Senatorial candidate and incumbent Sorsogon Governor Chiz Escudero maintained his tight grip on the 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% of 7,560 respondents polled in the MB-DZRH Pre-election Survey.
The result of the opinion poll, which was conducted on April 18-19 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 senatorial survey, Escudero retained his number one position among more than 60 candidates.
In the recent Publicus Asia PAHAYAG survey, he retained his number one position among more than 60 candidates vying for the 12 seats in the Senate.
Escudero 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.
He 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, Escudero said he would focus on giving more autonomy to local government units, ensure the judicious and prudent utilization of the annual budget, and help transition the pandemic-weary economy to recovery, among others.
“Escudero 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.”
President Rodrigo 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 Ping Lacson and Senate President Tito Sotto; Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Kiko Pangilinan; and Senator Manny Pacquiao and Rep. Lito Atienza have adopted Escudero in their senatorial slates.
The League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) has also included him 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 supporting his Senate return.
Escudero 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.
