Benigno Aquino III 2010 presidential campaign

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Benigno Aquino III 2010 presidential campaign
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Campaigned for 2010 Philippine presidential election
Candidate Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III
Senator of the Philippines (2007–2010)
Manuel "Mar" Roxas II
Senator of the Philippines (2004–2010)
Affiliation Liberal Party
Akbayan
StatusWon election:
May 10, 2010
LaunchedSeptember 9, 2009
HeadquartersMatrinco Building, Pasong Tamo (now Chino Roces Avenue), Makati, Philippines
Key people
List of key people:
Kung Walang Corrupt, Walang Mahirap
Laban ng Tapat, Laban ng Lahat
Noynoy!

The 2010 presidential campaign of Benigno Aquino III , then Philippine Senator, began when he announced his candidacy for the presidency of the Philippines at the Club Filipino, Greenhills, San Juan, Metro Manila, on September 9, 2009, 40 days after the death of his mother, former President Corazon Aquino. On September 21, 2009, Aquino's campaign announced that Senator Mar Roxas would be his vice presidential nominee.

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On June 9, 2010, Aquino was proclaimed by the Congress of the Philippines as President-elect of the Philippines, winning the election with 15,208,678 votes and defeating Former President Joseph Estrada of the Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino and seven other candidates. Roxas, his vice presidential nominee, narrowly lost to Estrada's running mate, Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay. Aquino, the tenth Philippine Senator to be elected president, was sworn in as the 15th President of the Philippines on June 30, 2010, at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila.

Background

Roxas' candidacy

On November 26, 2008, the Liberal Party elected Mar Roxas, president of the Liberal Party, as the standard-bearer of the Liberal Party for President of the Philippines in the then-upcoming 2010 presidential elections. [2]

Death of President Corazon Aquino

On August 1, 2009, former President Corazon Aquino died from colon cancer. Following her funeral, many people began calling on her son, Benigno Aquino III to run for President of the Philippines. [3] This groundswell of support became known as the "Noynoy Phenomenon". [4]

Noynoy Aquino for President Movement

On August 27, 2009, Edgardo "Eddie" Roces, son of the late journalist and media executive Chino Roces, and a group of lawyers and activists formed the Noynoy Aquino for President Movement (NAPM), a nationwide campaign to collect a million signatures in order to persuade Aquino to run for president, [5] reminiscent of Roces' father, who on October 15, 1985, launched the Cory Aquino for President Movement (CAPM), collecting more than one million signatures nationwide, asking Aquino's mother to run against Ferdinand Marcos in the 1986 presidential snap elections. [6]

Press conferences at the Club Filipino

In September 2009, the Liberal Party held numerous press conferences in relation to the 2010 elections at the Club Filipino in Greenhills, San Juan City, the site of the presidential inauguration of Aquino's mother in February 1986.

Roxas withdraws

On September 1, 2009, at the Club Filipino, in a press conference, Senator Mar Roxas, president of the Liberal Party and standard-bearer of the Liberal Party for President of the Philippines, announced his withdrawal from the presidential race and expressed his support for Aquino, as the standard-bearer of the Liberal Party for president. [7] Aquino later stood side by side with Roxas, but did not make a public statement at the press conference. [8]

Aquino accepts the bid for presidency

On September 2, 2009, in a press conference at the Club Filipino, Aquino announced that he would be going on a "spiritual retreat" over the weekend to finalize his decision for the 2010 presidential election, [3] reminiscent of the decision of his mother, who in 1985, went on a retreat before giving her decision to run for the presidency during the snap elections in 1986. [9] Aquino went on a retreat over the weekend, visiting the Carmelite sisters in Zamboanga City. [3]

The following week, on September 9, Aquino officially announced his candidacy for the presidency in the then-upcoming elections. [3] [10]

Aquino-Roxas tandem

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Mar Roxas (2009).jpg
Liberal Party standard-bearers Benigno Aquino III (left), Mar Roxas (right)

On September 21, 2009, Roxas, alongside Aquino, officially announced his candidacy for the vice presidency, as the standard-bearer of the Liberal Party for vice president, launching the Aquino-Roxas tandem. [11] [12] On November 28, 2009, Aquino and Roxas filed their certificate of candidacy for president and vice president respectively.

Opinion Polling

From the time Aquino announced his candidacy for the presidency to Election Day, he had a commanding lead in the opinion polls.

Poll sourceDate(s) conductedSample
size
Margin of
error
Acosta Aquino De los Reyes Estrada Gordon Madrigal Perlas Teodoro Villanueva Villar Other/
Undecided
2010
SWS [13] May 2–32,400±2%0420.32020.20.193196
StratPOLLS [14] Apr. 27-May 21,50045.20.222.21.50.20.610.1315.1
The Center [15] Apr. 26–May 22,400±2.8%29182025
Manila Standard Today [16] Apr. 25-272,500±2%380.12220.40.293206
Pulse Asia [17] Apr. 23-251,800±2%390.22020.10.373209
Manila Standard Today [18] Apr. 18-202,500±2%3819192236
SWS [19] Apr. 16–192,400±2%0380.21720.30.292266
Pulse Asia [20] Mar. 21–283,000±2%0.08370.21820.10.372259
SWS [21] Mar. 19-222,100±2.2%370.31930.040.162284.56
The Center [22] Mar. 3–102,400±2.8%260.51790014228
SWS [23] Feb. 24-282,100±2.2%0.4360.11520.10.263344
Pulse Asia [24] Feb. 21–251,800±2%0.043601810.30.272296
TNS [25] Jan. 28–Feb. 33,000±—%41.5411.661.70.225.21230.63
Pulse Asia [26] Jan. 22–261,800±2%0.2370.31210.50.0552356
SWS [27] Jan. 21–242,100±2%0.3420.21320.40.0442352
StratPOLLS [28] Jan. 16–222,400±2.2%360.25155111426
2009
SWS [29] Dec. 27–282,100±2.2%440.4150.50.451331
Pulse Asia [30] Dec. 8–101,800±2%4519151235 [p 1]
SWS [31] Dec. 5–102,100±2.2%46.20.116.01.10.20.034.61.127.03.7
The Center [32] Dec. 2–61,200±2.8%310.251950.25103247.5

Endorsements

In May 5, Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) endorses the tandem. Voting as a block, the INC has an estimated command votes of 5-8 million. [33]

Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino
Philippine Congress
Local officials
Celebrities
Athletes
Businessperson & producers
  • Juno Gallardo, film director
  • Dondon Monteverde, relative of Regal Films matriarch Lily Monteverde
  • Boy So, owner of La Carmela de Boracay and friend of Boy Abunda
  • Tony Tuviera, TAPE Inc. official
News
Organizations
Mar Roxas
Philippine Congress
Local officials
Organizations

Senatorial slate

The slate was dubbed "SLAMAT LORRRD" as an acronym for each candidates, present during the motorcade were S for Sonia Roco, L for ex-mutineer Danny Lim, A for Neric Acosta, M for Martin Bautista, A for Alex Lacson, T for TG Guingona, L for Yasmin Busman-Lao, O for Senator and 1998 Liberal Vice Presidential nominee Serge Osmeña, R for Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon, R for former Senator and cabinet member Ralph Recto, R for Akbayan Representative Risa Hontiveros, and D for LP president Senator Franklin Drilon. [36]

NamePartyOccupationElected
Neric Acosta Liberal Academic, political scientist, and former Congressman from Bukidnon X mark.svg
Martin Bautista Liberal X mark.svg
Ruffy Biazon Liberal Mayor of Muntinlupa Yes check.svg
Franklin Drilon Liberal Senator and former Senate President Yes check.svg
TG Guingona Liberal Congressman from Bukidnon Yes check.svg
Risa Hontiveros Liberal [a] Activist and Party-list representative X mark.svg
Alex Lacson Liberal Lawyer X mark.svg
Yasmin Lao Liberal Muslim leader X mark.svg
Danilo Lim Liberal Former military officer and ex-muntineer X mark.svg
Serge Osmeña Liberal Senator and former 1998 vice presidential nominee of Liberal Yes check.svg
Ralph Recto Liberal Economist and former Senator Yes check.svg
Sonia Roco Liberal [b] Teacher X mark.svg

Note

  1. Originally from Akbayan, but Liberal in the ballot
  2. Originally from Aksyon Demokratiko, but Liberal in the ballot

Fake psychiatric reports

During the 90-day election campaign period from February 9–May 8, 2010, [37] fake psychiatric reports on Aquino's mental health began circulating. [38]

According to Aquino, his camp had received information that the first fake psychiatric report on his mental state that was circulated on the Internet came from the wife of Guido Delgado, a supporter of the Nacionalista Party. Aquino noted that the supporter's move was made with "malicious intent". [38]

An unidentified supporter of Senator Manny Villar, president of the Nacionalista Party and its standard bearer for President of the Philippines, sent a second fake psychiatric report to Villar's volunteer center located at Star Mall in Mandaluyong. [38] [39] The psychiatric report was presented in a restaurant in Quezon City, during a press conference held by Guido Delgado, a supporter of the Nacionalista Party and former president of the National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR). [38] [39] The psychiatric report was supposedly signed by Father Jaime C. Bulatao, S.J., PhD, a Jesuit priest, a professor of Psychology and a clinical psychologist at the Ateneo de Manila University, taken when Aquino was finishing his bachelor's degree in economics at the Ateneo de Manila University in 1979, showed that Aquino suffered from depression and melancholia, [39] however, Father Bulatao had denied writing or signing the psychiatric report. [38]

A fake third psychiatric report on Aquino's mental state was circulated on the Internet. [38] The psychiatric report was supposedly signed by Father Carmelo A. Caluag II, S.J, a Jesuit priest at the Ateneo de Manila University. [38] The psychiatric report showed that Aquino suffered from major depressive disorder, however, Father Caluag had denied having made any psychiatric evaluation of Aquino. [38] The psychiatric report was disowned by the Ateneo de Manila University Psychology Department. [38]

Aquino described the release of another fake psychiatric report as an "act of desperation" of his political opponents to besmirch his reputation. [38] Aquino dismissed his "psychiatric evaluation", saying its release only showed how desperate his rivals were. [38]

Aquino-Binay (NoyBi)

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Aquino-Binay Campaign

During the ninety-day election campaign period, [37] Senator Francis Escudero began endorsing Aquino as President of the Philippines, and Jejomar Binay, the standard-bearer of PDP-Laban for vice president, as Vice President of the Philippines, launching the Aquino-Binay campaign. [40] However, this was done without the consent of the two candidates, since Escudero, Aquino and Binay came from different political parties. Aquino had Mar Roxas as his running mate for vice president, while Binay was former President Joseph Estrada's running mate for vice president. The Aquino-Binay campaign endorsed by Escudero was successful as the Congress of the Philippines proclaimed Aquino and Binay the winners of the 2010 elections for president and vice president on June 9, 2010. [3] [41] [42] [43]

Election day and proclamation by Congress

During the 2010 presidential election, held on May 10, 2010, in unofficial tallies, conducted by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV), Aquino was the leading candidate in tallied votes for president, and in the official Congressional canvass, Aquino was the leading candidate in canvassed votes for president. [44] Aquino was unofficially being referred to as "President-apparent" by the media. [45]

On June 9, 2010, at the Batasang Pambansa, in Quezon City, the Congress of the Philippines proclaimed Aquino as the President-elect of the Philippines, [3] [41] following the 2010 election with 15,208,678 votes, [3] [42] while Jejomar Binay, the former mayor of Makati, was proclaimed as the Vice President-elect of the Philippines with 14,645,574 votes, [43] defeating runner-up for the vice presidency Mar Roxas, the standard-bearer of the Liberal Party for vice president.

Notes

  1. 1% picked "others" while 4% picked none/refused/undecided.

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