Press Release
June 1, 2009

ROXAS: PUBLIC FEELING MY PRO-POOR ADVOCACIES, PROGRAMS

Liberal President Senator Mar Roxas today attributed his 5-point gain in the latest Pulse Asia Ulan ng Bayan survey to his pro-poor advocacies and programs.

Roxas, who scored 13% in the May 4 to 17 survey conducted among 1,2000 respondents, a 5% gain from his 8% score in February polls. Respondents were asked the question: "Sino ang inyong iboboto bilang presidente kung ang eleksyon ng 2010 ay gaganapin ngayon?"

"Nararamdaman na ng taumbayan ang aking pakikipaglaban para sa mahihirap," he said, adding: "Nagpapasalamat ako sa mga taong naniniwalang mababago ko hindi lang ang kanilang mga buhay kundi ang pamamalakad ng ating bansa."

The senator has come out with an infomercial reaching out to the marginalized sector of society where he is seen as riding a 'padyak' (or a 'trike' or 'traysikad') with a six-year old girl selling sampaguita leis in and being driven by a teenager forced to work as a 'padyak' driver to augment his family's income.

The senator likewise regained his title as Visayan chief, getting 22% among the other potential presidential candidates in the 2010 presidential elections.

"Malaki ang utang na loob na tinatanaw ko sa taumbayan, lalo na sa aking mga kababayan mula sa Visaya na patuloy na sumusuporta sa akin," he said.

Roxas is the only gainer among the serious potential presidential candidates. He is now statistically tied with Vice President Noli de Castro (18%), Sen. Chiz Escudero (17%), former President Joseph Estrada (15%) and Sen. Manuel Villar (14%).

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