PRESS STATEMENT
Tel No. 4155455
Mobile No. 0918-9120137
14 April 2010

I, together with the Lakas-Kampi allies in Albay like Tabaco City Mayor Krisel Lagman-Luistro and Legazpi City Mayor Noel Rosal and a host of municipal mayors and officials will remain steadfast in our support for former National Defense Secretary Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro, Jr. for President.

Gibo Teodoro is a cut above the rest in competence, capacity, integrity and sincerity.

His politics and campaign are anchored on issues and principles without any mudslinging and character assassination.

No less than Dr. Mahar Mangahas, the dean of Filipino pollsters, in a paper for the Second International Conference of Public Opinion Polls in Cairo, Egypt last November 2009 asserted that:

“The effect of election surveys is small, and may even be more pro-underdog rather than pro-bandwagon. 52% of the voters are unaware of them. 32% are aware but say the surveys have no effect on them. 8% said the surveys have influenced them to switch votes partly to favored candidates and partly to underdogs. 5% said the surveys have induced them to switch to underdogs. Only 3% said the surveys have induced them to switch to favored ones.”

Not a few say that it would be unfortunate and a waste if Gibo Teodoro does not win the Presidency because of his sterling qualifications.

In order to avert this misfortune, we must campaign and vote for Teodoro and prove the surveys wrong because the real survey is conducted on election day.