and he could become the next leader 36 years after his father was overthrown in a revolution jamila alan dog and reports for manila. as vote counting got our new way it appeared for it didn't mark as junior, was surging ahead. he's the son and name seek of the former philippine president described by many as a dictator ousted in 1986 revolution or that the, i'm calling this not done. i sent it over, but i wanted to issue a short statement. and it essentially is a statement of gratitude to all of those who have been with us in this long and sometimes very difficult journey. you the not 10 candidates are running up, but for the presidency it's widely considered a 2 person race, vice president lenny roberto was also the leader of the opposition, is trailing behind marcus junior. initial results show a lead, so wide pool experts believe it is unlikely. roberto can catch up. jason, you're was up and i wanna, i'm with you in the belief that the elections must respect the full voice and well of the people. my life. it is important that the people continued their belief and respect for democracy

let's bring in jamila alan dog and who's live for us in that manila hello there. jamila, how far away away from getting an official result? well, that's the question that many processors here also from both sides would like to know. there are a lot of young people here who are supporters of vice president lanyard. have read those. the leader of the opposition was been asking the commission on the election officials to come down and face them. they have been complaining about voting irregularities about both cow, both counting machines, breaking down that, that some voting process. they stick to as much as 10 hours and how quick on the other hand was trans, was the transmission of votes. canvassing the official canvassing have been delayed yet again in an around the full day. which means that you know kind of thing won't start and later tonight or early tomorrow. now i am with one of the supporters of vice president lanyard, or brad or his name is mr. villanueva. hi, sir, thank you for talking to us. the margin of bumble marcus junior is quite large. i mean, it's huge. you know, if we'

runner, ford and then marcos junior, son of the president deposed in 1986 people power revolution jamila alan, doug. and he's at a polling station in manila, whole sab officially closed, but people here say the voting process is far from over. and that not all filipinos have fully decided. that's because hundreds have been lining up for hours now. and yet they're still not able to vote. machines have broken down and they have yet to be replaced. and even though full watchers have given them an option that they could just leave their balloted, full watchers, and those can't be electronically submitted. they don't want to do that. they want to make sure that their votes will be counted and that their voices be heard. well, this is supposed to be where the voting machines are, but since there's still no assurance when that will arrive, some people have already agreed to write their votes manually. it's a really difficult period. the philippines presidential election is the biggest, major election since the fin demik broke out in one of the oldest democracies in asia. now, the very high turn out

thank you for bring us up to date jamila alan dugan, at pulling station in manila. nationwide caching has been imposed to ensure lanka. it follows the fighting between rival political groups and colombo police use t gas to break up. the dispute at the home of the prime minister may hinder roger pasco and his brother, whose president are being blamed for the shall anchors unprecedented economic crisis. and al fernandez is following development in colombo, the clashes have been violent. we are seeing the hospital, the director of the hospital saying that as many as 20 people are being treated. and there was a huge amount of violence and pleasures. even the opposition leader who went to the side was on board. and people actually started trying to assault the opposition leader and his entourage, and they had to beat a quick exit 4 weeks. now we have seen this ongoing protest campaign against the government urging the leadership as well as the anti government government to step down. given the mismanagement which many of them produced a see are reflected in the fact that things are falling

the late jamila alan dugan has been at that really. there are already around $300000.00 supporters of vice president lanyard. read clearly a show of force on the last state over can mean when she ran. she was a reluctant candidate. she was no match against the what are very sophisticated and well funded resources of her political arrival, global markets junior. but what has changed really is how she was able to mobilize a grass roots campaign that is completely decentralized and quite different from the previous campaigns we've covered. we're seeing this is clearly a movement led by the youth. as you know, there are more than 27. there are more than 27000000 voters now in 2022 compared to 20. 19 during the mid term elections. more than half of the total, $6.00 to $7000000.00 voters or young filipino. so despite her trailing in local service over the last few months, there remains to be a strong sense of hope. here they say, because of this unique electoral landscape brought about by her campaign message, radical log no weather, this wi

by environmental defenders. police say the group was trespassing and ignored a warning shot as jamila alan, doug reports the activists want the next administration after upcoming elections to offer them greater protection. they are from them, i know, but pulling your tribe, considered one of the very 1st inhabitants in the southern region of linda now, but that's all land on low and is glen, have lived on this road side for many years now? they hope to take back more than a 1000 hector's of land. now privately owned that once belonged to their ancestors . they were shot out by gunmen, despite having written government permission to reclaim their land shall eat the dell. so cora was shot together with 3 other monopolies. and i made out of me. negligible. now the gunmen came from nowhere and started shooting at us. when i fell in love, i thought what sort of life to relieve or learn more of those ellen? oh, we've been around for 5 years. who pleaded the dirt as administration to help us. no one is here to protect us. people here don't see us as a human beings to them. we are garbage. also, t

alan dougen joins, aside from the city of mcafee. that's where lennie robledo is holding her rally. and jamila greater strong track record is vice president, plenty of grass roots support. but how is her campaign furred well, it starts at quite differently. as you know, she may be the leader of the opposition, but she's also one of the most harassed attacks members of the opposition over the last 6 years, nearly 6 years since president rodrigo did that there was worn into office. now when she ran her campaign, which is 2 and she declared for again to this, you basically said that she does not have enough funds, does not have enough facility infrastructure to run a national campaign. but you know, this is turned out to be quite different in a country where traditionally national candid candidates are on the 3 things, popularity, money, and family connections. and she didn't have that. but what we're seeing is unprecedented. we're seeing a grassroots sector road campaign. young people, mostly campaigning for our president, are reluctant candidate. in fact, so mean traditionally the surveys are s