Former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) spokesperson and assistant secretary Celine Pialago believes that her party-list, the Frontliners Ang Bida Party-list, is gaining ground among voters with just over two weeks to go before the May 9 polls.
This, after Frontliners Ang Bida placed 32nd with a "likely voters, 100 percent" base of 0.76 according to the results of OCTA Research's latest party-list preference survey.
Pialago, also a former beauty pageant contestant, took to Facebook recently to thank the group's supporters and volunteers for this positive development.
"Sabi ng OCTA Research pang 32nd na tayo mga kaibigan! Maraming Salamat unang una sa lahat ng mga LGUs (local government units) na naniniwala po sa Frontliners Ang Bida Party-list, sa lahat ng leaders, zone coordinators, area leaders, campaigners ng team 111 (Friends, we are now in 32nd place according to OCTA Research! First of all, thank you very much to all the LGUs that believe in Frontliners Ang Bida Party-list, to all leaders, zone coordinators, area leaders, campaigners of team 111)," she wrote.
"May 2 weeks pa po tayo! (We still have two weeks!) Thank You God. ," added Pialago, obviously hopeful about her chances of winning a seat in the House of Representatives as a Frontliners Ang Bida Party-list nominee.
Aspiring lawmaker Pialago was formerly associated with Malasakit Movement Party-list, which was disqualified from the party-list race by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) last January.
Somehow, she successfully made a transition to a new party-list in time for the start of the national campaign period last Feb. 8.
The OCTA Research survey was conducted from April 2 to 6.
At least 165 party-list groups will be vying for an estimated 63 seats in the House of Representatives in the May 9 polls, according to Comelec.
Winning party-lists can have a maximum of three seats in the House, depending on the number of votes they garnered.