Rodrigo Duterte takes early lead in Philippine presidential vote
Rodrigo Duterte, a candidate of the PDP-Laban political party, is taking an early lead in the presidential election in the Philippines, according to the local media’s unofficial statistics.
A polling station in Manila (Source: VNA)The 71-year-old Mayor of Davao had 1.31 million votes, nearly double his nearest rival - Senator Grace Poe with 757,000 votes. Administration candidate Manuel Mar Roxas trailed closely in third.
Earlier, Duterte who has promised to tackle crime and corruption received the most support of voters in an opinion poll.
The poll, conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) from May 1-3, showed that 33 percent of respondents picked Duterte as the country’s next President. Senator Grace Poe and Mar Roxas came second and third with 22 percent and 20 percent, respectively.
More than half of 100 million Filipinos registered to vote in the election. Apart from selecting a new President to replace Benigno Aquino whose term will end in June, voters also cast ballots for the vice-president, 300 lawmakers and about 18,000 local government officials.-VNA
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