Evangelist Candidate Attracts Big Crowd
“Brother Eddie,” a Marxist turned Christian evangelist, drew the biggest crowd so far in the campaign for the Philippines presidential election as hundreds of thousands of supporters turned out for a rally and prayer meeting. Police estimated the crowd at Manila’s Rizal Park at 700,000.
Despite mustering the biggest turnouts, Eduardo Villanueva has consistently run fifth in voter surveys behind incumbent President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, action film star Fernando Poe Jr., Sen. Panfilo Lacson and former Education Secretary Raul Roco.
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