Erap-Binay moves closer to May 10 ‘poll shocker’
By Gerry Baldo 04/30/2010 Almost a week before the national elections, the Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) tandem of former President Joseph Estrada and Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay is surging to within striking distance of the leading presidential and vice presidential candidates to show their opponents they are a force to reckon with. Estrada said the PMP strategy of bringing the campaign straight to the people was right on track as the latest Pulse Asia ratings showed him at a tie with erstwhile second placer Nacionalista Party (NP) bet Sen. Manuel Villar Jr. while Binay shot past Villar’s running mate, Sen. Loren Legarda to land in the second place following Liberal Party bet Sen. Manuel Roxas II. “As I told you, I will give them the surprise of their lives,” Estrada said in a telephone interview. He earlier said that his opponents would be in for a big surprise come election day. Estrada, apparently elated at the recent developments, also said that the fight now would be between him and Aquino and between Binay and Roxas. “It’s no longer between Mar and Loren (LP vice presidential bet Sen. Manuel Roxas II versus NP vice presidential candidate Sen. Loren Legarda). It’s already Mar versus (PMP bet Makati) Mayor (Jejomar) Binay,” Estrada said. Estrada’s camp said they will focus the remaining days of the campaign period to prove that the ousted leader is a better choice than survey leader Sen. Noynoy Aquino, Estrada’s spokesman said on Thursday..... MORE Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100430hed2.html |
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