Noynoy, Mar lead MBC's survey on 2010 polls

The Liberal Party tandem of Sens. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III and Manuel "Mar" Roxas II has topped a recent survey conducted by a group of more than 800 businessmen on the presidential and vice presidential preference. The December 8 to 18 survey by the Makati Business Club (MBC), the results of which were reported Sunday on GMA News' "Weekend Report," showed Aquino with 61 percent - a whopping 47 percent lead over Lakas-Kampi-CMD's Gilberto Teodoro Jr., who got 14 percent. Placing third and fourth were Sens. Manuel Villar with seven percent, and Richard Gordon with three percent, respectively. Former President Joseph Estrada, whose candidacy is still up for legal debates, ranked fifth with one percent. The report said 14 percent did not answer the survey or were undecided.

For the vice presidential race, Roxas got the largest slice of the pie with 71 percent, followed by former Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Bayani Fernando with 10 percent, Sen. Loren Legarda with three percent, and Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay and actor Edu Manzano with one percent each. Seven percent gave no answer for the vice presidential preference survey, according to the report. The survey also showed that the three prime issues that businessmen want the next administration to address are corruption, which got 79 percent, peace and order with 35 percent, and infrastructure with 24 percent. The report said only 13 percent of the entire MBC membership answered the survey, which was sent through mail. - KBK, GMANews.TV