tell us why indeed were lenny robledo, she is a trained economist as she is a lawyer. she's perceived. i do have what it takes to be able to run an economy. and just in general, her agenda and her platform has been a lot more detailed and a lot more transparent. she has published plans as to how to boost fisheries and in industries like fisheries and agriculture. how to expound the social net, how to promote the digital economy, whereas sell bumble marcus, his platform has been a bit more a bit more vague. as i was saying earlier, he also doesn't submit these policies up to scrutiny. for example, he doesn't join presidential debates, he doesn't answer the questions of journalists. so it's really hard to know what he is thinking when it comes to the economy, really. and as we know, businesses, they don't like uncertainty and they don't like being not being able to see through to him. now, do you see the outcome of this election materially affecting people in an economy where unemployment is rising or prices are right? well if past is prologue christoph, it's really hard

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 su

now in contrast, his closest rival, lenny robledo, has been the victim of that same tool, this information on social media. so pete, many people are saying that if marco's junior wins, than it means truth would have been defeated. and the philippines can be said to be the latest victim in a disinformation campaign that were seen in other parts of the world. and then that there is the other concern given that the philippines is still trying to recover $10000000000.00 stolen by the marcos is given that there are still cases pending against the family given that his mother has been convicted of corruption and it's out on bail pending appeal, well then there is a concern, but if marco's junior comes into power, will that more efforts to recover that wealth and also hold them accountable? all right, thank you very much for all the latest from manila in the philippines, florence louis as those polls open and voters are already starting to cost that balance. thank you. florence watching al jazeera ly from london more still ahead on the program, including all the latest from tunisia west. some peo

the top 2 candidates or vice president, lenny robledo and front runner, ferdinand macos junior, the son of former president ferdinand macos. the u. s. says north korea could be preparing to conduct a nuclear test as early as this month. the state department estimates pyongyang, we'll use the only way yet. nuclear size, north korea has recently stepped out, weapons tests and resumed intercontinental ballistic missile launches. the 1st time since 2017 last week lay the king john own promised to speed up the development of his countries in nuclear arsenal. and news wires is reporting the north gray has just fired another the south and least 22 people have been killed in an explosion and a 5 star hotel that was being renovated in the center of the cuban capital. havana, president miguel diaz canal says the blast at hotel at saratoga was not caused by a bomb and a gas lake is likely most lake is most likely to be plain to rather john holman has the story here. the sound of the explosion ripped through have m as old home. it blew up a big part, the front of the saw the toga hotel, one of the

in contrast, his closest rival, lenny robledo, now she's been the biggest victim of a campaign of dis information. but if you speak to his voters, they'll say that it's a simple message of unity. that resonates with all the cons. it hoping to beach market is vice president. lenny robledo her rally is being held at a symbolic location. that's where a huge march was held in 1983 off the assassination of a senator who struggled against the marks as regime of radio has run a grassroots campaign against the political elite. and duncan is at the rally. there are already around $300000.00 supporters of vice president lanyard. read the clearly a show of force on the last 8 over can mean when she ran. she was the 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 you

whereas in contrast, the vice president, lenny robledo, his closest rival, was the biggest victim in the campaign of this information. now, he has been able to do this also in part because he has a tactic of avoiding hard questions from the media. he pre selects who gets to attend his conferences. he avoids, he's very selective about will. he gives interviews to and you know, just as an addict, aren't we applied for accreditation to cover the mark was junior rally, but we were denied the rally. and the other reason is his partnership with sarah to target, who's the daughter of the incumbent president. she herself is running for vice president. and even though voters vote for these positions separately, he's been able to leverage on the deterred a strong role in the south and combined that with the mock or strong hole in the north. but of course, if you speak to a supporters, they'll say that it is message of unity. even though it's simple and it's ambiguous, resonates with under my own dog and has been following many robledo who's also holding her final pre election rally bursey, tho

rights lawyer, an economist, and the only female candidate like no other candidate in this race. lenny robledo has been a prime target for hate. this information for fame, including sex with remarks. there are even obligations online that she expected, like communist rebels. running this fake news machinery is a huge network of hate influencers funded by the markers family claims. this investigative reporter, he fears the online battle for robledo has already been lost. his just, she's just too late in the game. see was not early enough about that. she did. he was not thought that this is happening. she did not act fast enough. the bible of this and you have to off understand. she was busy fighting against the dark, the administration. so she had her hands for survivors of the marcus dictatorship. the prospect of another market in the country seat of power is unthinkable. judy turkey wallow was detained twice under the dictator and is shocked by the rhetoric she finds online. you know that marcia look, period was the golden years that there were no killings during the dictatorship that they we

that ferdinand marcos junior has received more than twice as many ballots as he is main rival. lenny robledo protest is fearful of what a marco's presidency will mean for the philippines demonstrated outside the offices of election authorities. in the capital manila o macos junior is expected to continue with a hard line approach of his predecessor, the outgoing president, rodrigo, to 30 ah, late on monday, the name of the presidential election winner was clear. ah, shouts rang out for a b, b m. the nickname for ferdinand bung bung. marcus junior. as news of the election results spread, his supporters took to the streets to celebrate. ah, the candidates himself reached out to his supporters. i want to thank you for all you have done for us. there are thousands of you out there volunteers parallel groups. political leaders that have cast their lot with us because of their belief in our message of unity because of their belief in the candidates his when cement his families returned to power in the philippines. following the revolution that toppled his late father in 1986. the elder ferdinand m

junior, who goes by the nickname bung bung, had more than double the votes of his challenger. lenny robledo speaking to his supporters on tuesday, macos junior urged people to judge him by his actions and not by his family history has been marked so to turn to power of the marcos family, which is accused of running a brutal dictatorship before up people power revolution restored democracy in the eighty's on monday, he thanked his supporters for their walk. i want to thank you for all you have done for us. there are thousands of you out there, volunteers, parallel groups. political leaders that have cast their lot with us because of their belief in our message of unity because of their belief in the candidates. hundreds of human rights activists and students have been demonstrating against the outcome of the ball. and what appears to be a landslide victory for moscow, the professor's class, the police close to the offices of the philippines election committee. they have denouncing what they claim in regularity. after them both counting machines broke up policy, say the number of machines eff

we talked to candidates on vice president, lenny robledo, and frontrunner ferdinand beckles junior. the son of former president, president marcus, was ousted in a people's uprising in 1986 shrank as president has declared a state of emergency for a 2nd time in 5 weeks. as his government faces escalating protests. please use tear gas, a water cannon to disperse students attempting to storm the parliament and columbia government is increasing security in cities and on highways. in an effort to combat attacks. by the country's largest drug cartel, the clown, the gold foot gulf, a group is retaliating after their leader was expedited to the u. s. to phase trial on drug trafficking charges, the government's boosted rewards for information leading to the capture of gang members, and created a specific army unit to lead a search. those are your headlines this. our more news hello now to sarah, to get you back to witness a with a board in a like a general wider bob had with i'm got colin lackey cali, jamming ma'am lot let out at that b casias c j a n you're starting with a 2 companies out t

can you talk about don't particularly be lenny robledo, you know, melissa, there are 10 candidates running for president in the philippines, but let's focus on the current vice president lennier. brenda. one thing that's very interesting is that in the 2016 elections, vice president robledo ran against bumble marcus and she won the vice presidency by 220000 votes. what about that much? you know, it's very interesting that again we see these 2 running for the same political office. and if i may bring back viewers towards 21986 marcos, the father ran against a woman who was a widow. she was put into the political live night when her husband had died and she ousted him right back in 1086. we see something of that same nature coming together, vice president for brother is also a widow. her husband was the one who was more in the political limelight, though she had many achievements of her own as a politician. and as the human rights lawyer she was put into the presidency. our last mid candidate who won this seems like a crazy sequel. it does, but it's also quite, you can't make this stuff up a

precincts. reporting for net mark was junior has more than twice as many votes as as may rival. lenny robledo marcos junior did not present a clear policy platform during the campaign, but he is expected to provide continuity from the hard line approach of his present predecessor that he would do that day. and our correspondent give marta says, says a new era is beginning in the philippines really looks like we see history in the making here in southeast asia, a with her that a marco's dennis t coming back to the seat of power. 40 years after his father was ousted by you, a people revolution is really looks like his son, reading on marcus junior will make it in, in this raise a quite a, quite an historic moment for, for the philippines. he has teamed up with through debt as daughter and the concerned here by many, particularly in the south of the philippines where there is a strong hold of his biggest opponent or lenny rob rate, or is that the authoritarian style of ruler to do character or has use in the past 6 years, or will now even worse, and under a marco's to tear to a team approach, or

let's talk about lenny robledo 1st. if we can, who's been training quite far behind the poles? bots in the last few days has been a groundswell of support for her. do you think she could pull off and upset? hi, good evening. yes. so the pre election folds for suggested bama marcus is leading by around 20 percent. it really depends on what you asked. but i think there are at least 3 reasons why vice president ro, bread can still, you know, might still be able to get a favorable outcome tomorrow. so one is the voter turnout which is around 80 to 90 percent. so if the 20 percent of the people, you know, are all bumping borders and they don't about to vote tomorrow then, but definitely the will affect the changes. so bumble marcus. favor of vice president. betty. the 2nd thing is that 30 percent of all voters are, are 30 percent, are still soft voters. by that we mean that they could still change their minds even under election be, or what is just, you know, them and the ballast. the last thing that i want to say is that the undecided voters are still around 5 to 10 percent. it rea

election in the philippines. leading candidates are for san marcos, junior and vice president. lenny robledo plus louis is following the marco's campaign in manila. oh, the marcus campaign really has been able to take advantage of the fact that more than half of the registered voters in the philippines are too young to have lived through his father's administration. or even to remember what it is like. it was a period rife with corruption and human rights abuses, but his campaign and his supporters have been able to re paint that as a golden era for the philippines. they talked about the infrastructure that he had built glossing over the fact that he got the country into huge foreign debt. now he has been able to do this in part with misleading posts on social media. shall anchors president has drawn criticism at home and abroad after declaring a state of emergency for the 2nd time in 5 weeks. president got a bio roger pack sir has been facing nationwide called for his resignation because of an economic crisis. decree gives the president's sweeping powers. rescuers have been working through

but he's up against the vice president. lenny robledo, who's grassroots campaign as galvanized young people shemelle alan dog and reports from manila. oh you said marcy bertha, they arrive from many parts of the capital, manila, helpful and defiant. more than $700000.00 supporters showed up at a yellow avenue for decades. it's been the place for hosting large gatherings that often lead to turning points in this nation's history. as the leader of the opposition, vice president lennier bred or started her campaign with meager resources. but her unique messaging based on what she called so radical love, quickly changed the electro landscape, which for decades had been about big money and patronage politics. her grass roots campaign is galvanized support from nearly all sectors of society, particularly young people. there here young people, they're putting everything on the line for this campaign. they're sacrificing their dime just so they would see a better future on the precedent. lenora breton. young people here tell us this is more than just a regular campaign. their participation,

whereas, by contrast, his closest rival, lenny robledo, has been the biggest victim of a campaign of dis information. now another reason why he's also ahead impose is because he has paired up with sarah to charity, the president, the daughter of the incumbent president rodrigo today, who remains usually popular. so they're able to combine their strong holes marco's junior in the north and deter day in the south to get a lead in opinion polls. emily. okay, thank you very much. florence louis live for us in manila with the latest on the election campaigning from a brazilian president louis in a c o lula. dis silva will launch his 6th bid for presidency on saturday. he's been leading opinion polls ahead of the october election, but the incumbent jaya, both in our who's seeking another tune, claims the electronic voting system is vulnerable to fraud. monica jenna kiev reports from south palo. ah, who lies man? it's 76 former president, lizzy masula, the silva says he's older, wiser and ready to lead a coalition of center let parties to victory in october's presidential election. i want t

the top contenders are frontrunner 1st num, macos junior and vice president, lenny robledo. marcos is the son of homer, president, 1st, non marcus, who was ousted and a people's uprising in 1986. a nationwide strike is underway and she'll anchor with millions of workers staying away from work. is the latest protest calling to the government to resign as it basses bless, economic crisis in 70 years. those are the headlines. more news on al jazeera of the water, one east. from talk to al jazeera, we ask, what is the time table in your mind? when do you think that you are, can be off of russian gas? we listen when i have seen and played football with these refugees, i look at them and they're happy. they're smiling, we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on al jazeera. it's a ski resort like no other planted in kashmir. the 4th line between 2 nuclear rivals, india and pakistan. we need peace. we don't want flight. would want to get close trouble with any country or just one favor of snow, both on shoulder. just walk on the mountain right there. feel free a

candidates are running, but for the presidency, it's widely considered a 2 person race, vice president, lenny robledo was also the leader of the opposition, is trailing behind. marcus junior. initial results show a lead, so white poll experts believe it is unlikely ro, brenda can catch up. case ending up was the only one that i am with you in the belief that the elections must respect the full voice. and will of the people my like, it is important that the people continued their belief and respect for democracy. more than 60000000 filipinos voted for the successor to president rodrigo, to 30 in one of ages, oldest democracies. 6 0, here in one of the biggest polling presence in manila voting day was marked with frustration. about malfunctioning boating machines. people lined up for hours and refused to leave, even as the pulls officially closed. with problem, abram avila, me on board the all. we want to be here one, we want to see our by not going through the machines and see the receipt. some of them looks figure some of them about they in both of the refuse to leave our posts . this election is too

his main opponent, vice president. lenny robledo is popular with young people. but critics are concerned about her ties to the rich and powerful. other contenders include manila, mayor escal moreno. the former tv star is credited for affordable housing and cleaning up the capital streets. sen, pen, philo laxom was a police chief, was promised to continue exposing government corruption and former boxer, many pack yahoo largely appeals to working class voters. forest lewis joins us from a polling station and the capital manila, a foreigner. we see all those people behind, you're going to vote. i'm curious to know if you're hearing from them in a sentiment about what a bong, bong, marco's presidency would mean for the philippines versus what a linear bread or presidents presidency would mean for the country. ah, well ferdinand, marco's juniors campaign message, as a simple one, unity, he says he's urging his voters to forget about the past and to look forward to the future. he's promising to return philippines to a time of prosperity invoking his father's rule, and

his main opponent vice president lenny robledo is popular with young people. but critics are concerned about her ties to the rich and powerful. other contenders include manila mayor is sco moreno, the former t v star is credited for affordable housing and cleaning up the capital streets. senator pen, philo laxom was a police chief, was promised to continue exposing government corruption and former boxer money pock . yahoo largely appeals to working class voters for st. louis joins us from a polling station and the capital manila sa horn. so voting is underway, tell us what you're seeing and hearing there while the government declared monday of public holiday. so more people can come up to vote and in the past voter turnout has been quite high, usually around 80 percent. so we might see that there of course, is still too early to bring you those numbers. voting started at 6 in the morning. but while we were here, we saw people who had chewed up even before that holes will stay open. polling will stay open till 7 in the evening and that's longer than usual. but

he is more than double the votes of his closest rival. lenny robledo, michael says, the son of the president depose in 1986 people power revolution. final results of the election are expected within 48 hours. ted regencia is a freelance journalist covering se asia. he says there is been a significant effort to re brand the macos name for did marcus beach junior enjoys over 50 percent m popularity or, or approval. and in fact, the older generation has expressed some of the style jobs during the market years so called within years, marcus's. but when, in fact, this was the time when 3000 activists were killed were 70000 or arrested in thousands more or disappeared. so there is really a systemic effort to re brand the market name. and in fact, i believe that this started as soon as they left power in 1986. but it looks like this year would be the year that they would be able to succeed in really returning back to power. activists in ghana have launched a legal challenge to stop mining in a protected area. that's not a government signed a deal with a chinese company to extract bach site, a miner

the top 2 contenders are frontrunner funds and marcos junior and vice president, lenny robledo, macos is the son of former president ferdinand macos who was ousted in people's uprising in 1986 from an a front. louis has bought more and what's at stake. it's been described as a battle for the soul of the nation, a make or break moment for this country. now, during the last 6 years under president rodrigo detect a philippines are seen as having backslid in democracy. rodrigo, they had, they carried out a war on drugs which saw an estimated 6000 people killed. and that's just according to government figures. he writes groups estimate that the real number could be 5 times higher. now, his war drugs is being investigated by the united nations in the international criminal court for human rights abuses. not only that president, you get a was accused of targeting critiques and opponents, using a combination of trumped up to no charges, threats, and intimidation. his political party has endorsed marco's junior, so there are concerns that marco's junior, becoming president could mean more of t

history. top 2 contenders of frontrunner, frontrunner fund and marcos junior and vice president, lenny robledo marcos. as the son of former president ferdinand marcus, who was al said and the people's uprising in 1986. florence louis joins us from manila and florence. the poles have been described as the most important ever for the philippines. tell us just what's at stake here. that's right, so it's been described as a battle for the soul of the nation. a make or break moment for this country. now, during the last 6 years on the president, rodrigo detect a philippines as seen as having back slighted in democracy. rodrigo did. they carried out a war on drugs which saw an estimated 6000 people killed. and that's just according to government figures, rights groups estimate that the real number could be 5 times higher. now, his war on drugs is being investigated by the united nations and the international criminal court for human rights abuses. not only that president today was accused of targeting critics and opponents, using a combination of jammed up criminal charges, threats, and intimidation

president who was ousted and popular uprising in 1986, but he's up against the vice president. lenny robledo how grassroots campaign and said to have galvanized young people. louise in manila with more there is a huge ground, swelled of support for vice president. lenny radio crowds have turned out in huge numbers very consistently at her rally's. and these people were there because they genuine, the supporter they've not been busted or encouraged to attend by their community leaders or by village heads. and if you look at the way people have been going volunteers, rob happened going from house to house to canvas for votes for her. there is a huge sense of optimism among her support is that she could still win elections on monday, but she does face a huge uphill battle for several reasons. she is a victim of a disinformation campaign. of fact checking group says that there had been a lot of social media posts. there are simply untrue her quotes, mangled, distorted, to make her seem unintelligent. she has been accused of being a communist, and this is a very common tactic in the philippines t

but for the presidency venue, it's widely considered a 2 person race, vice president, lenny robledo was also the leader of the opposition, is trailing behind marcus junior. initial results show a lead. so white poll experts believe it is unlikely ru bred or can catch up. ok, sending your horse up in the wilder. 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 continue their belief and respect for democracy. more than 60000000 filipinos voted for the successor to president rodrigo to 30 in one of ages, oldest democracies. 6 0, here and one of the biggest polling presence in manila voting day was marked with frustration. about malfunctioning boating machines. people lined up for hours and refused to leave, even as the pause officially closed. with pro mom brittany villano. both all we want to be here, the one we want to see our ballots going through the machines and see the receipt. referral for max biggest visible coma. but they knew both of us. we refused to leave our posts. this election is too imp

the top 2 contenders are frontrunner funds san marcos junior and vice president. lenny robledo. marcos is the son of former president, ferdinand marcus with ousted in a people's uprising in 1986. florence louis has more from manila there is also the mark horse family name now granted, marcus junior is not the same person as his dictator. father pertinent marcus. but there are signals with small indications that his rule could mean could, could really be quite similar. not only had he sidestepped issues of his father's corrupt and authoritarian rule, but he attempted to portray that period as a period of prosperity for filipinos. a nationwide strike is underway in trying to, with millions of workers staying away from work. it's the latest protest calling for the government to resign as it faces its worst economic crisis in 70 years. the government trying to negotiate a bailout loan from the international monetary fund. michelle fernandez has more from colombo, the trade unions that are behind the organizing of the strike say that it is very successful. i'm standing here in the heart of

his rival, as vice president, lenny robledo, whose grassroots campaign galvanize young people, israeli police of arrested to palestinians falling of attack on thursday, are accused of killing 3 people and injuring others in the central city of a lad. the 19 and 20 year olds are from the occupied wester. supporters of chin as is president, k said rallying in the capital, judas as concern the public share of support could be used as a reason to dissolve political parties. opposition groups accuse side of a paragraph by dissolving parliament and ruling by decree. all right, yep. state headlines. more news here. oh, not a 0 right after we go to inside store. ah. i shall anchors, economic crisis is getting worse. it's president has yet again declared a state of emergency to deal with growing public anger. but what brought the nation to this unprecedented situation of what's the layout, this is inside story. ah i welcome to the program. i'm adrian finnegan. the island nation of sri lanka is in crisis that been food and fuel shortages for weeks. and power cuts have become the new norm. many s

in the coming hours, the front runners are found on marco's junior and vice president. lenny robledo now is ready forces of shot dead, a palestinian man who tried to enter israel through the separation barrier in the occupied west bank. another palestinian man was killed by israeli police following a stabbing attempt. this happened near the damascus gate. earlier. these railey army rated the hometown of 2 palestinian men suspected of killing 3 people in the central city of lod. the 19 and 20 year olds were detained earlier after a search following 1st day's attack. stephanie deca has more on this now from west jerusalem. it was an extensive manhunter. they were found close to the city of aladdin. a forested area is ready, police are releasing video where you could see them, some sort of telling them to come out. and then also there's one video which has a questioning of one of them asking their names as saying who he's with and what they did. and they said that they basically hit some people in a lad. it's not the 1st time that this kind of an attack has been carried out in an israel

the top 2 contenders of frontrunner fund san marcos junior and vice president lenny robledo. marcos is the son of former president. first san marcos who was ousted in people's uprising in 1986 powerful tornadoes have left thousands of people without power. in the u. s. state of oklahoma homes and businesses were damaged and wednesday night storms, which caused flooding and parts of the state and, and our console. officials are using drones to assess the damage. southern states have been told to brace themselves for yet more severe weather this friday upstate . now, with all the headlines this, i'll be back with more news here on al jazeera. that's after inside story use from al jazeera on the go and me tonight, out is there is only mobile app is. this is where with out is there is a mobile app available in your favorite capital. just said and tapped on it. and you opt out. it even means that you think of it and gang warfare in el salvador ever be defeated. the state of emergency has been imposed to curb fighting between rival gangs. what's the reason for the increase in gang crime and

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to do this in part with misleading posts on social media debate. alan dugan is in mcafee, where lenny robledo is holding her final pre election rally. we're seeing thousands and thousands of people really coming in after days and weeks of campaigning for a precedent that they never have done this before. so whether this will actually result to vote remain to be seen, but there is a strong sense of hope they're seeing that basically their campaign, their push for vice president when you're ready to become the next. the next president is more than just an act of defiance. against the 5 years of president would be good at their dis policy. but a pushback they say primarily against the possible return of a marcus presidency showing because president has drawn criticism at home and abroad after declaring a state of emergency for the 2nd time in 5 weeks, president got a bio roger pack so has been facing nationwide calls for his resignation, because of an economic crisis, the decree gives the president sweeping powers. yep, taken out with all the headlines this. i'll be back with more news here on a

and in contrast, his closest rival, lenny robledo, has been the biggest victim of disinformation campaign, where quotes have been mangled, twist it to make a look, an intelligent to some people are saying that if marco's junior wins, than it will mean, that truth has been defeated. and the philippines elections would have been the victim of a dis, information war that we've seen happen in other parts of the world. and then that's also this other concern. if there is another macos presidency given that the government is still trying to recover the $10000000000.00 for stolen from his family, stolen by his family, given that there are so cases that the family still owes billions in estate taxes, given that his mother has been convicted of corruption, but she's out on bail pending appeal. well then, you know the consent as well. this, well, another marcus presidency thought attempts to recover that stolen wealth and also to hold them accountable. all right, thanks so much that update. florence will be checking back with you throughout the day. i'll to 04 in st. louis, lie with all the latest

him an enormous boost. marco's juniors closest drywall is opposition, leader and vice president. lenny robledo, who's been the victim of disinformation campaign on social media, her ties to a political party perceived as elitist by some filipinos may also explain why she has been lagging in opinion polls would still her message of a transparent compassionate government has led to a groundswell. of support for her that may still see her search to victory. this is a high stakes election. many fear a returned to a marco's rule with thought government attempts to recover the stolen wealth and hold them offices to account. others say it would mean an election campaign can be won partly by spreading lies on social media. the results of the selection will be closely watched, not only in the philippines, but the rest of the world. florence louis al jazeera manila. let's speak now to jamila allan doug and who's a polling station in manila, jamilla, i'm sorry, we just lost our connection though with millennial. try get that back in that the next half the program in the meantime, still ahead here on our

presidential election in the philippines leading candidates offers not marcos junior and vice president, lenny robledo. so as louis is following the marcus campaign in manila. well, the marcus campaign really has been able to take advantage of the fact that more than half of the registered voters in the philippines are too young to have lived through his father's administration. or even to remember what it is like. it was a period wife with corruption and human rights abuses, but his campaign and his supporters have been able to re paint that as a golden era for the philippines. they talked about the infrastructure that he had built glossing over the fact that he got the country into huge foreign debt. now he has been able to do this in part with misleading posts on social media, shoreline because president has drawn chris some criticism, both at home and abroad, after declaring a state of emergency for the 2nd time in 5 weeks. president got a bio roger pack sir, has been facing nationwide calls for his resignation because of an economic crisis . decree gives the president sweeping powers, santibanez,

as the leader of the opposition vice president, lenny robledo started her campaign with legal resources. but her unique messaging based on what she called to radical love, quickly changed the electro landscape, which for decades had been about big money and patronage politics. her grassroots campaign as galvanized support from nearly all sectors of society, particularly young people, very here young people, they're putting everything on the line for this campaign, bear sacrificing their buying just so they would see a better future under president leonard brent. young people here tell us this is more than just a regular campaign. their participation, they say, is an act of defiance. after years of president rodrigo, the 3rd is restrictive policies, and also a major pushback against a possible return of the market says to the presidency. it has been a tough fight to from the start between 2 very different candidates. the bread though is a widow and a human rights lawyer. while her political rival, bumpo marcus junior, is the son of the late president for didn't. marcus was ousted in a po

initial results for an at mark mark or so junior, has twice the number of votes of his main rival, lenny robledo, mike was junior. what did not present a clear policy platform during the campaign, but he's expected to provide continuity from the hard line approach of his predecessor. or that he would look at me. i'd say to gary, come matter sir, can tell us more. he is in the philippines. he is in now got to be exact in the south of the philippines, which is a strong hold of the progressive candidate, lenny at albedo. a good to see you are gay york unofficial vote count shows huge early lead for mike was junior. what are you hearing? helena really looks like we see history in the making here in southeast asia, a, with that a marco's dennis t coming back to the seat of power. 40 years after his father was ousted by you, a people revolution issue is really looks like his son, fred, and on marcus junior will make it in, in this raise a quite a, quite an historic moment for, for the philippines. and i understand he has a similar approach, a strong man approach, i should say, at to outgoing our prese

and then of course there's lenny robledo who's trailing behind in poles. now in the early hours of tuesday morning, she spoke to the media. she addressed the issue of voting irregularities. and but she did say that we cannot allow this issue to divide as because we love this country. and she said the thoughts of the filipino peoples of the, of the philippines, people are slowly becoming known. and florence, do we have any clearer picture at this stage? of what a bong, bong marcos presidency would look like. right, so that's difficult to answer with a great degree of certainty simply because of how he's run his campaign. i'm at his campaign events. it's, is he, his beaches or even that his appearances have been very or of his features have been very limited on policy. so we don't really know and he's limited his media appearances. it's been difficult to question him. his preferred instead to rely on social media influences and on blogs to augment his message. but still there are some remarks he's made where we're able to clean what sort of administration he

in contrast, his closest rival, lenny robledo, now she's been the biggest victim of the a campaign of dis information. but if you speak to his voters, they'll say that it is simple message of unity that resonates with them on the candidates hoping to beat marco, says, vice president. anyway, brenda her rally. he's being held up a symbolic location. it's, we're huge. march was held in 1983 off the fascination of a senator who struggled against the marcus regime brady has run a grassroots campaign against sleep in the school elite. from either of them has been up to ready. there are already around $300000.00 supporters of vice president lanyard, of rather clearly a. so of course on the last state over it 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. bobo marcus 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 clear

nearly 2 thirds of votes counted for not mike was junior, has twice as many as his main rival. lenny robledo mac os junior did not present a clear policy platform during the campaign, but he's expected to provide continuity for the hard line approach of his predecessor, rodrigo. detecting and our correspondence, garrick matters has more on a project at landslide victory for ferdinand set. my course junior, yeah, that it really looks like we see history in the making here in southeast asia, a with a marco's dynasty coming back to the seat of power. 40 years after his father was ousted by you, a people revolution is really looks like his son, reading on marcus junior will make it in this race a quite, quite an historic moment for, for the philippines. and i understand he has a similar approach, a strong man approach, i should say, at to outgoing, present that day. but no, we'll policy platform. one indicator for that is that he has teamed up with to doubt his daughter. and the concerned here by many, particularly in the south of the philippines where there is a strong hold of his biggest oppon

it's reported he has more than doubled the votes of his main rival. lenny robledo activists seemed gonna have launched a legal challenge to stop mining in a protected area. that's after the government signed to deal with a chinese company to extract bulk side. a minnow used to make l u minium products. they say the move threatens already endangered animals and plants. miller has the story. the actual forest in easton garner is known for its abundant biodiversity, including endangered animals and rear plants, dozens of which are threatened with extinction. despite the area being decayed, protected the government plans to begin large scale mining for box site that got my husband's saying over and over again. i'll services to as it is in that there would not, on necessarily compromise for us. they have not so far demonstrated to any agency to gun is how that is going to be done. and you know why? because there is no technology, though, allow government to go ahead and tub the box out in this forest without compromising the for us. box site is used to produce and a minion products. while the

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