davao that despite the accusations of undeclared bank accounts and properties made by vice presidential tailender Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV against Duterte and his family, the feisty mayor is still on top in the latest Pulse Asia and Laylo Surveys. In their April 26 to 29 survey commissioned by ABSCBN, Duterte is still in the driver’s seat with 33 percent, a
huge margin over second placers former Interior and Local Government Sec. Mar Roxas with 22 percent and Sen. Grace Poe 21 percent. Vice-President Jejomar C. Binay dropped to third spot with 17 percent and Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago with 2 percent. The Pulse Asia Survey was conducted with 4,000 respondents and plus-minus 1.5 percent margin of error. In the final Laylo 2016 pre-election survey conducted for The Manila Standard between April 27 and May 1, Duterte still enjoys lead with 32.43 percent from 3,000 respondents. Poe and Roxas were also in a statistical tie in second place with 24.5 percent and 21.67 percent, respectively. Binay is
in the third spot with 15.44 percent and Santiago with 2.37 percent. The margin of error for the survey is 1.8 percent. Beleno said the attacks against Duterte became his advantage boosting his lead to double digit. He said the allegations against Duterte can be considered as “great publicity” that the mayor did not spend money just to be publicized. However, Beleno said that even if there are only a few days left before the election on May 9, his lead is not yet safe. He said surveys do not determine winners unless, there is a study that can directly connect popularity with votes. “Mar was leading the surveys in 2010 but he was de-
feated by Binay. Erap Estrada was also not rating well but ended second in that election,” he said. Beleno suggested to the camp of Duterte in the remaining days of the campaign to continue reaching more people and solidify support by getting more politicians to transfer to their side even if they are not traditional politicians. “Answer the issues. No more controversial statements. Be vigilant against cheating,” he said. Meanwhile, Duterte’s national campaign manager LeoncioEvasco Jr. said they are elated that Duterte maintained his big lead four days into next week’s presidential elections. “While this is a confi-
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