Rodrigo Duterte leads Philippine Stock Exchange’s mock election.
After topping the latest surveys, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte leads also the mock election conducted by Philippine Stocks Exchange (PSE), according to Inquirer. The election was held during its annual golf tournament at Tagaytay Midlands on Saturday.
Apparently, the result showed that most business sectors are voting for the tough-talking politician for the president. Aside from having the support majority, most businessmen in the country are also backing his candidacy.
Duterte received 49 voters from the participants, followed by Liberal Party standard-bearer Mar Roxas with 38 votes. Senator Grace Poe came third with 21 votes, Vice President Jejomar Binay got 7 votes, while Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago received only 2 votes.
The mock elections came after the allegations thrown against him. Recently, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV accused him of hiding P211 million on his bank accounts at the Bank of Philippines Island (BPI) Julia Vargas Branch, Pasig City.
Apart from the PSE’s mock election, the recent mock poll conducted by Department of Finance (DOF) came also a surprise as the result revealed Duterte got the most number of votes from DOF employees.
Duterte leads with 88 votes and Binay is at the second place with 58 votes. Roxas make it to the third place with 54, while Poe received 43 and Santiago is at the bottom with 33 votes.
However, the DOF’s mock election was held before the issues about Duterte’s alleged ill-gotten wealth was revealed publicly.
In the latest Pulse Asia survey commissioned by ABS-CBN, Duterte is still the leading presidential candidate with 33%.