Second of two parts
With just a little over a month before the May 9 elections, candidates for president and vice president are pulling out all the stops to convince the electorate that they are right for the job.
But are they actually in tune with issues that voters most care about?
In this two-part series, VERA Files Fact Check outlined what each tandem running for the country’s top positions plans to do to address the five “most urgent national concerns” of Filipino voters, based on a January 2022 Pulse Asia pre-electoral survey.
These are:
- controlling inflation,
- improving workers’ pay,
- reducing poverty,
- fighting graft and corruption in government, and
- creating more jobs.
In the poll, which had a margin of error of ±2, Pulse Asia asked 2,400 “likely voters” across the Philippines to state and rank three issues that their chosen presidential candidate should “immediately address” once elected.
Apart from these five concerns, VERA Files Fact Check also included each tandems’ respective plans on curbing the continued spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Part 2 of this series covers the tandems of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte, Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquio and Jose “Lito” Atienza Jr., and Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo and Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan.
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Marcos-Duterte
Pacquiao-Atienza
Robredo-Pangilinan
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Sources
Marcos-Duterte
- Philippine Star Official Facebook Page, “Presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. talked about addressing the high prices…,” March 8, 2022
- Office of Bongbong Marcos, Press Release: BBM-Sara UniTeam wants more trading posts to lower price of agri products, Jan. 21, 2022
- CNN Philippines, Bongbong Marcos now prefers subsidies over excise tax suspension to address rising oil prices, March 13, 2022
- ABS-CBN News, Marcos Jr. backs oil price stabilization fund, subsidies, March 12, 2022
- Inquirer.net, Marcos backtracks, now agrees with collection of fuel excise tax, March 16, 2022
- Office of Bongbong Marcos, Press Release: Marcos: Workers to get wage increase in a recovered economy, March 5, 2022
- Office of Bongbong Marcos, Press Release: Teachers’ higher salaries, more benefits top list of UniTeam’s priority programs, March 18, 2022
- Inday Sara Duterte Official YouTube Channel, Metro Manila Virtual Caravan with Mayor Inday Sara Duterte, Jan. 19, 2022
- PTV Official Facebook Page, WATCH: The Chatroom with Presidential Candidate Bong Bong Marcos, March 19, 2022
- Office of Bongbong Marcos, Press Release: PH to attain food sovereignty under Marcos’ presidency, March 16, 2022
- Office of Bongbong Marcos, Press Release: UniTeam readies plan to help homeless people, Jan. 29, 2022
- DZRH News Television Official YouTube Channel, Bakit Ikaw? DZRH Presidential job interview with Former Sen. Bongbong Marcos, Jr, Feb. 3, 2022
- The Boy Abunda Talk Channel, The 2022 Presidential One-On-One Interviews with Boy Abunda featuring Former Senator Bongbong Marcos, Jan. 25, 2022
- Office of Bongbong Marcos, Press Release: BBM bats on industrialization to create more jobs, March 27, 2022
Pacquiao-Atienza
- Manny Pacquiao Public Information, Pacquiao raises need…, March 4, 2022
- Inquirer.net, Pacquiao pushes salary standardization for workers , Feb. 27, 2022
- Philstar.com, Pacquiao vows equal worker salaries, Feb. 27, 2022
- ABS-CBN News, Pacquiao, isusulong ang across-the-board salary standardization scheme, Feb. 26, 2022
- Manny Pacquiao official Facebook page, Nagpunta po tayo sa Balintawak Public Market at Farmers’ Market, Feb. 24, 2022,
- Official Gazette official website, Republic Act No. 6727 (Wage Rationalization Act)
- Team Pacquiao official Facebook page, ₱50,000 salary para sa ating mga health worker., Jan. 19, 2022
- Manny Pacquiao Public Information official Facebook page, Pacquiao pushes standardization, regularization of salaries for barangay officials and personnel, March 3, 2022
- Inquirer.net, Pacquiao vows to double salary of teachers to ‘restore dignity in teaching profession, Jan. 25, 2022
- GMA News Online, Pacquiao vows to double pay of public school teachers, Jan. 25, 2022
- Manila Standard, Pacquiao vows to double salary of public teachers, Jan. 25, 2022
- Manny Pacquiao Public Information official Facebook page, (livestream), March 12, 2022
- House of Representatives official website, Non-Tax Revenues 2014-2018, June 2019
- ABS-CBN News, KBP Forum: Manny Pacquiao’s closing statement | KBP Presidential Forum, Feb. 4, 2022
- Manny Pacquiao Public Information official Facebook page, Pacquiao breaks Solid North myth, tells Pangasineses to vote for God-fearing leaders, not thieves, March 6, 2022
- Manny Pacquiao Public Information official Facebook page, (livestream), March 12, 2022
- Manny Pacquiao Public Information official Facebook page, Pacquiao says past leaders failed because of corruption, insincerity to serve the people, March 19, 2022
- DZRH official YouTube channel, Bakit Ikaw? the DZRH Presidential Job Interview – SEN. MANNY PACQUIAO, Jan. 29, 2022
- CNN Philippines, Pacquiao to push for ‘Filipino first’ policy in employment if elected, Dec. 10, 2021
- GMA News Online, Pacquiao vows to impose “Filipino-first” policy in employment if elected president, Dec. 10, 2021
- Manila Bulletin, Pacquiao reveals ‘Filipino-first’ plan for employment opportunities , Dec. 10, 2021
- Team Pacquiao official Facebook page, (economic growth and development), Nov. 13, 2021
- Team Pacquiao official Facebook page, (Jobs for all), Oct. 20, 2021
- GMA News official YouTube channel, The Comelec PiliPinas Presidential Debates 2022: The Turning Point | LIVESTREAM, March 19, 2022
Robredo-Pangilinan
- Office of the Vice President, VP Leni seeks immediate ayuda to sectors affected by oil price hikes, March 10, 2022
- Inquirer.net, ‘Ayuda’ for sectors affected by high prices of goods must be given quickly — Robredo, March 10, 2022
- Manila Standard, VP Leni seeks immediate ‘ayuda’ to sectors hurt by oil price hikes, March 10, 2022
- Office of the Vice President, Vice President Leni Robredo at the DZRV 846 Catholic E-Forum, March 2, 2022
- Office of the Vice President, VP Leni signs covenant with workers’ groups ahead of Bonifacio Day, Nov. 29, 2021
- GMA News Online, Leni-Kiko tandem vows to allocate P50-B annually for 6 years for social housing, Jan. 31, 2022
- Manila Bulletin, Robredo signs pact with urban poor sector: Focus on social housing, justice for displaced families, Jan. 31, 2022
- Inquirer.net, Robredo-Pangilinan tandem vows P50-billion yearly housing fund for urban poor, Feb. 2, 2022
- Manila Bulletin, Robredo vows to double senior citizens’ stipend if elected president, Feb. 21, 2022
- GMA News Online, Robredo eyes doubling of monthly pension of indigent seniors to P1K, Feb. 21, 2022
- One News PH, Leni Vows To Double Senior Citizens’ Monthly Stipend, Feb. 22, 2022
- Leni Robredo Official Website, Ibalik Ang Tiwala sa Gobyerno, Accessed March 18, 2022
- Inquirer.net, VP bets weigh in on how to remove corruption in BIR, Feb. 26, 2022
- CNN Philippines, On crushing corruption: Pangilinan banks on long record; Lopez, David cite renewal of faith, Feb. 26, 2022
- GMA News Online, VP bets Pangilinan, David and Lopez recall how they fought corruption in the past, Feb. 26, 2022
- Manila Bulletin, Pangilinan says he is fit to fight corruption: ‘I was never involved in any anomaly’, Feb. 26, 2022
- Leni Robredo Official Website, Gisingin Ang Lakas ng Industriyang Pilipino, Accessed March 18, 2022
- Kiko Pangilinan Official Website, Bakit Si Kiko, March 18, 2022
- Kiko Pangilinan Official Facebook Page, ANGAT LAHAT KASAMA SI LENI AT KIKO, March 17, 2022
- Official Gazette of the Philippines, Republic Act No. 11321, April 17, 2019
- Chan Robles Virtual Law Library, Republic Act No. 7607, Accessed March 18, 2022
- ABS-CBN News, First 100 days as president: VP Robredo to ‘clean up’ gov’t, focus on COVID-19, Feb. 3, 2022
- CNN Philippines, First 100 days as president: Robredo to realign budget to strengthen COVID-19 war chest, Oct. 10, 2021
- Inquirer.net, Robredo’s promise: P216B for ayuda in first 100 days, Nov. 18, 2021
- ABS-CBN News, Robredo eyes P216 billion ‘ayuda’ in first 100 days if elected president, Nov. 18, 2021
- Business World Online, Robredo eyes P216-B stimulus; Lacson: no more death penalty, Nov. 4, 2021
- Leni Robredo Official Website, Pagpapatupad ng Universal Healthcare, Accessed March 18, 2022
(Guided by the code of principles of the International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter, VERA Files tracks the false claims, flip-flops, misleading statements of public officials and figures, and debunks them with factual evidence. Find out more about this initiative and our methodology.)
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