8 Things from the Last #PiliPinasDebates2016 We Wish We’d Seen Since the First One
Apr 25, 2016 • Kel Fabie
4. Miriam’s impeccable line of questioning
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You know, I could have lived with a round where Miriam asked questions of each of the presidentiables, because the kind of question she asked Mar was the kind of neutral but important question I would love for every single candidate to answer. Miriam’s brilliance wasn’t just in establishing her own case for president, but also in giving other candidates all the rope to hang or elevate themselves.
3. Digong’s Honey Badger moment
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If the “bias media” conspiracy theorists were to be believed, the networks want Mar to win and want Digong to look bad. Well, they got some ammo yesterday when the “yes or no” round featured questions for Digong that were not answerable by “yes or no,” such as “what would you do if one of your children turned out to be a drug user?” Honey badger don’t care, and neither did Duterte. He rattled off his answers.
2. Mar’s bond with his VP
The last two debates, Mar was all me, me, me. Finally, it seems he got the memo, and when asked whether or not he could work with BBM if they both won their respective seats, he answered that while he could, he fully expects that it was Leni who was going to win the Vice Presidency, anyways. Thug Life moment from the least thug-like candidate. It’s good to know that he finally recognized he had a running mate, and let’s face it: she’s helluva lot more popular than he is right now.
1. Binay’s undeniable charisma
While we could debate ‘til the cows come home about who should be president, Binay, in his final address, where most netizens poked fun at the fact that he kept walking around the stage instead of staying at his lectern, proved why he was the front-runner in this presidential race for so long, and why he very well might still win it all.
No matter what you throw against him, no matter what you accuse him of, Binay knows how to endear himself to the masses, and to anyone who could find something in common with his story. He knows every trick in the book, and knows how to comport himself in a way that makes him come across as sympathetic without even trying.
If everyone who didn’t want Binay to win saw this side of him earlier on, they would have anticipated something like this by the end of the debates. Instead, Binay established himself as a strong choice by sheer dint of his ability to connect with people.
Like him or don’t, you have to respect why he is as strong a choice as he is.
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