Latest SWS Survey on Presidentiables; Aquino and Villar Still Battle for Top Slot

Below is the latest survey conducted by SWS last December 2009 for presidential candidates in the 2010 national elections. The first survey was commissioned by Business World while the other one was sponsored by Rep. Ronaldo Zamora. Still leading in the survey is Senator Noynoy Aquino of the Liberal Party followed by Senator Manny Villar of the Nationalista Party. Still trailing on the third slot is Former President Erap Estrada.







For complete details of the survey, you can find it here: http://www.sws.org.ph/pr20100111b.htm

Update on Philippine Elections

Senator Noynoy Aquino will meet former President Erap Estrada next week in an effort to unify the opposition. The talk will focus on the possibility of having one candidate for president.

Secretary Gilbert Teodoro wins the nomination of the Lakas Kampi CMD Coalition as the party standard bearer in the 2010 Presidential elections. MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando accepts the decision.

Former Speaker Jose de Venecia contest the merging of LAKAS CMD and KAMPI. He believes that the merging is void ab initio or illegal from the very beginning.

Eap files suit against Yunchengco for the alleged intimidation resulting to the Yuchengco's sale of stake to Pangilinan Group.

Noynoy for Vice President

After the burial of his mother, former President Cory Aquino, the political party of Noynoy Aquino considers him as a good candidate for the vice presidency. The LP said that it is agood development for their party since they already have 2 winnable candidates. The other one is Kiko Pangilinan who already declared his intention to run for vice president in the 2010 elections.

If Noynoy decides to run as vice president, the party will be forced to follow the selection process for these 2 candidates. Although this is considered by party members as a positive problem since LP is the only party that could fill the top position without inviting other candidates from other opposition parties.



Fielding Noynoy for the vice presidency came up when party members have seen that the Cory Magic is still there. With the huge support of the people for Cory, with the way Noynoy handles the relationship with Malacanang and his statement during the requiem mass, contributed further to his status as a senator and a possible candidate for vice president.

As to the question whether Kris Aquino will run for 2010 national election, NOynoy said that it is not yet time for Kris and he want his sister to be in showbiz rather than be involved in politics.