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Erap to Noynoy: Concede, when I win polls By Gerry Baldo 04/29/2010

Thursday, April 29, 2010

As LP bet threatens people power revolt if he loses

Erap to Noynoy: Concede, when I win polls


By Gerry Baldo
04/29/2010

Following the Liberal Party standard bearer’s premature claim of having already won the presidency despite the fact that elections will still be held in some two weeks, Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) presidential candidate former President Joseph Estrada yesterday said that Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino, the LP bet, should immediately concede his loss in the polls should he (Estrada) win the presidency.
Estrada was reacting to a statement made by Aquino in a Bloomberg interview that he must have been cheated if he does not win the presidency in the May 10 polls, saying that “If someone else wins, such as when I win the presidential
elections, he (Noynoy) should then concede defeat, because if I win the elections, there won’t be any cheating because I don’t know how to cheat.”
Estrada, who had always been circumspect in attacking his opponents, said that he respects the opinion of Aquino even as he reiterated that his opponents could be in for a big surprise come Election Day.
He said that almost 80 percent of the voters are poor and that many remain undecided to this day..... MORE

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