By Junex Doronio
CHANGING ITS POLITICAL COLOR, from yellow to pink, must be playing jinx to former Vice President Leni Robredo and her allies from the once powerful yellow Liberal Party.
Robredo, Liberal Party (LP) presidential bet in 2016 Mar Roxas, former Senate President Frank Drilon, former Senator Bam Aquino, and other allies did not make it to the so-called “Magic 12” in the latest OCTA survey conducted from Sept. 30 to Oct 4.
Only 12 senators will be elected in the upcoming 2025 midterm national and local elections.
In the survey, Robredo landed between 14th to 32nd place in the survey of preferred senatorial contenders for the 2025 elections.
She only got a dismal 15% preference rating from survey respondents.
Blamed by former Manila mayor Isko Moreno for fomenting disunity among the opposition forces in the 2022 presidential contest, Robredo thrashed away the yellow color which has been the symbol of the anti-dictatorship struggle, and shifted to pink color.
Notably, in the last 2022 polls, only re-electionist Senator Risa Hontiveros “survived” the humiliating defeat of the opposition and won a Senate seat.
Former Senator Francis Pangilinan placed 13th to 23rd in the survey with a voter preference rating of 19 percent.
Drilon and Bam Aquino who’s rumored to be Robredo’s financier also landed between 17th place to 36th place with a voter preference rating of 13 percent.
Roxas, human rights lawyer Chel Diokno, former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, and former Senator Leila de Lima also failed to the survey’s top 12.
Surprisingly, broadcaster and now ACT CIS party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo topped the Octa survey, garnering a 60 percent voter preference rating.
(ai/mnm)
