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MANILA, Philippines — It’s officially crunch time for candidates as the campaign season goes into its last week.
Welcome to the home stretch — when politicians employ their best tricks and reveal their last-minute tactics in an effort to clinch a seat.
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Remember 2010?
“We are again amazed to see Sen Franklin Drilon and the rest of LP [Liberal Party] celebrating their victory based on the surveys. Haven’t they learned their lesson in 2010?”
– United Nationalist Alliance campaign manager Toby Tiangco, referencing the 2010 press release in reaction to the Pulse Asia survey showing an 11-5 combination for Team PNoy candidates
“I am happy that Noynoy Aquino and I will become the next president and vice president of this country.”
– Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas in an April 29, 2010 statement — two weeks before the 2010 elections. He ended up losing to Vice President Jejomar Binay. UNA distributed the old Roxas press release to remind the administration against pre-mature celebration
What Robredo legacy?
“[Jesse] was glorified like a saint but he’s a sinner. You think he’s in Heaven? He’s fornicating in Hell.”
– Camarines Sur gubernatorial candidate Luis Villafuerte on his estranged nephew, the late Naga City Jesse Robredo
Package deal
“Kung sakali, mga kaibigan, ako ang tipo ninyo, at hindi ninyo iboboto si Erap. Huwag ninyo na akong ibotong Vice Mayor.” (If ever you intend to vote for me, my friends, and not vote for Erap– do me a favor and don’t vote for me at all.)
– Manila vice mayor candidate Isko Moreno on how the residents of Manila should vote for him
Kris Aquino — planning 2016 and vote buying?
“Mayor Duterte, hello, friends na tayo. Dahil hindi mo ‘pinanalo si Noy nung 2010, sa 2016 dapat manalo ako (Mayor Duterte, hello, we’re friends now. Because you did not make Noy win in 2010, in 2016 you should make me win).”
– Kris Aquino during a sortie in Davao as quoted by DavaoToday.com
“Ipinaalala ko sa kanya (driver) na apart from Chiz [Escudero] and Grace [Poe], number 3 ha, Bam Aquino huwag mong kalimutan. Noong omo-oo siya, dinoble ko. Binigyan ko sya ng P1,000 at sinabi ko keep the change.” (I reminded the driver that apart from Chiz and Grace, he should vote number 3, Bam Aquino, don’t forget. When he said yes, I doubled the fare. I gave him P1,000 and told him to keep the change.)
– Kris Aquino during a sortie in a sortie in Cebu. The statement drew questions from readers: Is this vote-buying?
Heart-Chiz saga
“Hindi pulitika ang kinakain ko sa agahan, tanghalian at hapunan. Hindi rin po pulitika ang pinapanaginip ko sa gabi (Politics isn’t on my plate for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Politics isn’t what I dream of at night).”
– Sen Chiz Escudero in response to a question on whether he would be willing to give up politics for love
“Yeah, no doubt about that. He has all these ideas, he’s so fair with everything, even when people are hitting him left and right and beating him black and blue, he accepts it but yet he doesn’t plan anything evil against them he plans a solution to the problem, he never turns his back on anything. He just goes forward and fights for what is right, so I think he would be a great president.”
– Actress Heart Evangelista on whether she believes her boyfriend Sen Chiz Escudero would make a good president
– compiled by Angela Casauay/Rappler.com
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