{"id":11390,"date":"2022-04-16T04:53:45","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T14:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/?p=11390"},"modified":"2022-04-16T06:33:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T16:33:58","slug":"leni-rides-the-crest-of-pink-tsunami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/2022\/04\/16\/leni-rides-the-crest-of-pink-tsunami\/","title":{"rendered":"Leni Rides The Crest Of Pink Tsunami"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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by Perry Diaz

<\/em>Three weeks to election day, the tide of the Philippine election is turning the other way! Yes, it\u2019s happening! You can feel it when you listen to the political rallies around the archipelago.

From Basilan in Southern Mindanao to Cagayan in Northern Luzon, the Filipino people are coming out enthusiastically for their presidential candidate of choice: be it Bongbong Marcos, Leni Robredo, Isko Moreno, Manny Pacquaio or Ping Lacson. But only one will end up elected President of the republic.

<\/em>Back in February 18-23, Pulse Asia showed Marcos Jr. had 60% approval rating and Robredo had 15%. But in a survey of 2,400 people taken between March 17 and 21, when the official campaign was underway, Marcos Jr.\u2019s lead dropped to 56% while Robredo\u2019s support jumped significantly to 24%, a nine percentage-point increase.

<\/em>Usually, surveys are taken based on the socioeconomic classes (SEC) that divide the Philippines\u2019 primary social classes into: Low-income class, the Middle-income class, and the High-income class.

The latest Family Income and Expenditure Survey by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) shows that the majority (58.4%) of Filipinos belongs to the low-income class, the middle class comprises around 40%, and the high-income class about 1% of the population. The classes are further divided into income segments: i.e., High-income = A, B; Middle-income = C, D; and Low-income = E.

<\/em>It was revealed that the Pulse Asia survey did not include Classes A and B.  Their reason was that only one percent comprise Classes A and B, which might look insignificant but would still make the survey incomplete.

Nevertheless, for the sake of brevity, let\u2019s accept Pulse Asia\u2019s explanation since it\u2019s \u201cnegligible.\u201d However, if the results are very close, it could make the difference.

<\/em>Noticeable trend<\/strong>
<\/em>With May 9 just a few weeks away, there is a noticeable trend in the surveys: Bongbong\u2019s approval rating came down while Leni\u2019s went up.

Barry Gutierrez, Leni\u2019s spokesperson, said that her 9-point surge in the latest survey reflected the mounting support for her presidential candidacy. \u201cWhat we are seeing now is the turning of the tide,\u201d Gutierrez said in a statement.

<\/em>He said that the survey results showed Leni scoring a 13-point swing as Bongbong\u2019s rating went down by 4 percentage points.

He reasoned that the survey numbers are starting to reflect what the Robredo campaign has been seeing on the ground all along: \u201cThe massive crowds, the fierce passion, the untiring commitment of Filipinos from all walks of life, coming together to rally behind Leni Robredo\u2019s bid for the presidency.\u201d

He also said that the momentum that Leni is now enjoying would \u201conly further intensify and accelerate\u201d in the run-up to the May 9 election.

Meanwhile, Bongbong\u2019s spokesperson, Vic Rodriguez, told Bongbong\u2019s supporters not to be complacent and to remain focused on their goal of 70% preference mark, which might seems improbable right now, considering that Bongbong\u2019s approval rating has gone below 50% and continues to go down.

Grassroots campaign <\/strong>
<\/em>With Leni\u2019s successful crowd-drawing record \u2013 she just had a 220,000 attendance to her Pampanga rally last April 9, the largest to date \u2013 and house-to-house campaigns, which now explains her increase in voter preferences, would contribute to increasing her numbers against Bongbong.

If she could increase her volunteers to at least 100,000 going door-to-door from barangay-to-barangay, she could surpass Bongbong\u2019s numbers.

As of April 2, she had 10,000 volunteers and increasing it ten times is doable considering the youth and enthusiasm of her army of volunteers called \u201ckakampinks.\u201d

It\u2019s bringing the campaign down to face-to-face grassroots level, which was determined to be the most effective in winning elections.

<\/em>The day before, the Leni-Kiko tandem was welcomed by 76,000 supporters in Dagupan City in Pangasinan.  Shouting \u201cAwan ti Solid North!\u201d (There is no Solid North), the Pangasinenses\u2019 unabashed enthusiasm for Leni and her running mate Kiko Pangilinan seem to suggest that the Marcoses\u2019 hold on the Solid North was just a myth.

What is interesting to note is that Moreno, Pacquaio, and Lacson are helping Robredo chip away at Bongbong\u2019s lead because they direct their attacks against Bongbong, which would insulate Leni from being accused of negative campaigning because she wasn\u2019t the one who raised the issue.

The fact that it did not come from Leni is good because Filipino culture still tends to look down on those who do negative campaigning. <\/em>For them to stay in the race would be beneficial to Leni. Hopefully, they\u2019ll all stay in the race.

The next survey results should be very interesting.  With the P203-billion estate tax that just became the hottest issue against Bongbong and compounded by Bongbong\u2019s refusal to pay the tax assessment, his campaign is headed over the cliffs.

Cheating and disinformation\/misinformation<\/strong>
<\/em>With the campaign season now in the homestretch, it is expected \u2013- as has been rumored \u2013 that Bongbong will resort to cheating and black propaganda.  There was already unfounded disinformation and misinformation being spread about Leni.

According to Tsek.ph (a collaboration of over 30 academic and media organizations), Leni is the \u201cbiggest victim of disinformation\u201d on social media, while Bongbong stands to benefit the most.

Bongbong is also the favorite subject of false claims, which are \u201clargely positive or in his favor seeking to promote him,\u201d Tsek.ph head Yvonne Chua said.

<\/em>Regarding cheating, Bongbong\u2019s late father allegedly used the \u201cThree G\u2019s\u201d \u2013 Guns, Goons, and Gold \u2013 to win the election in 1969. It described the violence and vote-buying that characterized the political campaign period during the presidential reelection campaign of 1969.

Another method of cheating in elections is called dagdag-bawas, which literally means \u201cadding and subtracting,\u201d is done by inserting fake ballots and removing legitimate ones.

<\/em>The good news is: \u201cThe Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV), the accredited citizen\u2019s arm of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), rekindled its partnership with a private education conglomerate on Monday, March 28, as the poll watchdog readies its command center for the 2022 elections,\u201d the report said.

<\/em>For the fifth straight election, the PPCRV has teamed up with AMA Education System, which will lend the poll watchdog its computers, and provide information technology support and student manpower.  It opened its command center at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila.

<\/em>As reported in the news, \u201cafter voting ends on May 9, PPCRV\u2019s volunteers across the country will pick up election returns (ERs) from some 106,000 clustered polling precincts. These ERs will be delivered to the command center in UST, where these will be encoded by about 200 volunteers per day for a period of 10 days.\u201d

<\/em>What they do at the command center is match via encoding the results in the ERs to that which the vote-counting machine transmitted electronically.   Since the ERs were picked up before transmission, it would ensure that no dagdag-bawas<\/em> would happen.

<\/em>The PPCRV targets to register 500,000 volunteers for the May 9 vote, but so far, the group only has around 350,000.  Hopefully, they\u2019d reach their goal on Election Day.

<\/em>While all the preparations for an orderly election and accurate vote-counting are being done, Leni is riding the crest of a pink tsunami.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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