Erap 2nd?! This is completely out of hand... What do you think?  

Same sentiments in here. The thing that is really surprising is that the vote mostly came from Mindanao. I guess he campaigned there in Mindanao knowing that most voters there still remembers him as a good actor but not what he has done with the country. I still think that erap charm still is strong among the masses but I think he lost the winning votes of the liberal minded people.

With regards to Binay, was also surprising but I think the last few days of political ads that he gave made a difference in many of people's decision the last minute. I just hope that if he is indeed proclaimed winner in this election he would act according to his promises.

I dont understand why there were still people who voted for him when in fact he was found guilty and that was a the reason why he was impeached. I hate to say the word but some Filipinos are stupid. The decision of putting ERAP's name on the ballot, is one dumb idea.

I thought erap is a done deal but i was wrong. It turn out that he still have the charisma. With the results of the votes you will know how Filipinos forget things easily. They put him to jail and all of a sudden they want him to lead the country again. But that's democracy, majority wins and gladly it's working. This elections also show us that Filipinos are getting more mature when it comes to choosing their leaders. If erap won by a landslide during his time, this time around will show that some have learned their lessons and chose a different candidate instead. Without that maturity erap could have clinched victory again. but let us all not forget that this is politics, you don't know what's going to happen next. So let's wait and see if those who got elected can really deliver what they promised.

Hi taki_takaishi,

Its really out of hand. I dont know why there are still people who wants to consider him as a president, again? It actually gives us a bad image to other countries who knows about it. A friend of mine said that CNN reported it that a crimical ex-president runs for a president, or something like that. Aside from that, not only Erap, but Gloria Arroyo runs for congressman in Pampanga and won. This is really out of control. Haha.

About Erap winning in Mindanao, Im from Mindanao (but not living their anymore) and i think the reason why he got the highest votes there is because of what he did to the Muslim brothers. As far as I know he gives peace to the muslim people (based on his politcal ad campaign).

I think, he still got the hearts of some people, not because he is an artist/actor but i think because some of them still believes that Erap can still do something for this country.

In my own point of view, If i had the chance to vote yesterday, I wont give my vote for him. Its just a waste of vote. But another Ad from the television, " if you cant vote, then you dont have the right to complain". hehehe... My response to that would be... Im not complaining, Im just stating my opinion. And after all I am still a citizen to this country who pays my taxes and all.

Thanks...

i think there's nothing wrong with the result of ERAP being in the 2nd place, its the will of the people to vote for him including me. just because that you dont like ERAP, doesnt mean that everybody will think the same. still alot of pinoy out there likes ERAP because of his being MASANG PINOY. and yes its true that ERAP is not like some highly educated guy like you or even good in speaking english since most people treats speaking english as an social status symbol coz its true that if you were able to speak english very well, it reflects that maybe you belong to the higher society coz as we all know, most marginalized people are "ENGLISH CARABAO" like me but please ....

RESPECT THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE, if they voted for ERAP then you should just accept it and do your part for the country. your right again that you have your right to say your opinion and i also have mine. but dont just judge someone's ability with just the reason that he cant effectively converse in english.

On the Binay-Mar issue---I totally agree with you. Huh? I cannot understand why Binay should be in the lead. In our province Negros Oriental and Cebu, Roxas won by a landslide and Binay is only a poor second. So why is he heading the race? Where did he get his huge votes? Hmmm....is there anything fishy here? As to Erap, everybody is surprised he came out second (although a poor second at that). I would expect Gibo to be next to Noynoy since this is the trend in our province. Villar is way, way far in the game. He only got a few votes here. As to why people still vote for Erap, well, maybe they just wanted to spread the votes or maybe they are die-hard followers of Erap.

Many people also shock and not believd on the results why Erap still got 2nd place on Presidential race. You are correct that Erap should be on last because of what he has done and caused Edsa PP2, but i think maybe, other people symphatized from him and as you remember, Erap exit is like a Drama and on TV, he like a poor boy who throw away from Malacanang, in this, expect many people will symphatize for him. Maybe one reason and note that all peopla from Edsa 2 are mostly from Luzon only, let's also consider other place. Other reason, maybe people who plan to vote Villar switch to Erap.

For Binay-Roxas issue, really a close fight. Your friend vote for Binay maybe because he knew what happen to Makati, and i also knew that they offer free Hospital, Medical, School for poor people there. Yes, there's a lot of illegal business there, and even on other places, also robbers are all over Metro. We must expect lots of Robbery in Makati, as we know, Makati is a rich place.

Nothing to say for Noynoy, he deserves to win and people already decided (all deserves to win also in their own way). For Binay and Roxas, may the best VP win...