Poll season on; Erap rally draws huge crowds 02/10/2010

Poll season on; Erap rally draws huge crowds 02/10/2010 The election season officially kicked off yesterday, with all the presidential candidates staging their separate rallies in different ways, but what drew the most crowds yesterday was the Plaza Miranda rally of former President Joseph Estrada, who is gunning for his old Malacañang seat which was stolen from him by then Vice President Gloria Arroyo and her elite civil society in a coup d’etat. Mounted on a special van stage and having his senatorial candidates, along with his vice presidential candidate Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay and his Manila mayoralty candidate, Lito Atienza, former Manila mayor and Environment secretary, Estrada reaffirmed his charisma with the masses, showing one and all that he remains as strong as ever after thousands of his supporters converged on his proclamation rally at the Plaza Miranda yesterday at the start of the formal campaign season. Estimates were anywhere from over 5,000 to 15,000 persons attended the occasion where the entire senatorial line-up of the Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP)-United Opposition (UNO), together with local candidates in Manila and other areas in Metro Manila were introduced.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/headlines/20100210hed1.html

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