Leni, Alan win VP debate—INQUIRER.net readers, Facebook fans

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ADMINISTRATION vice presidential bet Leni Robredo and Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano won the nod of more INQUIRER.net readers compared to their rivals during the first and only vice presidential debate held at the University of Santo Tomas on Sunday.

Robredo and Cayetano emerged as top choices in the poll posted on the INQUIRER.net website and Facebook page, respectively, on the question “Who’s winning the vice presidential debate?”

The Camarines Sur representative and widow of the former Interior secretary Jessie Robredo garnered 42.58 percent or 4,511 votes on the INQUIRER.net homepage poll.

Trailing Robredo were Senators Francis “Chiz” Escudero with 25.45 percent or 2,696 votes, Cayetano with 18.46 percent or 1,956 votes, and Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. with 12.02 percent or 1,274 votes. Senators Antonio “Sonny” Trillanes IV (1.01 percent) and Gringo Honasan (0.48 percent) got the least number of votes.

The INQUIRER.net poll garnered a total of 10,595 votes.

In the Facebook poll, Cayetano, who was on the offensive against preference surveys front-runner Marcos, secured 44 percent of total votes.

Cayetano, the running mate of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, criticized the son and namesake of the late dictator for his family’s ill-gotten wealth and alleged involvement in the pork barrel scam.

Following Marcos who got 28 percent were Robredo with 23 percent and Escudero with three percent. Trillanes and Honasan each got one percent.

The Facebook poll registered a total of 14,287 votes.

The three-hour debate, hosted by CNN Philippines and Business Mirror, zeroed in on corruption, poverty, political dynasties, human rights, peace and order, traffic and other urban problems, Internet connectivity, and foreign policy.

The INQUIRER.net poll is not a scientific survey. It is an interactivity tool that can, within its limits, reflect the interests of online readers.