VOL. XXX NO. 82 3 Sections 32 Pages P18 THURSDAY : MAY 5, 2016 www.thestandard.com.ph editorial@thestandard.com.ph
Iglesia chooses Duterte, Marcos
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DUTERTE ON TOP Final poll shows mayor with clear lead over rivals
By Joyce Pangco Pañares
DAVAO City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte posted a clear lead among presidential candidates in the final The Standard Poll days before the May 9 elections.
PhilRem still has Dhaka’s money
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One out of every three registered voters or 32 percent of the 3,000 respondents said they will vote for Duterte if the elections were held today. With a nationwide margin of error of +/- 1.8 percent, Senator Grace Poe and Liberal Party standard bearer Manuel Roxas II were statistically tied
at second and third places with 25 percent and 22 percent, respectively. Vice President Jejomar Binay remained in fourth place with 15 percent while Senator Miriam Santiago got two percent. Duterte’s numbers, however, went down in two major geographical areas—in the National Capital Region
and in the Visayas—during the survey period of April 27 to May 1 covering 79 provinces and 40 highly urbanized cities. The survey period covered the time when Senator Antonio Trillanes IV accused Duterte of receiving more than P200 million deposited in the Next page mayor’s BPI account.
Leftists: Palace will cheat to make Mar win By Sandy Araneta A LEFTIST youth group on Wednesday said the administration would rig the elections and declare its candidate, Manuel Roxas II, the winner. “Roxas is out to rig the elections,” said Anakbayan chairman Vencer Crisostomo. “They already used government funds and machinery for the
elections. They will fabricate surveys to depict a last-minute rise of Roxas. As many local candidates are unopposed, these are most vulnerable for cheating. We can expect lots of vote buying, pre-shaded ballots, errors in projected bases of opposition candidates, and electronic fraud in the transmission and counting of votes.” Crisostomo called on opposition
parties and candidates, and the public to unite and thwart the ruling administration’s plan to “hijack” the elections through massive electronic fraud. President Benigno Aquino III, “knowing full well that he will be made accountable for his various crimes against the people once he steps out of office, is growing desperate. His party Next page