Isko Moreno’s call for Vice President Leni Robredo to back out of the presidential race and give survey laggards like him a chance comes as a surprise even to his inner circle of advisers. Full story:
SURIGAO CITY, Philippines – Isko Moreno’s call for Vice President Leni Robredo to back out of the presidential race and give survey laggards like him a chance came as a surprise to even his inner circle of advisers.
This survey, an April 6 mobile phone survey by market research firm Tangere, shows Robredo getting a 45% voter non-preference rating, meaning the percentage of respondents who said they would not want a specific candidate to be president. In contrast, Moreno’s voter non-preference rating was 2%, the lowest among eight candidates included in the survey.
The idea for the press conference came from someone in Moreno’s inner circle. It was presented to Lacson who eventually agreed to it after the second Commission on Elections debate in early April. Lacson invited Gonzales, who then said he would invite former Duterte spokesman Ernesto Abella. It was also Lacson who contacted Senator Manny Pacquiao to join. Abella backed out at the last minute.
Moreno, asked on Monday if he wasn’t being a hypocrite by calling on Robredo to withdraw in the same press conference where he deplored attempts to get him and others to withdraw, said, “ For Moreno and his team, Robredo and her supporters started it with their #WithdrawIsko and vicious group chat predictions that he would withdraw on Labor Day in exchange for the interior and local government portfolio in Robredo’s cabinet.
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