Surprisingly, Aquino wasn’t satisfied with the result and even remarked that Villar’s camp fabricated the result in their favor. Even describing it as “nabibili sa Quiapo”.

Noynoy’s spokesman later clarified his statement saying that it was not the Social Weather Station that he’s talking about.

Para namang tanga ang mga nanonood at nakakapakinig kay Aquino para maniwalang hindi SWS ang kanyang pinatutungkulan. Hindi lamang umayon sa kanya ang survey ay negatibo na agad ang kanyang pananaw.

Here’s an article I read at Business World Online that talks about the same remark.

Surely, there must be something mentally dishonest about dismissing an SWS presidential poll as “nabibili sa Quiapo” after trumpeting the very same poll when it was reporting you in a commanding lead in the months earlier. Actually, the latest SWS poll — the December 27-28 one — still shows Mr. Aquino’s 44% voter base basically unchanged, but it also shows Mr. Villar’s growing to 33%, putting him within striking distance. What this confirms is that it’s really just a two-man race.

Of course, one risks getting trampled by the yellow army if one were to actually call Mr. Aquino mentally dishonest. Let’s therefore just say that his handlers — in some inexplicable lapse — simply neglected to prepare a reply for him to a foreseeable question so that he was forced to produce an answer all by himself. It probably did not occur to him that impugning the integrity of the Social Weather Stations then raises doubt about the voter support that SWS surveys also report him to have. “Nabili din kaya ’yun sa Quiapo?” is a legitimate follow-up question.

Here’s a news report from GMA 7 where they show Noynoy Aquino making the remark.

I wonder why senators questions whether PGMA can run for congress but never question Erap’s candidacy for president. A convicted felon?! Where is the virtue? – Laureano Culala, Marikina City, Philippines

Natumbok mo pare! Natawa ako matapos kong basahin itong pangungusap ng ating kababayan. Marami nga naman kasi tayong pulitiko na lantaran ang pamumuna sa administrasyon partikular na kay Pangulong Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Kaliwa’t kanang banat, kandarapa sa kahahabol sa media upang matutukan ng lente ng kamera ang indayog ng dila’t labi na para bang nasa finals sa kompetisyon ng chacha.

Yeah, we do agree that criticism is a healthy part of our democracy. Criticism finds fault and offers improvement to the person subjected. But sometimes, critism is not funny when the sole purpose is for self interest. Dangan kasi mga kapatid, may mga panggap tayong politiko na nasa hanay ng oposisyon na ang habol lamang ay pagpapa-pogi.

Wika ng isa kong kaibigan,

kay Erap walang pogi points. Kay GMA may pogi points.

Wow yan na nga ba eh. Basahin pa natin ang dagdag na komento ng aking kaibigan…

It’s not a matter of correcting what is right but serving self interest through papogi at the expense of gma.

Malapit na eleksyon, makakasiguro pa tayong maraming magpapapogi pa diyan. Kung palarin na manalo ay sitting pretty sa bagong opisina at panigurong muling babanat na lamang bago matapos ang kanyang termino.

May kilala akong ganyang politiko eh, dating congressman na ngayon ay senador na. Pinangunahan pa nga ang makapangyarihang Blue Ribbon Commitee. Bakit kaya nawala sa kanya ang posisyong iyon?

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