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Janvic Mateo - The Philippine Star
February 12, 2025 | 12:00am
Senator Raffy Tulfo expresses concerns over the vulnerability of the country’s airports and military installations to drone attacks during a public hearing conducted by the Committee on Public Services on February 11, 2025.
Jesse Bustos / The Philippine STAR
MANILA, Philippines — Two brothers of Sen. Raffy Tulfo are leading the latest pre-election survey conducted by the OCTA Research group.
The Jan. 25 to 31 survey, released in time with the start of the campaign period yesterday, showed ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo still leading the candidates for Senate in this year’s midterm polls.
Some 70 percent of the respondents said they will vote for the party-list lawmaker if the elections were held during the survey period.
Following him was his brother and fellow media personality Ben Tulfo, who obtained the support of 60 percent of the respondents.
They were followed by Sen. Bong Go (58 percent), former Senate president Vicente Sotto III (52 percent), Sen. Bong Revilla (49 percent), television host Willie Revillame (48 percent), former senator Panfilo Lacson (48 percent), Sen. Pia Cayetano (46 percent), former senator Manny Pacquiao (45 percent), Sen. Imee Marcos (44 percent), Sen. Lito Lapid (43 percent) and former interior secretary Benhur Abalos (39 percent).
Outside the so-called Magic 12 but within statistical chances of winning were Sen. Francis Tolentino (38 percent), outgoing Makati Mayor Abby Binay (37 percent), Las Piñas Rep. Camille Villar (36 percent) and Sen. Ronald dela Rosa (36 percent).
Trailing them were former senators Francis Pangilinan (28 percent) and Gregorio Honasan (26 percent), social media personality Dr. Willie Ong (24 percent) and former senator Bam Aquino (22 percent).
The non-commissioned OCTA survey had 1,200 respondents and a margin of error of plus or minus three percent.
