Former President Joseph Estrada has now moved to second place with 21.5 percent, dislodging Villar who dropped to 17 percent according to a survey commissioned by another political party.
Erap has been consistently rating in third place following Liberal Party presidential contender Noynoy Aquino and Nacionalista Party standard bearer Manny Villar.
“The latest survey I saw which is commissioned by one of our opponents came out with this: Villar was already in number 3 with 17 percent. To complete the result, Noynoy got 25 percent and 21.5 percent for Erap,” Maceda said.
According to Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) campaign manager, former Ambassador Ernesto Maceda, the said political party would not want to disclose who among the presidential contenders financed the pollster. “I cannot tell you, I will be burning my source,” Maceda said, adding that the PMP might be able to pull a surprise in Cebu. He explained that Cebu, which is predominantly pro-Arroyo, is changing with some administration candidates and considering Estrada.
Mayor Duke Frasco of the Municipality of Liloan, Cebu and his wife, Christina Garcia-Frasco hosted a lunch yesterday at the Amara Resort in Liloan, Cebu. “This (lunch) is to show our gratitude to him,” Frasco said. And Estrada, in a gesture of appreciation for the warm welcome raised the hand of and endorsed Mayor Duke Frasco as a guest candidate of the PMP for mayor in Liloan.
Asked if he was endorsing Erap, Mayor Duke Frasco replied, “Well I can’t really decide on what the people will do but I’m sure if the people will know and realize that President Erap through Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile was able to give Liloan P23 million in terms of financial assistance for the public market of Liloan, that will help them decide whom to vote for president in the coming elections.”
Additionally, maceda said that the survey was conducted among 5,000 respondents. Also, he claimed that the drop in Villar’s rating could have been intensified by the negative publicity brought about by the controversies surrounding his alleged involvement in the C-5 scam and his alleged attempt to bribe other presidential candidates into backing out of the race.
Bagong Bayan standard bearer Sen. Richard Gordon claimed that Villar had tried to bribe him out of the presidential race. Enrile also admitted that there were “overtures” from Villar for him to shelve the Senate report on the C-5 investigation.
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