Expats, envoys think Gordon is best person to run RP

By Lira Dalangin-Fernandez
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 15:21:00
03/18/2010



Filed Under: Elections, Eleksyon 2010, Politics, Inquirer Politics


Original Story: http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20100318-259425/Expats-envoys-think-Gordon-is-best-person-to-run-RP


MANILA, Philippines—Foreign business executives and members of the diplomatic community in the Philippines believe Senator Richard Gordon would be best person to run the country in the next six years. But given the chance to cast their votes, they said they would go for the winnable, Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III.

In a mock polls conducted at the quarterly round table of the Wallace Business Forum Thursday in Shangri-la Hotel in Makati City, Gordon topped the list of candidates business executives think “can do the best job.”

Gordon is followed by administration candidate Gilbert Teodoro, Senator Manuel Villar, Aquino and former president Joseph Estrada.

A total of 35 executives of multinational companies and members of the diplomatic community participated in the mock polls. They were asked to rank the five candidates based on the questionnaire.

It was Aquino, however, whom the respondents think would win from the field of five choices. They also ranked Aquino their number one choice if they could vote in the May elections.

Villar came second to Aquino in the most winnable candidate, followed by Estrada, Teodoro and Gordon.

As for their choice of candidate if they could vote, Teodoro placed second, followed by Villar, Gordon and Estrada.

Teodoro was the group’s special guest during the forum. He presented his platform on Charter change, reproductive health, peace and order, the economy and gave his view on the controversy surrounding the appointment of the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

Asked to rank Teodoro in a scale of 10, with 10 as the highest, Peter Wallace, the head of the forum, gave the administration bet a 7 or 8.

“He obviously understands the issues very well. I think the various questions that are being raised to him, which concerns the business community, it seems he understands and I think he has come up with arguments and reassurances that reassures us,” Wallace said.


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