Philippine Candidates Seen as Best to Run Economy Trail in Polls
- Roxas, Poe lead in Bloomberg survey on economic credibility
- Infrastructure, battling corruption ranked as top priorities
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A first-time Philippine senator and a former minister endorsed by the current president were selected by analysts as the most credible candidates in next month’s election to run the economy, according to a Bloomberg survey. Both are trailing in opinion polls.
Grace Poe, a senator and adopted daughter of a famous local actor, and former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas scored the highest support of the five main candidates in a confidence survey of 10 economists. Both ranked ahead of Rodrigo Duterte, the firebrand mayor of Davao city who is leading in the latest poll by Pulse Asia Research Inc. to win the May 9 presidential vote.