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Chiz keeps No.2 position in DZRH senatorial survey

Published Apr 22, 2022 04:37 pm

Senatorial candidate and incumbent Sorsogon Governor Francis ‘’Chiz’' Escudero has maintained his tight grip on second spot in the latest nationwide pre-election survey of preferred senators conducted by radio station DZRH less than three weeks before the May 9 elections.

He was picked by 44.16 percent of 7,560 respondents polled in the MB-DZRH pre-election survey. The result of the opinion poll, which was conducted on April 18 to 19 and has a margin of error of +/- 1.13 percent, was released on April 22 via the radio station’s Facebook page.

Escudero, who is seeking a new six-year mandate in the Senate in next month’s polls, has been consistently topping various pre-election surveys. In the Publicus Asia PAHAYAG survey last month, he retained his number one position among more than 60 candidates vying for the 12 seats in the Senate.

The former senator also remains among the top favorites of students to win the senatorial race, according to campus mock polls conducted by at least 36 colleges and universities across the country.

Escudero was also the top choice for senator among respondents in the nationwide survey conducted by the 1,500-member Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP).

If elected to the Senate anew, the veteran lawmaker said he would focus on giving more autonomy to local government units (LGUs), ensure the judicious and prudent utilization of the annual budget, and help transition the pandemic-weary economy to recovery, among others.

President Duterte has endorsed Escudero’s senatorial bid, saying the governor will play a big role in crafting key pieces of legislation and reforms at a time when the country is besieged with challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Duterte’s daughter, Davao City Mayor and vice presidential candidate Sara Duterte-Carpio, is personally backing Escudero’s Senate comeback bid.

The tandems of Senator Panfilo ‘’Ping’’ Lacson and Senate President Vicente ‘’Tito’’ Sotto III; Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Francis ‘’Kiko’’ Pangilinan; and Senator Emmanuel ‘’Manny’’ Pacquiao and Deputy Speaker Lito Atienza have all adopted Escudero in their senatorial slates.

The League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) has also included Escudero in the list of six senatorial bets it is endorsing for the May 9 polls, while mayors from CALABARZON (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) and Eastern Samar, who belong to the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP), are likewise backing his Senate return.

The former senator is also endorsed by several party-list groups, including Ang Probinsyano, Ang Kabuhayan, Agimat, An Waray, ARISE, BHW, BTS, Kusog Bikolano, KAPUSO-PM and Uswag Ilonggo, as well as the youth-oriented group Nationalist Social-Democratic Society.

The 200,000-strong Federation of Free Farmers (FFF), one of the biggest non-government organizations in the country, has committed to campaign for Escudero.

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