Villar, de Castro top Moro online survey on 2010 polls

Former Senate President Manuel Villar and Vice-President Noli de Castro topped an online survey of possible candidates for the 2010 presidential elections, an online report said Tuesday.

The website luwaran.com said Villar topped the survey with 294 votes followed by de Castro with 240 votes of the total 1088 votes cast since November 1 this year.

Sen. Loren Legarda came third with 197 or 18.1 percent of the votes; Sen. Panfilo Lacson came fourth with 191 votes or 17.6 percent; Sen. Richard Gordon, fifth with 64 votes or 5.9 percent; Sen. Mar Roxas, sixth with 54 votes or 5 percent; and former President Joseph Estrada, seventh and last with 48 votes or 4.4 percent.

The last vote was cast on December 1, 2008.

The online survey asked readers: “Who do you want to be president of the Philippines in 2010?” Only Moros were urged to participate in the survey, but there is no way to check whether this guideline is followed strictly.

A luwaran insider considered the result of the survey as reflective of the general sentiment of the Moros not only in Mindanao or elsewhere in the Philippines but even those who are working or residing overseas. He referred especially to the rankings of Roxas and Estrada, whom he said were identified as two of those most hated by Moros in an online survey conducted earlier for this purpose.

However, he admitted that the survey is not very scientific as it can be manipulated by unscrupulous individuals or groups. abs-cbnnews.com