[December 28, 2009] Gibo dominates online polls Tweet Dec 28, 2009 (The Manila Times - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro, the administration's presidential candidate in the 2010 elections, may have been lagging behind in recent surveys but the standard-bearer of the Lakas-Kampi Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD) has been doing excellent on polls being conducted on the Internet. Teodoro, in the ongoing online poll of the Manila Bulletin website http://www.mb.com.ph/home), keeps a steady lead with 45 percent (25,814) of the 57,578 "votes" cast by "voters." The former Defense secretary has also become a solid front-runner in the only community site Facebook, based on the latest results of the Facebook application "Election 2010" that describes itself as "a simulation for the Philippine 2010 Presidential Elections." The online poll asked visitors to its site the question: "Which presidential candidate for the May 2010 elections is most capable of handling the duties as the Philippines' next leader?" Teodoro was trailed by Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino 3rd with 39 percent (22,191 votes), Sen. Manuel Villar 10 percent (5,821 votes) and former President Joseph Estrada with 3 percent (1,635 votes). Also in the poll with insignificant numbers were former Public Works Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. (0 percent, or 248 votes) and Brother Eddie Villanueva (3 percent, or 1,869 votes). Ebdane pulled out from the race for president long before the deadline for filing of candidacies. Miguel Rene Dominguez, the governor of Sarangani province and also the Lakas-Kampi CMD national president, commenting on Teodoro's huge lead in the online survey, said that many people are beginning to see in Teodoro the kind of decisive leadership and intelligence that the next Philippine president should possess in the face of great challenges. Dominguez cited Teodoro's decisiveness in expelling from the ruling party the Ampatuans, the alleged masterminds in the November 23 massacre in Maguindanao of 57 people; his efficient handling of relief and rescue efforts during the Ondoy and Pepeng calamities; and his academic accomplishments that include topping the Philippine Bar, passing the New York Bar in 1997 and training at Harvard University and becoming a licensed commercial pilot. To see more of The Manila Times, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.manilatimes.net. Copyright (c) 2009, The Manila Times, Philippines Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email [email protected], call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write to The Permissions Group Inc., 1247 Milwaukee Ave., Suite 303, Glenview, IL 60025, USA. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]