Fight poverty and corruption Aquino as president of the Philippines.
Eric San Juan Manila, May 11 .- Senator Benigno Aquino, scion of an influential dynasty, will be the new president of the Philippines after an election victory that gives means for fulfilling its promise to alleviate widespread poverty and face the entrenched corruption.
When it has counted more than 78 percent of the vote, Aquino stands with 40 percent of the vote, far from its, tera gold, nearest rival, former President Joseph Estrada, who has received 25 percent of the vote.
The son of Benigno Aquino, assassinated martyr of democracy in 1983, and died Corazon Cojuangco, the first president after the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, has insisted in his opening statement after news that its leadership will give priority to the fight against corruption , a message, tera gold, repeated so insistent during the campaign.
"Not only do not steal, but they'll arrest those who do it", affirmed today in a press conference in the town of Tarlac, north of Manila, where he owns by his maternal family, the Cojuangco, the vast hacienda The Luisita.
The strength of the first issues has led to one of the, sto credits, leading candidates, Senator Manny Villar, in third place in the recount, to give victory to his opponent and even offer their collaboration, while Estrada still has not acted.
Despite the technical failures in 400 of 76 000 automatic machines and the usual violence, which left nine people dead during the day of voting, the Election Commission offered the first results within two hours of closing schools.
"The machines performed better than expected, I would say it was a success," said the chairman of the Electoral Commission, Jose Melo.
Aquino facing the same challenges as its predecessors, ensuring economic growth, alleviate poverty and combat corruption, in addition to trying to end the communist rebellion and the struggle of Islamic separatism.
During the nine years of the mandate of the current president, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, the growth rates of gross domestic product (GDP) has remained at a level similar to its Asian neighbors, with an average of 5 percent annually until they burst the global financial crisis in 2008, but insufficient to alleviate widespread poverty.
44 percent of the population lives below the poverty line, less than two dollars a day, while the economy survives thanks to the remittances they send home the estimated eleven million Filipinos working in the abroad, representing nearly 15 percent of GDP.
Although not wished to give to secure victory against the media, the acknowledged leader of the Liberal Party already working to form a government team for his six years in office, the only one that gives the 1987 Constitution.
One of his rivals in the presidential, Gilberto Teodoro, former Secretary of Dnse Arroyo, is emerging as a potential candidate to join the new government.
The formation of the government may be more complicated than expected if it is confirmed that Jejomar Binay, mayor of one of the most prosperous districts of Manila, Makati, won the vice presidency.
Binay, who form tandem with Estrada during the campaign, has, according to provisional counts more than 800 000 votes Mar Roxas, supported by Vice President Aquino.
The Electoral Commission expects to deliver the final results within 24 hours, a milestone in the history of the country, where the counting went on for weeks amid suspicions of fraud multiples. esj / zm / alf