Vice President and United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) standard -bearer Jejomar Binay yesterday expressed confidence he will emerge as winner of the presidential derby this May, predicting a 4mn vote lead over his nearest rival.
Binay said it is difficult to speculate who will place second in the presidential race in terms of the number of votes, but added that he believes the fight will be between him and the administration Liberal Party (LP) bet Manuel “Mar” Roxas.
“It is I who will win,” Binay told reporters in an interview.
Citing his experience and political machinery, gained optimism after hearing about his other rivals’ “lack of fieldwork and organisation.”
“I will win, I win. Like I said, in my estimate, with our barnstorming, you yourselves are witnesses, I think I will lead by 4mn votes,” Binay said.
“I think so, because many leaders in the local government said that our two rivals have no fieldwork and no organisation,” Binay said, apparently referring to Grace Poe and Rodrigo Duterte.
He also learned of the ruling Liberal Party’s (LP) show of force at Club Filipino in San Juan City (Metro Manila) on Thursday. The LP said the event was not a loyalty check.
House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr said the show of force was a “pampalakas ng loob” (morale booster) to everyone that they are still together.
Last week, Binay during a proclamation rally in Quezon province noted the campaign had reached a point when organisation and fieldwork mattered.
“It is good that we have long started coming together like this. My opponents are looking for a leader only now, but my organisation is already established. And you can count my experience as I’ve done this before, when I ran for vice president,” Binay said in his speech at his proclamation rally in Unisan, Quezon, last week.